What Your Agent Can Do

Your financial power of attorney document determines the scope of your agent's authority. You may give your agent the ability to make many changes to your WRS account or limit them to a few actions.

General Privacy Notice

The Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds is a state agency. ETF administers Wisconsin Retirement System and other benefits for state and local government employees. Benefits include retirement, health, and sick leave benefits; disability benefits; life insurance; income continuation insurance; and pre-tax savings accounts.

To provide you with these services, ETF maintains certain personal information about you. The purpose of this document is to help you understand what types of information we have, why we have it, and how we use and protect it.

My Benefits Employer News
Apr 7, 2025 1:00pm

Coming Soon! My Insurance Benefits Training for Benefits Specialists

To help prepare you for this change, ETF will deliver a series of live, virtual training opportunities starting on Monday, May 5. Each live, virtual course will have multiple sessions available, including morning and afternoon options.

Insurance Administration System (IAS)

As part of our modernization journey, ETF is partnering with Benefitfocus to implement a best practices-based, fully integrated Insurance Administration System (IAS), known as My Insurance Benefits.

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Dec 31, 2019 5:00pm Report Active Employee / Other Benefit Recipient

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2019

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds for the year ended December 31, 2019 provides comprehensive information about ETF, the Wisconsin Retirement System, and other benefit programs administered by ETF.

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Report Other Benefit Recipient

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2015

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds for the year ended December 31, 2015 provides comprehensive information about ETF, the Wisconsin Retirement System, and other benefit programs administered by ETF.

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Brochure Active Employee / Retiree

Information for Rehired Annuitants

Some annuitants pursue employment after retirement. Due to legislative changes, the rules regarding returning to work for a WRS employer differ, depending upon your WRS-termination date.