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Pardon our progress as we improve our system!

You will find this message on our Login screen on LSERS website at www.lsers.net. We recently converted to a new internal retirement computer system referred to as REIS (Retirement Employees' Information System). With the initial deployment of REIS, employers' online updates were interrupted for about a week earlier this month. All should be good now, but we would like to hear from you if you encounter any problems, issues, or want to make comments and suggestions for more improvements. Use our “Contact Us” page on the website to provide comments or to request assistance.

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Salary Contribution Reports for Fiscal Year 2013-14

As we approach the end of the fiscal year this is a reminder regarding upcoming deadlines for submitting FY 2013-14 Salary Contribution Reports.

July 15, 2014 - All salary reports through June 2014 are due.

July 25, 2014 - All contribution exceptions must be cleared and all online contribution corrections must be processed.

Questions? Contact Chenfei Zhou at czhou@lsers.net or Kim Stewart at kstewart@lsers.net. Call 225.925.6484 or toll free 800.256.3718 (outside of Baton Rouge calling area)

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September 1 Deadline for Hiring Due to a
Certified Bus Driver Shortage

If your school system is experiencing a shortage of qualified bus drivers and this shortage has been certified to the Louisiana Board of Education and Secondary Education (BESE), state law allows the hiring of a retired bus driver to fill the shortage. There are, however, certain statutory requirements that the school system must meet in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 11:1007. They include:

Ensuring the retiree is a former full-time bus driver returning to work in a full-time bus driver position wherein a shortage has been certified to BESE, and
Submitting a declaration to LSERS, signed by both the school system and the retiree, of the school board's intent to rehire a former full-time bus driver by September 1.

More information about return-to-work retirees can be found in Fact Sheet 18 – Retirees Who Return to Work.

If you have any questions, contact Chenfei Zhou at czhou@lsers.net or 225.925.6492.