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Fraudulent Emails
SERS members have recently been targeted by fraudulent emails that claim to be from SERS. These emails appear to be legitimate correspondence from SERS, but they are not. Our emails are always sent from an srs.illinois.gov email address. The fraudulent emails provide several links, including one to DocuSign, and allege to provide the member with the option to sign up to receive their monthly SERS benefit payments four days early by providing personal financial information, including bank account information. SERS does not offer this early payment option or request personal or banking information by email. Please contact us at 217-785-7444 if you have received or responded to a fraudulent email. 

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. 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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