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Change in Status - Full-Time to Part-Time
Retirement Plans
Alternate Benefit Plan (ABP) participants
- You will continue to participate as long as your position remains at least 50% time.
- If your position is less than 50%, you must participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS). You must complete a PERS Application.
Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) participants
- You will continue to participate in the plan.
PERS Optional Long Term Disability Plan (LTD)
If you are enrolled in the optional LTD plan for administrators, your coverage will terminate on the last day of your full-time status.
Health Plans
As a part-time employee, you are no longer eligible to participate in employer-paid State Health Benefits Plan. If your status change (full-time to part-time) occurs on or after the 6th of the month, your medical, dental and prescription drugs coverage will continue until the end of the month following the date of the change. If your status change occurs before the 6th of the month, your medical, dental and prescription drugs coverage will continue until the end of the month of the date of the change.
Vision care coverage will terminate the end of the month of your status change, regardless of the date of the change.
You may continue all plans under the COBRA provisions for up to 18 months by paying the group rates plus 2% administrative fee. A COBRA application will be sent to you once a PDR is received from your department with your status change date. Click here for COBRA rates.
As an alternative to COBRA, you may choose to enroll in health insurance for part-time employees. Coverage includes the NJ DIRECT 15 medical plan and prescription drug coverage. The cost of coverage is paid completely by you through direct billing from the Division of Pensions and Benefits. This option does not include dental coverage and vision care. To continue these plans, you must exercise your COBRA rights as explained above.
Tuition Remission
Part-time employees are not eligible for tuition remission. If you are presently receiving tuition remission benefits, the benefits will continue until the end of the current semester.
Long Term Care
If you have enrolled in Long Term Care, the benefit will continue with direct billing from the insurance company. Payroll deductions are not available to part-time employees.
Paid Time Off
When a staff member's status changes from full-time to part-time, the Absence Reporting System will calculate (pro-rate for part-time) the monthly accrual on the new percentage rate for the remainder of the fiscal year, expressed as the full-time equivalent.
| Resources To Help You | |
| Benefits Specialist | 732-932-3020, ext. 4077 |
| Long Term Care FAQs | |
| Paid Time Off FAQs | |
| Tuition Remission FAQs | |
