Ohio law requires SERS to impose reporting and payment penalties for lateness. However, due to the launch of the new eSERS system and technical issues, reporting and payment penalties were temporarily suspended. Beginning March 11, 2019, SERS will begin applying penalties…
A recent email scam is targeting Ohio school districts. An email is being sent to payroll personnel in schools from someone impersonating the superintendent or principal of the school district. In cases reported to the Ohio Auditor’s Office, an email was…
SERS recently announced the appointment of Karen Roggenkamp as SERS’ next deputy executive director, effective January 28, 2019. Roggenkamp comes to SERS from the Kentucky Retirement Systems, where she served as Deputy Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer for five years. In addition,…
SERS’ 2018 Annual Financial Report and Summary Annual Financial Report (SAFR) are now available. The Annual Financial Report summarizes SERS’ financial health, investment performance, and accomplishments of the last fiscal year (July 1-June 30). It also provides detailed financial statements, statistical…
Did you notice a change in your monthly payment amount effective January 1, 2019? This change could be related to your tax withholding and/or your health care premiums. Since neither of these changes increased or decreased your monthly gross payment amount,…
Payroll deduction plans submitted to SERS before January 1, 2019, are required to be pre-tax plans. This has been the requirement since SERS first began permitting members to purchase service credit by way of payroll deduction plans. To be a pre-tax…
There has been an update to the way Credit Memos are displayed on the eSERS Payment Remittance application. Rather than having a Credit Memo rolled into one amount, a Credit Memo is now broken out by the report that created it….
This Saturday, October 27, is the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Takeback Day. You can drop off any unwanted or expired prescription and over-the-counter pills, prescription patches, vitamins, or pet medications in dry or pill form from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m…
Another day, another scam. Yesterday, the Acting Inspector General of Social Security warned the public of an ongoing spoofing scheme, where scammers falsely display the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) toll-free number. People have reported that the caller claims to be an…
This week, October 22-26, 2018, has been designated National School Bus Safety Week, and this year’s theme is “My Driver – My Safety Hero!” More than 25 million children take a school bus each day, and this week serves as a…
