This fall, IMRF members will elect one Employee Trustee for a five-year term of office, from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029.

To run for IMRF Employee Trustee, a member must be:

• An active member currently participating in IMRF
• Vested in IMRF as of December 31, 2023 (eight years for Tier 1 members, ten years for Tier 2 members)
• Not employed by an IMRF employer as a chief executive officer, chief finance officer, or other officer, executive, or department head

To learn more about how your interested employees can run for IMRF Employee Trustee, click here.

While data collections are in the In Progress area, they are still pending and will have the status of either initial data entry or action definition.

Initial data entry means you are in step #2. Action definition means you are in step #3. Both statuses mean you need to perform additional steps to complete the data collection.

You will need to either 1) delete the data collection if it is no longer needed, or 2) complete and submit the data collection.

If the system says Submitted for validation, Submitted for completion, or Submitted for validation and load, this means the system is processing the information.

Verification requested is another possible status you will see. You just need to wait for it to be approved. If it is rejected, you will need to take further action to complete and resubmit the data collection. The status will reflect this by saying Verification rejected - action definition. For instructions on how to edit the information and resubmit rejected data collections, please click here.

Additional information and resources related to submitting wage reports can be found on the Wage Report Procedures page in the Employer Access Learning Center.

Several new questions and answers have been added to the Employer FAQ webpage, and more will be added soon. Be sure to check back regularly for new information and answers to your questions.

New questions include:

• Which processes are now done through Data Collection in the new Employer Access System?

• How do I delete a data collection that was started but is no longer needed?

• How do I apply a credit?

• Is it possible to get an IMRF payment reversed in new Employer Access? 

• Can a health insurance deduction be made at any time?

• How can I get an Appointment of Authorized Agent form?

• Where can I find the Voluntary Additional Election form and the Omitted Service Application?

• Can Voluntary Additional Contribution (VAC) changes become effective at any time of month? Which date on the form will be used as the effective date?



• Can reciprocal members who are not vested with IMRF apply for their pensions in IMRF Member Access?

Click here to visit the Employer Access FAQ page.

The Illinois Pension Code requires IMRF to post the employer cost and participation reports listed below on its website. IMRF updates these reports annually. The reports were recently updated for 2024. 

• Employer Contribution Amounts
• Employer Contribution Rates
• Participating Employers
• Employer Resolutions

To view the updated reports, please click here.

IMRF employers who have websites must include a link to the employer cost and participation reports page on their websites.

For More Information

To learn more about employer rates, please see the Employer Rates webpage.

By performing compliance reviews, IMRF can assist employers in understanding and administering IMRF benefits according to the Illinois Pension Code. Performing compliance reviews is considered a best practice for public pension funds. 

To help you understand and prepare for a compliance review, our website explains IMRF's compliance review process, including tools, resources, and best practices that could help prevent compliance findings.  

How are employers selected for compliance reviews? 

Every December IMRF selects which employers will be reviewed in the following year. We consider several factors such as:

• The date of an employer’s last IMRF compliance review
• Employer Representative territory
• Type and size of employer 

The IMRF Board of Trustees approves the number of employer compliance reviews we perform each year. IMRF reviews approximately 200 employers a year. 

We are here to help you 

Our compliance team will involve you at every stage of the review, so you understand what is being done and why. The most successful employer compliance reviews happen when the employer and the IMRF Employer Compliance team have a collaborative working relationship. 

For more information regarding employer compliance reviews, please visit the IMRF compliance pages.

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has awarded IMRF its prestigious "Triple Crown" Award for the fourth year in a row.

This award recognizes governments that have received all three GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting awards, which include the:

• Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) Award
• Popular Annual Financial Reporting (PAFR) Award
• Distinguished Budget Presentation Award

This year's "Triple Crown" Award honors the ACFR and PAFR prepared for Fiscal Year 2022 and the Budget for 2024. These documents, as well as the most recent versions of the ACFR and PAFR, can be found here. The 2024 Budget document can be downloaded here.

IMRF is one of just four public pensions in the United States and Canada to receive the “Triple Crown” honor. Out of more than 3,000 units of government in Illinois, only 32 others also earned this recognition.

IMRF is Committed to Transparency in Financial Reporting

IMRF has made a long-term commitment to transparency in financial reporting. The organization’s ACFR has received GFOA’s Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting 49 separate years. That places IMRF on GFOA’s top ten list of all-time award recipients.

IMRF members and retirees can trust in the thorough, accurate, and transparent financial reporting that has consistently earned IMRF honors from GFOA!