Service
credit is the number of years and months of PERS-covered employment PERS uses to calculate your retirement benefits. You earn one month of creditable service for each month you are an active member
A PERS member who is currently working for a PERS-participating employer and who has completed a six-month waiting period. employed in a qualifying position
A direct position with a PERS-participating employer that requires 600 or more hours of work per year. A nonqualifying position or positions may become qualifying by requiring 600 hours of work or more per calendar year for one or more PERS-participating employers. A nonqualifying job that becomes qualifying is changed to active service status.
or concurrent positions and you perform services during what is deemed to be a major fraction
Average of 50 hours a month in a calendar year. of a month.