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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Good afternoon, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The PERS contribution start date guide has been updated for 2017. It can be found on the Centralized PERS Services Team website here: <span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Pages/cpersdates.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Pages/cpersdates.aspx</a> </span>or via PDF here: <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Documents/CSDGuide2017.pdf">http://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Documents/CSDGuide2017.pdf</a> <span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Some of the guess work has been taken out, as you no longer need to calculate the first working day of the month if you are working with a standard Mon-Fri schedule. This chart was created using the actual working days for 2017 & 2018 and a standard Mon-Fri work week. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you have questions concerning how to use the new guide, please contact your DAS Centralized PERS Team analyst at <a href="mailto:Central.PERSServicesTeam@oregon.gov">Central.PERSServicesTeam@oregon.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you for all of the work you do!<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Das Centralized PERS Services Team<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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