William Culbert - MTRS

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 …
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Second RetirementPlus special election ballots to mail to eligible members March 31, 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023 by William Culbert In Employer News

On Friday, March 31, 2023 our election vendor will mail a second round of ballots to members of the MTRS eligible for the one-time RetirementPlus special election who, as of March 24, 2023, had not yet cast a ballot. Please be sure to remind your eligible employees to make their RetirementPlus participation decision as soon …
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MyTRS Performance improvement survey and Employer Self-Service (ESS) error reporting

Posted on March 08, 2023 by William Culbert In Employer News

For the past several months, the MTRS has been working with our MyTRS vendor to improve the import and deduction reporting functionality in the Employer Self-Service (ESS) module in MyTRS. We are now seeking your feedback to confirm whether the changes made to the system are improving your MyTRS experience. Each week, our Director of Application …
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Author: William Culbert

Stop deductions on supplemental pay to employees on workers’ compensation

RetirementPlus special election ballot credentials to be emailed to eligible members

Second RetirementPlus special election ballots to mail to eligible members March 31, 2023

MyTRS Performance improvement survey and Employer Self-Service (ESS) error reporting