Consistent with the compliance statement issued by the United States internal revenue service, an employee who is employed with an ASRS employer in a position that was exempt from ASRS membership because the position was not included in agreements providing for the employee’s coverage under the federal old-age and survivors insurance system but on whose behalf the employer has remitted ASRS contributions shall retain credited service for the period of employment for which the employer remitted ASRS contributions on the employee’s behalf.