ETF is offering a series of 30-minute, live, interactive webinars designed to increase your understanding of Wisconsin Retirement System benefits. Individuals can also ask questions at the end of sessions.
Annuity Options: This webinar will help to increase your understanding of the WRS annuity options available to you at retirement. ETF will also explain the difference between a beneficiary and a named survivor.
- Fri, June 2, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Wed, June 14, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Thurs, June 22, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Wed, June 28, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Buying Service: If you are eligible to purchase service, doing so would increase your retirement or disability benefit. Find out how by viewing this webinar. ETF will cover the types of service you may be able to buy, how and when you can buy service, and much more. Eligible types of service include service earned during prior WRS covered employment and forfeited through a separation benefit and some types of service earned with other government employers.
- Fri, June 2, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Wed, June 7, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Fri, June 9, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Thurs, June 22, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Understanding Your Annual WRS Statement of Benefits: Join ETF as they review key things you can find out about your WRS benefits, simply just by reading and understanding your WRS annual Statement of Benefits. Some topics ETF will review include:
- How much you and your employer have contributed to your WRS pension
- Your vesting status and years of service
- Your beneficiary designation – what happens to your account if you die before taking a benefit
Tip: Have your statement in hand while attending this webinar.
- Tues, June 6, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Mon, June 19, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Variable Fund: In this webinar ETF will discuss the Variable Fund – what it is, how it differs from the Core Fund, and the affect participation in this fund may have on your retirement benefit calculations. ETF will also discuss how to elect to participate in the Variable Fund, how to cancel participation, and how the timing of these decisions may affect your Wisconsin Retirement System benefits.
- Thurs, June 8, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Mon, June 12, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Mon, June 19, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Tues, June 27, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
WRS Benefits For New and Mid-Career Employees: This one-hour webinar is for employees who are five years – or more – from retirement. The information presented will help you make sound, strategic decisions over the course of your career. Topics include vesting, ways to enhance a WRS retirement benefit, purchasing service, military service credit, the Core and Variable Trust Funds, contribution rates, the importance of a beneficiary form and how to complete one, and how “life event” changes affect retirement benefits.
- Wed, June 7, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Thurs, June 15, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Wed, June 21, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Thurs, June 29, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Please contact Human Resources at (920) 465-2390 or payrollandbenefits@uwgb.edu with any questions.