Pew Charitable Trusts cites the WRS as one of three public employee pension plans that has maintained high funded ratios at predictable costs over the past 20 years and conducts a wide-ranging Q&A-style interview with ETF Secretary John Voelker.
ETF, including all customer service phone lines, will be closed for business Monday, January 16, 2023, due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. observance. Regular Customer Service Call Center hours (see below) will resume on Tuesday, January 17.
Customer Service Call Center Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
On September 21, 2017, Governor Walker signed the 2017-19 biennial budget into law (2017 Wisconsin Act 59). The Department of Employee Trust Funds has completed an initial review of the law and prepared a summary of the provisions that relate to ETF and its administration of the Wisconsin Retirement System and other benefit programs.
On July 12, 2015, Governor Walker signed the 2015-17 biennial budget bill into law (2015 Wisconsin Act 55). The Department of Employee Trust Funds has completed an initial review of the law and prepared a summary of the provisions that relate to ETF and its administration of the Wisconsin Retirement System.