Pers Members Handbook

Member Handbook
Public Employees retreat System of Mississippi

Providing Benefits for Life

Our Mission
The Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi is committed to providing secure retirement benefits and large service to its current and proximo retirees.

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Welcome to Your Future
Whether you are an educator, physician, county supervisor, engineer, clerk, accountant, or one of the countless of other public employees serving the state of Mississippi, one of the virtually valuable benefits of your employment is a secure retirement future with the Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS). PERS is the retirement constitution for state agencies, public schools, community colleges, and universities, as well as counties, cities, and other breakicipating political subdivisions. We believe that Mississippis public employees deserve a strong retirement system. Whether sparing times are prosperous or inclement, our focus stiff on keeping benefits secure for current and future retirees. We ungenerous it when we say that we are Providing Benefits for Life.



Since established by the Mississippi legislature in 1952, PERS has worked to accomplish its mission of secure retirement benefits by closely monitoring investments, studying possibilities for plan adjustments, recommending changes to the Legislature, and following a strong chain of checks and balances that starts with the Mississippi Constitution and ends with the people we serve. A secure retirement system is only one part of our agencys mission. We also strive to provide helpful, timely, courteous, and keen service to all of our customers, whether members, benefit recipients, employers, or others who interact with the System. Moreover, we unavoidableness you to know about your retirement system. This handbook is one of some(prenominal) valuable tools we provide for members to learn about PERS. Along with our website, newsletters, annual reports,...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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