{"id":228,"date":"2016-04-14T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:19:49","slug":"optional-retirement-plans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/retirement-plans\/optional-retirement-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Optional retirement plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"children-pages\">\n<div class=\"child-page\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/retirement-plans\/optional-retirement-plans\/uw-voluntary-investment-program\/\">UW Voluntary Investment Program<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Save beyond your primary UW retirement plan by enrolling in the Voluntary Investment Program (VIP), a tax-advantaged retirement plan that offers an array of mutual funds and annuities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"child-page\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/retirement-plans\/optional-retirement-plans\/deferred-compensation\/\">Deferred compensation<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Learn about the state's optional deferred compensation retirement plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two optional retirement plans you can join: UW VIP and the state&#8217;s deferred compensation program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Optional retirement plans - Benefits","description":"There are two optional retirement plans you can join: UW VIP and the state's deferred compensation program"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}