As previously indicated in our October 26 email, please send your plan rate changes to insuranceupdates@trb.state.ma.us by Friday, December 2 to guarantee processing in time for the December warrant. Changes received after this deadline may not be processed in time for the December warrant.
To request a rate change, please complete our Read more REMINDER: Retiree insurance rate changes due Friday, 12/02/2022
Category: Employer News
Notice of PRIM Board election; please forward to MTRS members
The Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (MTRS) has been asked by the Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board to assist them in the statewide election for a representative of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System to the PRIM Board. As you may know, active and retired members of our system are eligible to become candidates …
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Active employee reporting—Improvements and changes to MyTRS deduction report processing
Upgrades to MyTRS
The MyTRS upgrades scheduled for installation on Friday, November 4th, starting at 6 pm, should improve deduction report processing speeds on Monday, November 7th. Please log off of MyTRS by 6 pm on Friday and do not log in to MyTRS until Monday, November 7th at 6 am.What's changed?
Performance:- Most importantly, MyTRS now features …
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Eligible members who transferred into the MTRS to receive a final, one-time chance for RetirementPlus (R+) participation
The new legislation, Chapter 134 of the Acts of 2022, allows eligible members who transferred into the MTRS from another Massachusetts contributory retirement system a final, one-time opportunity to make a definitive choice, either to:
- participate in RetirementPlus, or,
- opt-out of participating in RetirementPlus.