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Prepare to retire from UW<\/a><\/h3>\n

Watch a retirement workshop remotely, or watch the pre-recorded on-demand webinar whenever you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PERS 1: Preparing to retire<\/a><\/h3>\n

For PERS 1 members, learn when you're eligible to retire and how to begin making a plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PERS 2: Preparing to retire<\/a><\/h3>\n

For PERS 2 members, learn when you're eligible to retire and how to begin making a plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PERS 3: Preparing to retire<\/a><\/h3>\n

For PERS 3 members, learn when you're eligible to retire and how to begin making a plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TRS 1: Preparing to retire<\/a><\/h3>\n

For TRS 1 members, learn when you're eligible to retire and how to begin making a plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TRS 3: Preparing to retire<\/a><\/h3>\n

For TRS 3 members, learn when you're eligible to retire and how to begin making a plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LEOFF 2: Preparing to retire<\/a><\/h3>\n

For LEOFF 2 members, learn when you're eligible to retire and how to begin making a plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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UWRP: Preparing to retire<\/a><\/h3>\n

For UWRP members, learn when you're eligible to retire and how to begin making a plan\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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UWRP disability retirement<\/a><\/h3>\n

If due to a health condition you can no longer work, you may be able to retire under the UWRP disability retirement provision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Insurance during retirement<\/a><\/h3>\n

Continue the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) medical, dental, and life insurance you had as an employee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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VEBA Health Reimbursement Account<\/a><\/h3>\n

With VEBA, 25 percent of your unused sick leave balance is cashed out and placed into a medical expense plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ID cards for retirees<\/a><\/h3>\n

When you retire, you\u2019ll replace your employee Husky Card with one for retirees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Return to work after retirement<\/a><\/h3>\n

Policies governing reemployment depend on which retirement plan you have<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Voluntary Retirement Incentive (VRI) for Tenured Faculty – 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n

The University of Washington is offering a time-limited Voluntary Retirement Incentive (VRI) to eligible tenured faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing your insurance; Registering for retirement workshops; Making a plan for your retirement; Getting a retiree ID card; Cashing out sick leave; Reemployment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":80,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"class_list":["post-254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-retirement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254","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=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10631,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions\/10631"}],"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=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}