Perry v. State Employees' Retirement System

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

Barbara Perry (Perry) appeals from a decision of the State Employees’ Retirement Board (Board) which denied her request to join the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS). We affirm.

Perry is an adjunct faculty member at the Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC). On February 14, 2002, Perry submitted a letter to SERS in which she requested permission to join the retirement system. On April 24, 2003, a hearing was held before a Hearing Examiner, who made the following relevant findings of fact:

12. Claimant has been a temporary part-time employee of HACC as…