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No. An Alternate Payee will begin collecting the benefit when the Participant retires and begins collecting. The QDRO cannot require ERSRI to…
A domestic relations order (DRO) is a judgment, decree or court order relating to the provision of child support, alimony payments or the division of…
Your pension from the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI) and TIAA is considered marital property subject to valuation and equitable…
Rhode Island General Laws § 36-10-17; §16-16-19; and § 45-21-23 govern the reexamination of disability retirees.
If you refuse to see an IME that has been assigned to you by ERSRI, your disability retirement allowance may be permanently revoked.
You are not required to see a doctor. However, ERSRI has the legal authority to send you for an independent medical examination (IME), at ERSRI’s…
Yes, you will be mailed written notice at least thirty (30) days before your disability retirement allowance is adjusted. The notice will contain the…
If you filed a joint tax return, ERSRI will not be able to differentiate whether the earnings are attributable to you or your spouse without…
No. Pursuant to RIGL § 38-2-2(4)(O), tax returns are not public documents.
If you do not provide ERSRI with a completed Annual Continuing Statement including all supporting documentation, your disability retirement allowance…
Once a member attains his or her minimum age of service retirement, he or she will no longer receive an Annual Continuing Statement. Please note that…
You are permitted to make the difference between the amount you would have earned had you still been employed in the same position from which you…
Rhode Island General Laws § 36-10-17; § 16-16-19; and § 45-21-24 govern the readjustment of disability retirement allowance.
ERSRI is required by law to adjust a member’s disability retirement allowance if the member earns over a certain amount of money. ERSRI determines…
Eligible retirees of the 58 MERS plans will see an increase of 1.06% on the first $27,608 of their annual pension benefit for calendar year 2021.…
Members of fifty-eight municipal (MERS) pension plans will receive cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) in 2021. Click the PDF below for a list of MERS…
Contributions and data must be sent to ERSRI within three business days of the date they are withheld from the employee’s compensation (i.e. the pay…
Yes. In addition, employers should send us settlement agreements/arbitration awards for review by our office prior to final execution to ensure all…
No, Beneficiary Nomination forms must be submitted to ERSRI to be valid. An employer who receives a form should forward it to our office for review…
Yes, but post-retirement employment with the state of Rhode Island, Rhode Island public schools, or any Rhode Island municipality participating in…
