SERS TAX DEFERRAL PICK-UP. The Treasurer of the Board shall contribute to the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) in addition to the Board’s required employer contribution, an amount equal to each employee’s contribution in lieu of payment to such employee. The amount contributed by the Board on behalf of the employee shall be treated as a mandatory salary reduction from the contract salary otherwise payable to such classified employee. The total annual salary for each employee shall be the salary otherwise payable under his/her contracts. The total annual salary shall be payable by the Board in two (2) parts: (1) deferred salary and (2) cash salary. An employee’s deferred salary shall be equal to that percentage of said employee’s total annual salary which is required by SERS to be paid as an employee contribution by said employee and shall be paid by the Board on behalf of said employee as a “pick-up” of the SERS employee contribution otherwise payable by the employee. An employee’s cash salary shall be equal to said employee and shall be payable, subject to applicable payroll deductions, to said employee. The Board’s total combined expenditures for employees’ total annual salaries otherwise payable under their contracts (including pick-up amounts) and its employer contributions to SERS shall not be greater than the amount it would have paid for those items had this provision not been in effect. The Board shall compute and remit its employee contributions to SERS based upon the total annual salary, including the “pick-up.” The Board shall report for federal and Ohio income tax purposes as an employee’s gross income said employee’s total annual salary less the amount of the “pick-up.” The Board shall compute income tax withholding based upon gross income as reported to the respective tax authorities. Total Annual Salary Computation The “pick-up” shall be included in the employee’s total annual salary for the purpose of computing daily rate of pay, for determining salary adjustments to be made due to absence, or for any other similar purpose.
SERS TAX DEFERRAL PICK-UP. Employees will participate in the State Employees’ Retirement Systems (SERS) tax deferral pick-up. This defers state and local income tax payments on the employee portion paid toward retirement in accordance with SERS and Internal Revenue Service regulations.
