A UC Berkeley study found that Wisconsin retirees with pension income are less likely to experience economic hardships, with public pensions significantly narrowing the racial, gender, and education wealth gap among older families compared to private pensions.
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If you are the owner of a WRS account from which a WRS death benefit or life insurance benefit would be payable upon your death, you may file a beneficiary designation.
The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds for the year ended December 31, 2018 provides comprehensive information about ETF, the Wisconsin Retirement System, and other benefit programs administered by ETF.
The American Rescue Plan of 2021 (ARP) was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021. The bill provides an enrollment opportunity for individuals who would have been eligible for, but did not elect, COBRA at the time of their termination, as well as individuals who had COBRA but let it lapse before their full 18 months of eligibility was complete.