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SERS members have recently been targeted by a variety of phishing scams, including emails, phone calls, and text messages that attempt to impersonate or imply affiliation with SERS.

Emails
The fraudulent emails may provide links, including DocuSign, and allege to provide the member with the option to sign up and receive their monthly SERS benefit payments four days early by providing personal financial information, including bank account information.  SERS does not offer an early benefit payment option or request personal or banking information by email or use of DocuSign.  Please note that our emails are always sent from an srs.illinois.gov email address.

Phone calls and Text messages
Several members have recently reported receiving unsolicited phone calls and text messages from individuals claiming to be associated with SERS.  These individuals initially contact the member by phone call or text message and attempt to set up counseling appointments with the member, generally through a follow-up email and/or text message.  These phone calls have been received on State landlines and State issued cell phones.  SERS does not contract with anyone outside of the agency to contact members about retirement counseling appointments or other financial services. SERS does not cold call members for retirement consultations, and only schedules retirement counseling appointments at the request of the member.

If you receive a suspicious email, call, or text message that purports to be SERS that you suspect is a scam, please report this activity to the SERS call center at 217-785-7444. Information that you provide can help SERS prevent and detect schemes that impact our members. 

Sick Leave and Vacation

All sick leave and vacation days accumulated at retirement may be used to increase your retirement benefit. To approximate the additional service credit for all credited sick and vacation days, refer to your personnel status report provided by your agency. After converting sick leave hours to days, find the total of your sick and vacation days in the chart (below). The result is the additional monthly service credit.

All vacation days and one-half of your sick leave accumulated between January 1, 1984 and December 31, 1997, will require a contribution to establish service credit (depending upon job title/pension formula). Sick leave accumulated before January 1, 1984 and after December 31, 1997, and the other half of your remaining unpaid sick leave from January 1, 1984 thru December 31, 1997 will not require a contribution to establish service credit.

Days Months
1-5 0.25
6-10 0.50
11-21 1.00
22-26 1.25
33-43 2.00
44-48 2.25
49-53 2.50
54-65 3.00
66-70 3.25
71-75 3.50
76-86 4.00
87-91 4.25
92-96 4.50
97-108 5.00
109-113 5.25
114-118 5.50
119-130 6.00
131-135 6.25
136-140 6.50
141-151 7.00
152-156 7.25
157-161 7.50
162-173 8.00
174-178 8.25
179-183 8.50
184-195 9.00
196-200 9.25
201-205 9.50
206-216 10.00
217-221 10.25
222-226 10.50
227-238 11.00
239-243 11.25
244-248 11.50
249-260 12.00
27-32 1.50

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SERS Contact Information

2101 S. Veterans Parkway
Springfield, IL 62704
Phone: 217-785-7444
Fax: 217-785-7019
Email SERS

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JRS/GARS Contact Info

2101 S. Veterans Parkway
Springfield, IL 62704
Phone: 217-782-8500
Fax: 217-524-9039
Email JRS
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FOR JRS/GARS MEMBERS ONLY
JRS/GARS representatives do not have the ability or authorization to access SERS member data, or to assist SERS members.