An MS-310 transaction will be required for employees on Military Administrative Leave (difference-in-pay program) to discontinue the employee’s retirement system contribution.  Employees on activated military duty will not continue to make retirement contributions.

Use the following information to process the MS-310:

In the Comments Section, agencies should use the following:

Change to Retirement System

In Section 31-Ret.Sys., agencies should use the following code:

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NOTE:  When the employee returns from active military duty, the agency will have to re-submit the MS-310 changing the Retirement System code back to the appropriate system code.  This transaction will start the employee’s contributions once again.

Health Benefits Procedures for Activated State Employees

The fiscal information for your agency must be submitted to Leslie Buchman each time an employee is activated if the employee wishes to continue their health benefits at no charge.

The fiscal information should include:

Employee Name, Employee Social Security Number, Effective Date of Activation
Agency Contribution-    _ _ _        _ _ _ _ _      _ _ _      _ _ _ _  
                               Agency          PCA          TC     COMP/AGY OBJ

Retiree Surcharge-     _ _ _        _ _ _ _ _      _ _ _      _ _ _ _  
                             Agency          PCA          TC      COMP/AGY OBJ

NOTE:  When the employee returns from active military duty, the agency will have to submit an Health Benefits enrollment form to get the employee back on regular benefit deductions.