Common Law Employee or Independent Contractor? If you contract directly with a person to provide services, and the nature of the person’s relationship to you is that of an employee – not independent contractor – that person must contribute to…
Enroll new employees and reemployed retirees by using the “Upload Enrollment Files” or “Manual Enrollment Entry” applications found on eSERS. As the employer, you are responsible for the timely and accurate submission of enrollment information. The individual’s account is established only…
Senator Kirk Schuring served with distinction for many years in the Ohio General Assembly. For Ohio’s public retirement systems, he was a champion who understood the importance of public service and the promise of a secure retirement. He provided thoughtful oversight…
The U.S. House recently passed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, a complete repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)/Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security penalties. Now, the Senate has until the end of the year to pass…
One sure sign of fall each year is when Medicare enrollees receive plan offerings in the mail. You also may see TV ads promising a Medicare plan review or benefits you could be missing. These requests have one goal: to persuade…
Thank you to all the hard-working and dedicated custodial employees serving Ohio’s public schools! We appreciate all you do to keep the schools clean and safe for your students.
At its September meeting, the Board unanimously voted to approve a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for eligible benefit recipients in 2025. By statute, SERS’ COLA is based on the year-to-year change in the Consumer Price Index (June 2023 to June…
Due to the resignation of a Board member, SERS will hold a special election to fill a vacant employee-member seat. All SERS members, other than disability recipients, are eligible to apply for this open seat. Those interested in being chosen by…
SERS members will soon receive an annual statement in the mail reflecting their total employee contributions and service credit as of June 30, 2024. The statement sent to members with over 10 years of service will include pension estimates. These figures…
Two employee-member seats and one retiree-member seat are up for election with the terms beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2029. Any member of SERS, other than a disability benefit recipient, is eligible to run for an employee-member seat,…
