9.00: Retirees who return to work

9.00: Retirees who return to work

Reporting units are required to submit retirement detail reports on a wage and service paid basis, including, but not limited to, retirees employed by a third party or as an independent contractor.

MPSERS retirees who return to work to a MPSERS reporting unit may have an impact on their pension and insurance premium subsidies. The retiree and the employing reporting unit have an important responsibility in this process.

• The retiree is responsible for understanding the working after retirement rules and how they affect their pension and insurance premium subsidy. Resources for retirees are available on the ORS member information website for retirees who return to work.
• The reporting unit is responsible for accurately reporting retirees to ensure the guidelines of the working after retirement rules are met.

The rules for reporting retirees are broken down into multiple categories which include the reporting unit type, the retiree's effective date of retirement, and the type of post-retirement employment.

ORS offers tools to help you report retirees employed by your reporting unit. For accurate reporting, you must review both tools for each retiree.

• The Member Benefit Plans section of the Employer Reporting website will verify that your new employee is a MPSERS retiree. In addition, the Member Benefit Plans link gives you the retirement effective date, information on employer and employee Defined Contribution rates when appropriate. This information will be specific to each employee. See section 7.06.01: Determining a member's benefit plan. You will need this information when using the Working after retirement - employer guide.

   

• The Reporting Retirees section of the Employer Information website provides you information and reporting for your retired employees. This includes the link to the Working after retirement - employer guide.

For instructions on how to report a retiree, see sections 7.03.08: Reporting retiree wages and hours on a DTL2 record.

Last updated: 08/05/2022