Employer Publications and Booklets

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• Manual for Authorized Agents
  • January 2010 revisions
• Authorized Agent Procedure Check Lists
• Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution Plan
• Early Retirement Incentive (ERI) booklet
• Elected County Official Plan booklets
  • Original Elected County Official plan
  • Revised Elected County Official plan
• Employer Digest Archive
• Employer Forms
• General Memorandums
• Governing Body brochure: What is IMRF?
• Highlights (of IMRF Board of Trustee meetings)
• How Employer Rates are Calculated
• Purchasing IMRF Past Service Credit booklet
• Reminders
• Service Credit
• Special Memos
• Tax-deferred Payroll Deduction Program (TPDP) booklet
• Voluntary Additional Contribution Fact Sheet

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Early Retirement Incentive (ERI) booklet (employer edition, rev. 02/2008)
This booklet provides employers with legal guidelines and procedures for adopting ERI, a cost estimate of the ERI before the governing body adopts the resolution, and additional requirements for dissolving employers wishing to adopt ERI.

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Purchasing IMRF Past Service Credit (revised 02/2004)
This booklet explains eligibility requirements and process of purchasing past service credit from IMRF.

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Original Elected County Official (ECO) Plan (revised 12/2006)
Public Act 90-0032 was signed into law on June 27, 1997. This legislation provides for an alternative benefit plan for Elected County Officials (ECO).

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Revised Elected County Official (ECO) Plan (revised 09/2006)
On January 26, 2000, Public Act 91-0685 revised the Original ECO program. This booklet describes this revised program.

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Tax-deferred Payroll Deduction Program (TPDP) Refer to the Manual for Authorized Agents, Paragraph 6.40C. 5., The Tax-Deferred Payroll Deduction Program

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