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This handbook provides general information about benefit plans administered by ETF and does not contain complete information for all benefits. Use this handbook as an overview and contact your employer’s benefits office for specific information applicable to you.

This manual is a reference source intended to aid employer’s administration of and participation in the WRS.

You may be eligible to increase your WRS benefit by purchasing the time you worked for non-WRS public employers at the federal, state, or local level.

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.

ETF Ombudsperson Services was created in 1992 to assist members with insurance problems or inquiries.

A checklist for state employers to use when an employee is terminating due to retirement.

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.

Use this document to guide how you enter data into the WRS Retirement Benefits Calculator from your most recent Annual Statement of Benefits.

Understand the steps to report a death and ETF’s process for paying benefits.

Your WRS Annual Statement of Benefits is your official confirmation from ETF that provides details about your Wisconsin Retirement System account balances. Find out when you receive this important document and why you should keep it in a safe place for future reference.