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Employers Group Set to Check Out
New Employer Self-Service Module
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A group of MainePERS employers representing the State,
Participating Local Districts and Teachers will check out a test version
of MainePERS' new Employer Self Service (ESS) module over the course of
three days this month.
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The "early-testers group" consisting of: Auburn Schools,
Augusta Schools, City of Augusta, Maine Dairy and
Nutrition Council, Maine Municipal Bond Bank, Maine Public
Employees Retirement System, Regional School Unit #2, and
representatives from the State of Maine will go through
the training MainePERS proposes to use for all
employers. They will actually be using their own payroll
reporting information in a test version of ESS and will
provide feedback to MainePERS on both the training and
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Participating Local Districts stopped
reporting retiree group life insurance premiums on the payroll
reports and now make payments based on direct billing from
MainePERS. Employers have done a very nice job of making this
transition. MainePERS will bill all employers for all covered
employees' group life insurance premiums when we change over to
the new software system in 2010.
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For Participating
Local District (PLD) Employers
with Optional Membership
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Employers are required to offer membership
to all eligible employees as of the initial
dates of eligibility. Be sure to have all
your employees with optional membership
complete an Application for Membership
indicating whether they wish to join, or to
decline membership. If you have questions
about to whom you must offer membership, contact Jason Stripinis,
PLD Specialist, at 1-800-451-9800, ext. 3211 or e-mail
jason.stripinis@mainepers.org.
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APPLICATION FOR
MEMBERSHIP
PARTICIPATING LOCAL DISTRICT |
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I wish to join MainePERS |
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I do not wish to join
MainePERS |
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Security in MainePERS
Employer Self-Service (ESS) Module |
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Employer Security Administration designation letters
will be going out to all employers from MainePERS in
September. Each employer will assign an employee to
function as their System Administrator. The System
Administrator will be able to establish user
accounts for those employees you select to enter
employer reporting information into the MainePERS
web-based Employer Self Service (ESS) module.
Through the System Administrator, each employer will
be able to determine those employees they wish to
have view-only capacity as well as employees they
want to be able to enter and correct information. In
ESS, certain functions are available at the master
Employer Level while others are
accessed at the Employer Location Level.
Access to these levels will be assigned by the
System Administrator. The graphic below illustrates
the functions available at the Employer
Level and each individual Employer
Location Level within the ESS module. |
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