Common use of PERS/OPSRP Participation Clause in Contracts

PERS/OPSRP Participation. a. The College shall pay the faculty member contribution to the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) for all eligible faculty members. b. Pursuant to ORS 238.074 and 238A.074, a part-time faculty member becomes eligible for PERS/OPSRP when his/her level of employment for the College reaches 0.375 FTE on a 12 month basis or 0.50 FTE on a nine month basis. These levels shall be deemed to have been reached when a faculty member teaches 27 ILCs or accumulates 429 contact hours over a calendar year for the College. These employment levels are illustrated below: i. an average of 9 ILCs or 143 hours over three terms in a calendar year, or ii. an average of 6.75 ILCs or 107.25 hours over four terms in a calendar year. c. The parties recognize that faculty members who do not fulfill the eligibility requirements in Article 23.B.10.b above, will only become eligible for PERS/OPSRP if their accumulated hours from multiple institutions satisfy the eligibility thresholds established by PERS/OPSRP. d. If qualified criteria are revised in state statute, the College may also revise these criteria to be consistent with state statute. e. The College will report hours to PERS on an hour-for-four basis for faculty members who are coded in the PERS system as “07” (PERS retirees).

PERS/OPSRP Participation. a. The College shall pay the faculty member contribution to the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) for all eligible faculty members. b. Pursuant to ORS 238.074 and 238A.074, a part-time faculty member becomes eligible for PERS/OPSRP when his/her their level of employment for the College reaches 0.375 FTE on a 12 12-month basis or 0.50 FTE on a nine nine-month basis. These levels shall be deemed to have been reached when a faculty member teaches 27 twenty-seven (27) ILCs or accumulates 429 contact hours over a calendar year for the College. These employment levels are illustrated below: i. an average of 9 nine (9) ILCs or 143 hours over three terms in a calendar year, or ii. an average of 6.75 six point seventy-five (6.75) ILCs or 107.25 hours over four terms in a calendar year. c. The parties recognize that faculty members who do not fulfill the eligibility requirements in Article 23.B.10.b above, will only become eligible for PERS/OPSRP if their accumulated hours from multiple institutions satisfy the eligibility thresholds established by PERS/OPSRP. d. If qualified criteria are revised in state statute, the College may also revise these criteria to be consistent with state statute. e. The College will report hours to PERS on an hour-for-four basis for faculty members who are coded in the PERS system as zero seven (“07” ”) (PERS retirees).