All employees (excluding student employees, part-time, or temporary employees) must be a part of a state-sponsored retirement program.
All non-exempt (hourly) benefits-eligible employees are required to participate in the following program:
Faculty and exempt (salaried) employees have the option to choose to participate within the first 60 days of employment in one of the following:
Eligible employees who do not make an election within the first 60 days will default to the Teachers Retirement Plan of Georgia (TRS).
Employees enrolled in the retirement plans offered are required to make contributions of a percentage of gross salary from payroll deductions. The employee and employer contribution rate may change each fiscal year. The current employee rate is 6.00%.