Get Notice Of Enrollment In Imrf Form 6 10

You can also complete a paper "Application for Separation Refund" form and mail or fax it to IMRF at (630) 706-4289. You are not required to take a refund when you leave your IMRF employer. If you are no longer participating in IMRF but still working for the same IMRF employer, you cannot take a refund.

IMRF is created by state law to administer a retirement, death, and disability benefit plan for employees of local governments in Illinois. About 3,000 employers (school districts, cities, villages, counties, townships, and other local governmental units) and more than 176,000 members are covered by the program.

If you have 40 or more years of service credit, you can elect to stop making IMRF contributions. If you stop contributing, you will still have the same disability and death benefit protection as contributing members.

A person employed in a position normally requiring performance of duty for 600 hours or more in the next 12 months following the employee's date of hire must participate in IMRF. It is the expected annual hourly requirements that determine participation; actual hours worked may be more or less than the hours expected.

600-Hour Standard. A person employed in a position normally requiring performance of duty for 600 hours or more in the next 12 months following the employee's date of hire must participate in IMRF.

You must have at least eight years of service credit to receive a future IMRF pension. This eight-year requirement can include reciprocal service. Once you have at least eight years of service credit, you are guaranteed an IMRF pension for life. The more service credit you earn, the larger your pension will be.

The IMRF Pension A Regular Tier 1 member needs at least eight years to vest (be eligible) to receive an IMRF Regular plan pension. The earliest age a Regular Tier 1 member can receive a pension is age 55 (reduced) and age 60 (full pension).