The following information is for employees who will retire in the next three months and will be transitioning into Medicare under the State or the Wisconsin Public Employers Group Health Insurance Programs.
This brochure can help you complete a retirement application. It also covers general topics and provides answers to questions frequently asked by members that met with a benefits specialist in person.
ETF Budget and Management Director Tarna Hunter recaps three bills passed by the State Senate and Assembly that affect ETF and the benefit programs it administers, after the Legislature concluded the 2023-2024 Regular Session in March 2024.
Provided you did not close your WRS account by taking a separation benefit, your beneficiaries may be entitled to a benefit after your death. Understand how and what benefits are paid upon your death.
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.
Information on how Variable Trust Fund participation affects your WRS annuity and adjustments to monthly benefits, and how to cancel your Variable participation.
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.
