Website calculates retirement benefitsEmployees participating in PERS 1, 2 or 3 have just been sent their 2004-2005 annual statements. With this information, they can create their own retirement benefit estimates. Based on the actual data in their account, including service credit, they can determine the earliest date they would be eligible to retire.To do this, […]
Deferred comp rep in Pullman Nov. 10It is never too early to start planning for retirement. To help with part of that planning, Stacy Rundle, from the state deferred compensation program, will be in Pullman Thursday, Nov. 10, with information for employees interested in tax sheltering money for retirement.Group sessions will be held at 8:30 […]
Along with the graying of the general populace comes the widespread aging of America’s university faculty. In 1994, the tenure exemption of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) expired — no longer giving colleges the right to enforce mandatory retirement of faculty members at age 70. According to a recent article on faculty […]
Employees participating in the PERS 3 retirement plan have an opportunity to visit with Bill McGrath from the International City/County Management Association Retirement Corporation (ICMA-RC) in Pullman on Wednesday, March 9. All sessions will be held in the Benefit Services meeting room, 230 French Administration Building. Three different sessions are planned: • 9-10 a.m. on […]
It’s 7:15 a.m. on Pioneer Hill in Pullman. At the corner of Ridgeview Court and Highland Way, Pat Caraher, senior editor of Washington State Magazine, does what he has done nearly every weekday for almost 35 years. He steps out of his house and walks across town to work. Seems like a simple thing, but […]
Bill McGrath, from the International City/County Management Association Retirement Corporation (ICMA-RC), will present a series of classes in May to WSU classified staff who participate in PERS 3. McGrath’s classes will address two topics – investment options and retirement benefit distributions. They will be 90 minutes long and offered on the Spokane, TriCities and Pullman […]
After 30 years of service to WSU, retiree Richard Slabaugh has returned to design some sets for the Theatre Department, including the set for the fall production, “Equus.” “With (Associate Professor) George (Caldwell) on leave this year, we were going to be in a bind to hire a designer before the start of the new […]
It is never too early to start thinking about and planning for retirement. The Department of Retirement Systems is offering an all-day free seminar in Pullman, Saturday, June 7. The seminar includes general information presentations on financial planning, estate planning, social security benefits and retiree health insurance benefits. Preregistration is required — (888) 711-6676 or […]
Martha “Marty” Mullen is retiring May 15 after more than 31 years at WSU working with ASWSU and arts programming. A retirement party, “A Celebration of the Arts at WSU,” is planned for 3:30 – 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. A program of performances and readings by some of Marty’s artistic friends will begin at […]
On July 1, 2001, the Post-Retirement Employment bill (ESSB 5937) became law. This law allows PERS Plan 1 retirees to work for a Washington state employer for up to 1,500 hours per calendar year without a reduction in their pension. If the retired employee works more than 1500 hours, the retirement annuity stops for the […]