IMRF's Your Glass is Half Full: Understanding Your IMRF Benefits Workshops are now available in a webinar format. They will be one-hour interactive webinars, with the opportunity to ask questions. The Your Glass is Half Full Workshop webinars are free to IMRF members!

IMRF's Voluntary Additional Contributions (VAC) program is a unique and very effective savings vehicle available to IMRF members only, to help supplement your retirement savings. The VAC program is both low-risk and offers higher interest rates than many other retirement savings options.

With VAC, you can elect to save between 1% and 10% of your reported earnings in an account that currently earns 7.25% interest. Contributions are after-tax and do not reduce your taxable income as in a 457 or 403(b) plan. The interest is credited at the end of the year, based on the opening balance at the beginning of the year.

IMRF members who begin contributing under the age of 40 will benefit significantly from the compounding interest on their contributions, which will add up to substantial savings by the time of their retirement.

For more information on IMRF Voluntary Additional Contributions, click here.

If you do not already have a Member Access account, you will need a Registration Key to create one. The Registration Key is 16 characters and can be found toward the end of the annual Statement of Benefits IMRF mailed to you in February. You can also request that a new Registration Key be mailed to you by clicking here.

For information on everything Member Access has to offer, and for instructions on how to conduct your important IMRF business using Member Access, click here.

If you are planning to run for Employee Trustee in the upcoming IMRF Board election, your nominating petitions are due September 15 by 4:30 pm (CST).

For more information on the qualifications and process of running for Employee Trustee, click here.