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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This communication is to update agencies on the progress of the OPSRP Contribution Start Date change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">DAS Centralized PERS Services Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We have obtained data from the PPDB Group and processed all of the PA codes 141 and 142 for all agencies with hire dates of June 4, 2013 – January
2, 2014. Our team has corrected these accounts in the Employer Data Exchange (EDX – our side of the PERS system).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Communication has been sent to all the affected agencies requesting P060 adjustments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The team will continue to work suspended accounts with 2014 contribution start dates for employees with hire date PA codes other than 141 and 142.
Communications will continue to be sent to agencies regarding these accounts as the team works additional suspended accounts for agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Agencies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Continue to work communication from our team requesting changes as soon as possible. This will ensure the PERS account will not continue to suspend
and that transactions are processed within the current OSPA Tax Year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Do not make changes in OSPA for 2013 and prior. When PERS notifies us regarding action on 2013 and prior, agencies will receive communication from
our team with further instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Agencies will use the new PERS Contribution Start Date Guides
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/CPERS/Pages/dates.aspx"><span style="color:black">http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/CPERS/Pages/dates.aspx</span></a> for all OPSRP employees hired from January 3, 2014 forward and enter the appropriate pay period
end date in the Retirement Start Date Field on the OSPA P010 Screen. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This will ensure the agency receives the E357-020 Employees Eligible for Participation in Retirement report each month with enough time to process
the P010 entries prior to the Run 1 OSPA Final Cutoff (OSPA does not go back and recalculate run 1 for PERS purposes when the P010 screen is updated on Run 2).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please be sure to use the correct year in the Retirement Start Date field as we near the start of a new tax year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you have questions concerning this change or how to use the PERS Contributions Start Date Guide for OPSRP Employees, please contact your DAS Centralized
PERS Services Team analyst. <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/CPERS/Pages/index.aspx">
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/CPERS/Pages/index.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you,<b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Centralized PERS Services Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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