Human Resources

Human Resources

Linden Hall
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone / 856.256.4134
Fax / 856.256.4714
Email /

Office Hours:
Fall/Spring
8:00am - 4:30pm
Monday - Friday
Summer
7:30am - 5:30pm
Monday - Thursday

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Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)

The Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), a defined benefit plan, was established in 1955 after the repeal of the laws creating the former State Employees’ Retirement System.

Highlights of PERS
  • Mandatory enrollment into the Pension Plan
  • Mandatory 5.5% contribution rate
  • Vested in PERS after you attain 10 years of service credits, which is based on your years of participation in the retirement plan.
  • An active member is eligible to take loans from the pension funds (please see handbook for eligibility criteria)
  • Registering for the members benefits online system (MBOS) gives you access to the most recent updates to your pension, life insurance, and beneficiary and health benefits information.

Life Insurance Benefit

  • Noncontributory life insurance is provided by your employer through the pension fund; there is no cost to you for this coverage
  • Contributory life insurance cost is 0.5% of your base salary; you must be covered for at least 12 months. After 12 months have elapsed you may cancel your coverage. Once cancelled you cannot be reinstated.
  • The benefit for active members with noncontributory life insurance is 1 ½ times base salary
  • The benefit for active members with noncontributory and contributory life insurance 3 times base salary
  • Employees who are age 60 or older at the time of enrollment are ineligible for both noncontributory and contributory group life insurance until proving insurablity by taking and passing a physical examination.

Eligibility Criteria for PERS

CWA (all units), IFPTE, FOP (non-officers)

Membership in the retirement system is generally required as a condition of employment for most employees of the state. You are required to enroll in PERS if:

  • You are employed on a regular basis in a position covered by Social Security, and your annual salary is $7,500 or more, and
  • You are not required to be a member of any other State or local government retirement system on the basis of the same position
  • You are receiving a monthly retirement allowance from PERS and you earn more than $15,000 annually from any PERS covered employment, or
  • You retired on a PERS disability retirement and earn more than $15,000 annually from any PERS covered employment.

Factors for Ineligibility

  • You are a provisional or temporary employee covered by Civil Service with less than 12 months of continuous service.
  • You do not earn $7,500 annually.
  • You are not covered by Social Security.
  • You are a seasonal employee.
  • You are a retired member of PERS who has returned to public employment and whose annual base salary is not expected to exceed $15,000.
  • You are retired and receiving a monthly retirement allowance from another public retirement system in New Jersey.
  • You are employed under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and are paid directly from federal JTPA funds.

Forms

Pension Loan
Purchase Service Credit