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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Good afternoon Payroll & HR Partners,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PERS is offering Phone and Email as the two methods for requesting status checks, and has removed the fax option. If you are awaiting a response to a status check previously requested by fax, please follow
 up with PERS by phone or email. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The status check form and instructions have been updated on the CPERS website:
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Pages/cpers.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Pages/cpers.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Status Check Process:</span></b></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Agency HR or Payroll partners must be authorized by DAS CPERS to obtain a status check. Contact CPERS for authorization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">CPERS maintains the list of authorized contacts and regularly updates PERS of any changes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Authorized personnel may request a status check using the following three methods:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">1.      <strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Phone:</span></strong> Contact PERS Employer Center at 1-888-320-7377 M-F between the hours of 8:30-12:00. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">2.      <strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Email:</span></strong> Fill out the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Documents/StatusCheckSpreadsheet.xlsx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0590FD">Status
 Check Form</span></a>​ and email it to PERS at <a href="mailto:DAS.Status.Checks@PERS.oregon.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0590FD">DAS.Status.Checks@PERS.oregon.gov</span></a>  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">If the full SSN is required for PERS to complete the status check, the phone option will need to be used. SSN's cannot be sent via email for security reasons. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79;letter-spacing:2.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Shauna Tobiasson</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228;mso-ligatures:none">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#993366;mso-ligatures:none">Senior CPERS Analyst</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-ligatures:none">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none">DAS Centralized PERS Services Team
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none">Cell: 971-719-3173<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Website:
</span><span style="color:#993366;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/Financial/payroll/Pages/index.aspx"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1">http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/Financial/payroll/Pages/index.aspx</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#993366;mso-ligatures:none">“An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing” ~Dale Carnegie</span><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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