4.25 C. Record Format for Web Wage Reporting

Column Description

Requirement Description

employer_nbr

Employer number (text):
5-digits. Use last four digits of the nine-digit Employer SSA Number, preceded by a zero; otherwise, if the employer joined IMRF on or after January 9, 1993, use the five-digit identification number issued by IMRF, including the leading zero.
 

report_month

Wage Report Month (text)
2-digit month of wage report period
 

report_year

Wage Report Year (text)
4-digit year of wage report period
 

member_ssn

Member Social Security Number (text)
9-digit Social Security Number without dashes
 

member_name

Member Name (text)
The member name should be entered delimited by a space or comma. Enter the member name as ’lastname[space or comma]firstname’ (e.g., ’JACKSON JOHN’ or ’JACKSON,JOHN’).

Enter two-part names without spaces or punctuation (e.g., ’Van Horn’ should be entered as ’VANHORN’ and ’O’Brien’ should be entered as ’OBRIEN’).
 

member_gender

Member gender (text)
1-character. Use ”F” for female, ”M” for male, or leave blank (space).
 

plan_code

IMRF Member Plan Code Tier 1 (text)
4-characters (use a zero ’0.’ Not the alphabet ’O’)

• If the plan is Regular, use RG01

• If the plan is SLEP IMRF’s Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Personnel plan is available to county sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, forest preserve rangers and airport police and certain police chiefs. IMRF’s Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Personnel plan was revised by P.A. 94-712, which resulted in the creation of two “tiers” as follows: SL01 SLEP Tier 1, members who terminated SLEP participation before July 1, 2004, and SL02 SLEP Tier 2. The contribution rate was increased to 7.50% effective on and after June 1, 2006. P.A. 94-712 also increased the SLEP formula to a flat 2.5%. The new formula applies to SLEP members who were actively participating on or after July 1, 2004., use SL0l

• If the plan is Voluntary Additional, use VA0

• If the plan is ECO use:
  ECR1
  ECR2
  ECS1
  ECS2
  EPR1
  ERS1
   

See Section 4.23 for an explanation of ECO codes.

IMRF Member Plan Code Tier 2

• If the plan is Regular, use RG03

• If the plan is SLEP, use SL03

• If the plan is ECO Regular, use EPR3

• If the plan is ECO SLEP, use EPS3

• If the plan is Voluntary Additional, use VA03

current_wages

Current Member Wages (number)
Cannot be a number greater than 99999.99
May contain up to two decimals.
 

current_contributions

Current Member Contributions Members who participate in the Regular Plan contribute 4.50% of salary toward a future IMRF pension: 3.75% for the member and 0.75% for a surviving spouse pension. Members who participate in the SLEP plan contribute 7.50% of salary (on and after June 1, 2006) toward a future SLEP pension: 6.75% for the member and 0.75% for a surviving spouse pension. Before June 1, 2006, SLEP members contributed 6.50 percent of salary; 5.75 percent for the member and 0.75 percent for a surviving spouse pension. Members in the ECO plan contribute 7.50 of salary toward a future ECO pension: 6.75% for the member and 0.75% for a surviving spouse pension.
Cannot be a number greater than 99999.99
May contain up to two decimals