(a)
Each employer may determine the number of hours that constitute the normal work
period or periods for full-time employment for its employees, provided that
such periods must satisfy the applicable requirements of subsection (b) or
subsection (c) in order to be considered full-time for the purposes of this
section. Each employer shall notify CalPERS of the normal work period or
periods which the employer considers to be full-time, and such periods are to
be established for all employees in the same "group or class of employment"
within the meaning of the Public Employees' Retirement Law and the regulations
thereunder.
(b) Except as set forth
in subsection (c), for purposes of determining CalPERS membership eligibility,
reporting overtime positions, and determining compensation earnable and
pensionable compensation, "full-time" employment means a minimum of 34 hours
per calendar week, or a minimum of 67 hours bi-weekly, 72 hours semi-monthly,
133 hours quadri-weekly, or 144 hours monthly.
(c) For purposes of determining CalPERS
membership eligibility, reporting overtime positions, and determining
compensation earnable and pensionable compensation for classified members,
"full-time" employment means 40 hours per week; payments for services rendered,
not to exceed 40 hours per week, shall be reported as compensation earnable or
pensionable compensation for all months of the year in which work is performed.
(1) For purposes of reporting a classified
member's full-time payrate, an employer shall report the classified member's
hourly, daily, or monthly full-time equivalent (FTE) payrate. The FTE payrates
shall be calculated to the nearest cent and shall be determined as set forth
below. The number of work days per year and the number of hours in a work day
shall include compensated time during which the member is excused from work
because of holidays, sick leave, industrial disability leave, vacation,
compensatory time off, and leaves of absence as set forth in Government Code
section
20630. Overtime and compensation
based on overtime shall be excluded.
(A) The
classified member's hourly FTE payrate shall be determined by dividing the
classified member's annual base salary by the number of work days per year,
then dividing the result by the number of hours in a work day.
(B) The classified member's daily FTE payrate
shall be determined by dividing the classified member's annual base salary by
the number of work days per year, dividing the result by the number of hours in
a work day, then multiplying the result by 8.
(C) The classified member's monthly FTE
payrate shall be determined by dividing the classified member's annual base
salary by the number of work days per year, dividing the result by the number
of hours in a work day, then multiplying the result by the result of
multiplying 52 by 40 then dividing by 12.
(2) For purposes of this subsection,
"classified members" means members who retain membership under this system
while employed with a school employer in positions not subject to coverage
under the Defined Benefit Program under the State Teachers' Retirement
System.
