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Coming In February: myVRS for Employers
Your Own Secure Online System
What's Happening To QuickAccess?
What Does myVRS For Employers Offer?
Reserve Your myVRS for Employers Access Code Today
Not Using QuickAccess?

Coming In February: myVRS for Employers

What better time than the beginning of the new year to discover the latest online resource for employers? Coming in February, the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) will roll out myVRS for Employers, your version of the myVRS secure online system currently available to members.

Your Own Secure Online System

myVRS for Employers is a secure online system for those who counsel employees regarding their VRS benefits and retirement. When you log on, you get detailed information about your employees’ VRS member records and the VRS benefits that you provide your employees.

What’s Happening To QuickAccess?

myVRS for Employers is replacing QuickAccess. myVRS for Employers will give you the same views you have in myVRS for members, with all of the QuickAccess features designed just for employers, and more.

Learn More: Attend a myVRS for Employers Webinar

Beginning in February, you’ll be able to attend a myVRS for Employers Webinar, which will show you how to register for, navigate and use the new system. The Webinar will be a 90-minute live audio and video presentation delivered over the Internet. All you need to participate is a touchtone phone and Internet connection. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation.

A series of Webinars will be offered from February 12 – 28. VRS will send an e-mail to primary HR contacts soon with more information, including the schedule and instructions on how to register for a Webinar.

What Does myVRS For Employers Offer?

myVRS for Employers lets authorized employers view information that is consistent with the way your employees see it in myVRS for members. If you’re a QuickAccess user, you’ll find even more information and features in myVRS for Employers. When you log on to myVRS for Employers, you’ll be able to:

View the status of applications for service retirement, purchase of prior service and refunds.
Update an employee’s address, even when not submitting an estimate request or certifying service.
Retrieve an employee’s annual Member Benefit Profile.
Print the Service and Contributions page instead of having to submit a requestor an Account Balance letter to be mailed to the employee.
View the employment history of a former employee, making it easy to certify eligibility for purchasing certain types of prior service.
Get more information about the employee’s purchase of prior service, including purchase contract information.
Calculate estimates using a two-step process, with the ability to save and print estimates.
Compare estimates side-by-side on the screen to look at the difference between two different payout options, compare different retirement dates and see the effect that additional months of purchased service might have on the benefit amount.

Like myVRS for members, myVRS for Employers also provides the “Explain This Page” feature, which opens a separate window explaining what’s on the page you’re viewing and defining terms. You don’t have to go to a help menu or leave the page you’re viewing. Moreover, myVRS for Employers has been built so that VRS can add new features, such as secured messaging and a variety of online reports, in future releases.

Reserve Your myVRS For Employers Access Code Today

Perform at least one member look-up in QuickAccess before January 30. This will reserve a one-time only access code for you to use to register for myVRS for Employers. VRS will mail the access code to you in February.

If you miss the January 30 deadline, you’ll need to submit an Authorization of Employer Contacts (VRS-67) 45kb to request access to myVRS for Employers.

Not Using QuickAccess?

If you’re not registered to use QuickAccess and your job requires you to access VRS member information, you won’t want to miss out on the new myVRS for Employers. Stay tuned to the VRS Web site and Employer Update for information on how you, too, can become an authorized user of myVRS for Employers.