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As a new member, be sure to: Complete the MTRS online enrollment process Designate a beneficiary ; Check your pay stub to confirm that you are contributing at the correct rate Look into prior service that you may purchase as creditable service toward your retirement benefit Check out the comparison of Tier 1 vs Tier 2; Review the “retirement percentage” charts
- Forms - MTRS
Please note: At this time, these forms cannot be submitted to us electronically (this is to ensure your security and because we need to have your original signature) Once you have completed your form, please print and sign it, then mail it to us at the address noted on the form If you have any
- Members - MTRS
Throughout your career… What YOU need to do: Contact the MTRS if you: are injured while performing the duties of your job; want to change your beneficiary designation get divorced want to participate in the governance of the MTRS as an elected Board member or in the administration of the Pension Reserves Investment Trust PRIT Fund as our members’ elected PRIM board representative
- Contact - MTRS
500 Rutherford Avenue, Suite 210 Charlestown, MA 02129-1628 Hours Open Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm *Please arrive no later than 4:45 p m for walk-in services
- General information - MTRS
Proudly serving Massachusetts educators since 1914 Established on July 1, 1914, the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System is the largest of the Commonwealth’s 104 contributory retirement systems We provide retirement, disability and survivor benefits to more than 94,000 active educators and over 67,000 retirees and survivors Mission statement To ensure that members of the
- “Retirement Percentage” charts - MTRS
Pension Reform III, effective November 16, 2011, created a new benefit structure for individuals who became members of Massachusetts public retirement systems on or after April 2, 2012 Because benefits are now based, in part, on an individual's membership date, the MTRS distinguishes between two "Membership Tiers " Below are our two "retirement percentage" charts, which
- Apply for Retirement - MTRS
1 Example 1: Joe Teacher became a member of the MTRS on 9 1 2020 Provided he continues to teach full-time, he will accumulate 10 years of service by 8 31 2030 He has until 8 31 2031 to purchase his military service credit or begin an installment payment plan
- Retirees - MTRS
Benefit Recipients (retirees and survivors) We're here for you Throughout your retirement, please be assured that we are here to administer your benefits and provide you with information and services Are you due unclaimed funds? If you are a survivor, beneficiary, executor or executrix of a deceased MTRS member or benefit recipient, the MTRS may
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