Change in Employment Status

Health Benefits

• As a full time employee, you are eligible to enroll in medical, prescription and dental benefits through the State Health Benefits Program.
• If you were previously covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) your medical and prescription benefits will continue and you will have a 60 day waiting period for your dental benefits.
  • Medical Plans
  • Prescription Coverage
  • Dental Plans

Pension Benefits

• If you were hired into a Civil Service full time position, you will be enrolled in PERS.
• If you were hired as a faculty, manager or professional staff member, you will be enrolled in ABP.
• If you were previously enrolled in DCRP as a temporary employee and accept a PERS eligible position, your DCRP contributions will automatically stop and a PERS application will be submitted on your behalf.
• If you were previously enrolled in ABP as a temporary employee and accept an ABP eligible position, you will remain in ABP.

Health Benefits

• As a full time employee, you are eligible to enroll in medical, prescription and dental benefits through the State Health Benefits Program. If you were previously enrolled under the Part Time State Health Benefits Plan your coverage will be terminated and you will have the option to enroll in COBRA coverage until your full time benefits become effective.
  • Medical Plans
  • Prescription Coverage
  • Dental Plans

Pension Benefits

• If you were previously enrolled in DCRP as a part time employee and accept a PERS eligible position, your DCRP contributions will automatically stop and a PERS application will be submitted on your behalf.
• If you were previously enrolled in ABP as a part time employee and accept an ABP eligible position, you will remain in ABP.

Health Benefits

• Part time employees working less than 30 hours per week are no longer eligible to participate in the State Health Benefits Program.
• Health benefits will continue until the end of the month of your change in status.
• You may continue all plans under the COBRA provisions for up to 18 months. A COBRA packet will be mailed to your home address.

Pension Benefits

• If you are enrolled in ABP pension and your position is less than 50%, you are no longer eligible to participate in the plan.
• If you are enrolled in a PERS pension, you may still be eligible to remain in the plan. If you do not meet the requirements to remain in PERS you may be eligible to be enrolled in DCRP.
  • PERS eligibility working under 35 hours a week:
    • Employee is either a Tier 1,2 or 3 PERS employee and meets the minimum salary requirement for their tier
    • Tier 4 and 5 PERS employees are not eligible for PERS, but may be eligible for DCRP
  • DCRP eligibility:
    • Employees otherwise eligible to be enrolled in PERS but do not work the minimum number of hours per week required for PERS
    • Earn a salary of at least $5,000 annually and not being paid by a grant

• Health and pension benefits remain the same
• Payroll deductions will continue for your benefits in the months of July and August.

You will pay extra deductions each paycheck to cover the months of July and August.

If you have a change in employment status from a PERS eligible position to an ABP eligible position you have a one time option to either remain in PERS or transfer to ABP. The information below is used to compare the plans side by side. For additional information, view the Considerations for Choosing Between PERS or ABP Guide.