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Basic Plan for rank-and-file employees, retirees, and their dependents - latestdatabase - 10-08-2025 A Group Legal Services Plan is an important part of the State's benefits package because it can help employees get sound advice and representation to quickly resolve their legal problems. Chances are, at one time or another, you may need an attorney. However, legal problems can be very confusing and costly. When they come unexpectedly, they can present a huge financial burden, not to mention the time you spend searching for just the right lawyer. Good California attorneys can cost $ or more per hour. As a member of the State's legal plan, you can face your problems with the confidence that solid legal coverage provides. You have days from your effective date of eligibility/hire to enroll in the Plan or you may enroll during open enrollment.  Open Enrollment for the State's Group Legal Services Insurance Plan is March - April  An open enrollment period is conducted in March and April of each year to provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in the Plan. The openenrollment cold calling list will be March through April ,  During open enrollment, eligible employees can enroll in the Plan and current members can change their coverage from single to family, family to single, and add/delete eligible dependents. If you're already in the Plan you don't need to re-enroll, your coverage continues automatically. Members may cancel their membership at any time. The Plan provides % paid-in-full coverage for an in-office consultation with an attorney. Once you have enrolled in the plan, you'll receive a directory of attorneys and a listing of areas of law in which they specialize. If you need an office consultation, you can call one of the more than attorneys who belong to the Plan's California attorney network. When you use one of these qualified attorneys, the hourly fees the attorney charges will be paid-in-full by the plan for the covered services listed below. The Plan does not provide coverage for certain fees such as filing fees, reporters' fees, expert witness fees and other related expenses. Plan members also have the flexibility of using an attorney who is not part of the network. In this case, you would be reimbursed after filing a claim for legal fees paid up to a specified dollar limit. The Plan's covered services include, but are not limited to. The Part-time, Seasonal, and Temporary Employees Retirement Program (PST Program) is a mandatory retirement savings program created by federal law for State employees and California State University employees who aren't covered by a retirement system or Social Security. Savings Plus administers the PST Program in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code Section Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP).  Employees in the PST Program are not covered by Social Security and are excluded from a pension through the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) based upon their length of employment or time base.  There are no employer contributions or matching of funds in the PST Program Participation in the PST Program doesn't limit employee contributions to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA)   Mandatory Coverage Typically, PST Program coverage is required for the following employees:   Part-time employees, who work less than one half-time Seasonal employees who are required to be members of CalPERS (except for Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employees) Temporary employees Permanent-intermittent (PI) employees Board and commission members who are employed on a daily basis for less than days ( months) or employed on an hourly basis for less than , hours in a fiscal year (July through June ) Half-time California State University (CSU) employees, who have less than one academic year of credited service   PST Exemptions Officers and employees are exempt from the PST Program if they're exempt from civil service and opt out of CalPERS membership. These employees are covered by Social Security and are therefore exempt from participating in the PST Program. The following part-time, seasonal, or temporary employees are NOT eligible to participate in the PST Program:Full-time students who attend classes in the institutions in which they worEmployees hired temporarily to handle disaster emergencies such as fires, floods, storms, earthquakes, etc.Election officials and election workers paid less than $ in a calendar yearPersons hired through programs to relieve unemployment such as summer youth programs