<div dir="ltr">The State of West Virginia has the Public Employees Retirement System for the majority of the state employees (excluding teachers, judges, law enforcement, etc. who have their own plan). Employees <b>do not</b> have a choice and are put into either Tier 1 or Tier 2 based on their hiring date (anyone before July 1, 2015 is in Tier 1 and everyone on or after is Tier 2). I have included an attachment with basic information about our various retirement plans in case you would like that information.<div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you have any questions.<br><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Dori B. 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style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/DetlCG6rX8ULPqVWc7MWDS?domain=personnel.wv.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(38,38,38);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">www.personnel.wv.gov</span></a></span></p></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 2:43 PM Hart, Lynn L. <<a href="mailto:lyhart@nd.gov">lyhart@nd.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do your state employees have an opportunity to choose among alternative retirement plans?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here in North Dakota, our main retirement plan is a defined benefit (pension) plan. The state also offers a defined contribution retirement plan. Currently only non-classified employees and appointed and elected officials are eligible
for the defined contribution plan, but there was an earlier period (October 2013 to July 2017) when the plan was available to all regular state employees. New, eligible employees can make an irrevocable choice within the first six months of employment to
opt out of the defined benefit plan and participate in the defined contribution plan.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does your state offer any similar option?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To keep the question simple, I am ignoring the fact we have separate retirement plans for judges and law enforcement.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would appreciate any information you can provide.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,160,221)">Lynn Hart,
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,160,221)">SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CCP, CEBS</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,160,221)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Total Rewards Manager<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">701.328.4739
<span style="color:rgb(211,71,39)">•</span><span style="color:black"> </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:lyhart@nd.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">lyhart@nd.gov</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black">
</span> <span style="color:rgb(211,71,39)">• </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/B6EbCKry7QCrY9j8UAzcXm?domain=nd.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.omb.nd.gov</span></a>
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