OSU provides Graduate Associates with access to a retirement plan. Please review the information here to learn more about the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), which is the default retirement plan into which you will be automatically enrolled if no action is taken to request an exemption.
You should be aware of the following plan provisions
- Exempting from the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) is an option for student employees.
- If you do not opt out within 30 days of your start date, you will automatically be enrolled in a state retirement system.
- Exempting from OPERS retirement is an irrevocable decision for the entire period that you are continuously employed and working as an eligible student employee at Ohio State.
- Graduate Teaching Associates who previously contributed to an STRS account may need to file both STRS and OPERS exemption forms in order to be exempt from state retirement.