Welcome to
Employer Digest, your monthly source for IMRF news and information to help you stay connected with IMRF.
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Register Today For An Authorized Agent Workshop
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Attend an Authorized Agent Certification Workshop in your area to learn more about IMRF procedures and how to administer IMRF at your employer. We still have openings at these remaining workshops in 2019:
- Northbrook - Tuesday, August 20
- Tinley Park - Tuesday, September 10
- Moline - Tuesday, September 10
- Mt. Vernon - Tuesday, September 17
- Champaign - Wednesday, September 18
- Springfield - Tuesday, September 24
- Sandwich - Thursday, September 26
- Elk Grove Village - Tuesday, October 8
- Quincy - Wednesday, October 9
- Kankakee - Tuesday, October 22
- Collinsville - Tuesday, October 22
- Bloomingdale - Tuesday, October 29
- O Fallon - Tuesday, November 5
- Rockford - Wednesday, November 6
- Peoria - Wednesday, November 6
- Crystal Lake - Thursday, November 7
- Homewood - Thursday, November 7
- Wheaton - Tuesday, December 10
Each workshop is scheduled for five hours. A continental breakfast and light lunch will be served.
You may register for a workshop through
Employer Access
or by calling the exclusive, employer-only phone number, 1-800-728-7971.
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Deadline To Select 2020 Phase-In Rate Is August 30
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This matter is time sensitive. Please share this information with your unit of government's chief financial officer/business manager.
IMRF employers have until August 30, 2019, to select the optional phase-in rate for 2020 employer contributions. If IMRF does not hear back from you by the deadline, your employer will default to the Actuarial Determined Contribution (ADC) rate in 2020.
You can find your employer's 2020 ADC and phase-in rates on its Preliminary Contribution Rate Notice in Employer Access.
IMRF encourages employers with the financial capability to contribute at the ADC rate in 2020.
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Have A Question About IMRF? Find Help Now Online!
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Do you ever have simple questions about how to execute your IMRF duties as an Authorized Agent? You can find answers to most of your questions at
www.imrf.org.
The most common duties of an Authorized Agent - like enrolling new members and reporting wages - are detailed in online:
If you don't find what you need to know online,
send IMRF a secure message or call our exclusive, employer-only phone number, 1-800-728-7971 for help.
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Petitions Now Accepted For Employee Trustee Election
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IMRF is now accepting nominating petitions for the 2019 Employee Trustee election.
Petitions will be accepted through Monday, September 16, at 4:30 PM CST. Completed petitions may be mailed or hand delivered to IMRF's Oak Brook or Springfield offices, scanned and emailed to IMRFTrusteeElection@imrf.org, or faxed to 630-706-4656, ATTN: IMRF Trustee Petitions.
IMRF employees will elect one Employee Trustee to the Board of Trustees this fall to a five-year term that will run from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2024.
To qualify for the position, a candidate for Employee Trustee must be:
- an active member currently participating in IMRF
- vested in IMRF (eight years for Tier 1 members or 10 years for Tier 2 members)
More information about the 2019 Employee Trustee election, including nominating procedures, qualifications, sample petitions, and a biographical questionnaire,
can be found here.
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IMRF And Independent Contractors
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Independent contractors are not eligible to participate in IMRF. An IMRF employer cannot simply designate an employee as an independent contractor. A worker is either an employee or an independent contractor based on the facts of the relationship between the employer and the worker.
There are specific characteristics of an independent contractor that employers need to consider before classifying a worker as such. Employers are encouraged to review
Section 3.10A (schools) and
Section 3.60A (others) of the
Manual for Authorized Agents to help determine and classify an independent contractor.
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2211 N. York Rd., Ste. 500, Oak Brook, IL 60523-2337 (Main Office)
3000 Professional Dr., Ste. 101, Springfield, IL 62703
Member-only Phone: 1-800-ASK-IMRF (275-4673)
Employer-only Phone: 1-800-728-7971
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