As your municipality’s Human Resources Contact, you are the main point of contact for all employee relations and education needs related to your MERS benefits.

This can include:

• Setting up onsite education for your employees
• Onboarding new hires
• Assisting employees with life events such as marriage, death or divorce and how it will affect their MERS benefit(s)
• Providing employees with benefit information as they transition out of employment at your municipality
• Working with MERS to provide retirement readiness education and resources to employees

New to Your Role?

• Who is MERS?
• Your MERS Team
• Your MERS Benefits

Employee Education

• Request Onsite Education
• Events for employees
• Video Library
• CentsAbility Blog
• Retirement Readiness

Onboarding New Employees

• Enrollment Forms
• New Hire Process
  Go to the administration section for your product to learn more.
• New Hire Video

Retirement Process

• Retirement Forms
• Retirement Process
• Webinars

Other Helpful Information

• Service Credit Purchase
• Rehires & Transfers
  • For Defined Benefit Plan
  • For Hybrid Plan

Your MERS Team

As the Human Resources (HR) contact, you have a team of MERS staff available to assist you with all of your retirement plan needs.

MERS Regional Team Resources Regional Manager Your Regional Manager is the primary point of contact for providing consultation regarding: Plan administration Plan and benefit changes Needs analysis Collective bargaining assistance Board, union and key stakeholder relations Your Regional Manager’s contact information. Benefit Plan Coordinator Your Benefit Plan Coordinator is your resource for: Plan questions and information Administration and coordination of all internal service activities Plan change requests Annual actuarial valuation questions Contact type updates Your Benefit Plan Coordinator’s contact information. Benefit Education Specialist Your Benefit Education Specialist works with your employees to provide education on the MERS plan(s) they participant in. They are available for on-site group and one-on-one meetings at a time that best fits your needs. You can contact our Service Center at 800.767.6377 (MERS) to set up a time for your Benefit Education Specialist to visit your municipality.

Your MERS Benefits

Do you know what MERS plan(s) your municipality is enrolled in? You can check by logging in to the Employer Portal or contacting your Benefit Plan Coordinator.

Need help logging in to myMERS or the Employer Portal?