ETF Webinars for June and July
June Webinars
Buying Service
If you are eligible to purchase service, doing so would increase your retirement or disability benefit. Find out how by viewing this webinar. We’ll cover the types of service you may be able to buy, how and when you can buy service, and much more. Eligible types of service include service earned during prior WRS covered employment and forfeited through a separation benefit and some types of service earned with other government employers.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Monday, June 10, 2019, 12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.
Thursday, June 20, 2019, noon-12:30 p.m.
Friday, June 28, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-noon
Newly Retired? What to Expect
The Newly Retired webinar provides basic information for Wisconsin Retirement System members who have recently entered or are soon to enter retirement status. Topics include initial (“estimated”) retirement annuity payments, “finalized” payments and adjustments, post-retirement life and health insurance, and return to work rules under the WRS.
This is a 20-minute webinar with approximately 10 minutes available for questions and answers at the end of the webinar.
Monday, June 3, 2019, 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Thursday, June 13, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-noon
Thursday, June 20, 2019, 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Monday, June 24, 2019, noon-12:30 p.m.
Preparing for Your Retirement
Who should attend? Employees who are planning to retire in the next 1-10 years.
Learn about your steps to retirement with the WRS. Attend this event by live webinar. You will learn about the impact of contributions and investment returns on your account, when you can retire, your WRS annuity options, returning to work after you retire, what happens to your account when you die, health and life insurance and more.
Questions are welcome during and after the event.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Retirement Annuity Options
Choosing a WRS annuity option is one of the most important decisions you will face. This webinar will cover all of the WRS annuity options and help you understand them so that you can make an informed decision. We will also explain the important differences between a beneficiary and a named survivor.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-noon
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21, 2019, noon-12:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 27, 2019, 12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.
Variable Fund
In this webinar we will discuss the Variable Fund; what it is, how it differs from the Core Fund and the effect participation in this fund may have on your retirement benefit calculations. We will also discuss how to elect to participate in the Variable Fund, how to cancel Variable participation, and the impact the timing of these decisions may have on your Wisconsin Retirement System benefits.
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-noon
Wednesday, June 19, 2019, noon-12:30 p.m.
Monday, June 24, 2019, 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
WRS Benefits: For New and Mid-Career Employees
This one-hour webinar is designed for WRS members who are more than five years from retirement. ETF provides accurate information about WRS benefits early in a member’s career so that they can make sound, strategic decisions over the course of their careers.
Topics covered at each presentation include vesting requirements, various ways to enhance a WRS retirement benefit, purchasing service, military service credit, the Core and Variable Trust Funds, contribution rates, the importance of a beneficiary form and how to complete one, and how life event changes affect retirement benefits.
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 11 a.m.-noon
Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 10 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
July 2019 Webinars
Beneficiary Designations - What Happens to My Account When I Die?
Do you have a beneficiary designation on file with ETF and does it reflect how you’d want your WRS death benefits paid? This webinar reviews the importance of having a beneficiary designation on file and keeping it updated as life events occur. We’ll also review the process of how to correctly complete a designation form, what it means if you do not have one on file with ETF and how to request a copy of your current form.
Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-noon
Thursday, July 18, 2019, 12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.
Tuesday July 23, 2019, 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Monday, July 29, 2019, noon-12:30 p.m.
Overview of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS)
This webinar will cover participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), how the WRS is funded and what benefits are available under the WRS. Also included is a brief overview of the Core and Variable Trust Funds and how the WRS is structured.
Friday, July 12, 2019, 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 25, 2019, noon-12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-noon
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