William Culbert - MTRS

The MTRS has identified an issue with the plan "stop date," which is preventing users from switching or ending a retiree's health plan.

We expect this issue to be resolved by Monday, 5/1/2023; however, please do not make changes to insurance coverage in MyTRS until further notice.

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The MTRS has established reporting deadlines for 2021 and 2022. On April 6, 2023 we sent the following message to all the superintendents in Massachusetts, as a first notice. Please review the message below:

Time Sensitive Deduction Reporting Deadlines Established

Dear Superintendents and Directors, As you know, the past few years have been difficult for all of us due …

This email is to inform you of an important change to retirement-eligible pay ("regular compensation") for members receiving workers' compensation. It should be shared with employees who process payroll and your affected MTRS members. After a lengthy appeal process, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made a final ruling that supplemental payments, such as sick or vacation …

As part of our ongoing outreach to our members who are eligible for the RetirementPlus special election, our vendor YesElections will begin an email campaign consisting of four broadcasts over the next few months—the first of which will deliver on April 13. These emails will include the individualized Election ID and Voter PIN and a link for the member to vote online. If …
Read more RetirementPlus special election ballot credentials to be emailed to eligible members

Author: William Culbert

Retiree Insurance—Individual rate change functions are temporarily unavailable

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MTRS has alerted superintendents of new deduction reporting deadlines

Time Sensitive Deduction Reporting Deadlines Established

Stop deductions on supplemental pay to employees on workers’ compensation

RetirementPlus special election ballot credentials to be emailed to eligible members