To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Vice President and Chancellor Robert A. Easter" <chancellor@illinois.edu>

Reply-To: chancellor@illinois.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Public Pension System

Dear Campus Community Members,

As you certainly know, the state legislature is considering several 
changes to the public pension system. There have been many news accounts 
about the potential impact to state employees.  We are concerned about 
what is being proposed and have taken steps to closely monitor the 
developments in this area. In accepting a position at a state university, 
we all understood that our pension benefits were part of our compensation, 
and that by serving the state we would not be eligible for Social Security 
benefits.  I am sure you have made your retirement planning decisions 
according to that commitment by the state to provide pension benefits to 
you upon your retirement. 

I write today to assure you that we are working closely with University 
leadership to protect your interests and to make our concerns known to 
members of the state legislature. To learn more about the legislation, 
visit the NESSIE web site at: 
https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/benefits/index.cfm?Item_ID=4534.

Additionally, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs is hosting a 
series of informational presentations on the pension issues. For more 
information on those events, visit: 
https://hr.uillinois.edu/main/ViewComm.cfm?ID=94. The Urbana-Champaign 
panel will be held at noon on Monday, April 11 at the Alice Campbell 
Alumni Center Ballroom.  For those unable to attend, a simultaneous 
webcast will be available at http://tinyurl.com/3hx5bcz.

We will provide updated information on the Human Resources web site at 
https://hr.uillinois.edu as it becomes available.

You have faithfully contributed your share of funding to the system.  We 
appreciate the many contributions you have made to the University of 
Illinois.  Please note that we are also following these legislative 
developments closely and with great interest.

Warm regards,

Robert A. Easter
Interim Vice President, University of Illinois
Interim Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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