• Submit a rehired retiree reporting form within 30 days of hire.
• Include the retiree in your monthly rehired retiree reporting.

• Monthly rehired retiree reporting is due on the 10th of each month.
• Reminder emails are sent on the 5th and 10th of each month to employers with outstanding rehired retiree reporting.

• GA Senate Bill 176 introduced an employer cost associated with ERS retirees returning to state employment.
• Costs are based on:
  • Retiree’s contribution group at retirement.
  • Contribution rate.
  • Salary earned during the period the retiree is back at work.

Invoices are generated on the first of the month for data approved by the last day of the previous month.

• Old Plan: 1.25% + 4.75% – $7.00 + 24.45% = 30.45% – $7.00
• New Plan: 1.25% + 29.20% = 30.45%
• GSEPS: 1.25% + 25.51% = 26.76%

Employers are responsible for notifying SHBP by transmitting the eligibility data and indicating whether the retiree is benefits eligible, just as they would for a new hire.

Use the code “termination.”

Submit a rehired retiree reporting form within 30 days of hire.

Employers are required to submit a rehired retiree reporting form for any PSERS retiree returning to work in a PSERS-covered position. This includes substitutes working more than 60% time.

Employers are responsible for notifying SHBP by immediately transmitting the eligibility data, indicating whether the retiree is benefits eligible to SHBP the same as they would for a New Hire.

The termination code for rehired retirees should be “termination.”