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STATE OF LOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

 


June 18, 2008

 

General Circular No. 1732

 

To:                   Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

 

Subject:            New Class Available for HR Professionals through HR Curriculum

 

Issue Date:        June 18, 2008

 

PLEASE MAKE THIS GENERAL CIRCULAR AVAILABLE TO ALL CPTP AND MANDATORY TRAINING COORDINATORS.

 

Civil Service, along with LASERS and the CPTP Program, would like to announce an additional course module to the HR Curriculum training.  The new module available to HR professionals is titled “Module 7: LA State Employees’ Retirement System (LASERS) Agency Training-Retirement Reference Manual (RRM) Workshop.”

This 1-day class is designed to help HR professionals effectively counsel state employees regarding retirement. For specific content details, please review the following course description.

This workshop will include LASERS updates and details associated with everything from enrollment of a member to guiding an employee through the retirement process.  The curriculum will include changes in current legislation; enrollment information; contribution reporting;  purchases of service credit; refund of contributions; survivor benefits; various types of retirement-disability, early retirement, regular, deferred retirement option plan (DROP), and initial benefit option (IBO); eligibility requirements; and rehired retirees.  It is recommended the workshop be attended annually by Human Resource and Payroll professionals. 

The class will be conducted by LASERS subject matter experts.  The first offering of this course will be on August 14, 2008, in Baton Rouge and will held periodically throughout the state thereafter.  Please check the CPTP website (http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/cptp/by_city.htm) for upcoming classes in your area.  In order to register for Module 7, you must complete the CPTP course registration form and follow normal CPTP enrollment procedures. 

We are excited about this new course being added to HR Curriculum, as it will greatly enhance the program and the skills of HR professionals.  If you have any questions regarding Module 7 course content, please contact Janet Harris, LASERS Retirement Education Consultant, at jharris@lasersonline.org. If you have questions regarding the HR Curriculum program, you may contact Dwuena Wyre, H.R. Assistant Division Administrator – Program Assistance -Training at dwuena.wyre@la.gov.

 

NOTE: Class dates and locations after the August 14, 2008 session will be determined by LASERS and posted on the CPTP website. 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

s/Anne S. Soileau

Director