5. Wisconsin - WRS 
The Department of Employee Trust Fund administrates the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). All employees who meet both the following criteria must be enrolled in the WRS: 
1	Employee is expected to work one-third of full-time per year (600 hours for non-teaching employees and 440 hours for teachers). 
2	Employee is expected to be employed for at least one year (365 consecutive days, 366 in leap year) from date of hire. 

 
Users will need to establish a specific Benefit Plan Type, Benefit Plan, User Fields attached to Employment Statuses, Pay Elements and Interface Format in order to run the WRS report. 
Benefit Plan Types - IBPT 
A special plan type of 'RETIREMENT' will be required so that this WRS system will only process the plans in this plan type. 
In the case where an employee works in two categories, then two separate plans must be setup, and the employee will be enrolled in both plans, with a different category (‘Coverage’) in each plan. 
If employee changes category during year, this change date must fall in a pay period end date, so that the hours/amount earned within a pay period are reported under the same category. 
Benefit Plans/Coverages - IBPN 
The Benefit Plan may be set up with the standard benefit components documented in the Benefits 
Administration manual (see the Pension Sample Plan). 
The WRS system must be setup as a benefit plan, with the coverage being the Employment Categories 
Personality2000 . 

Each eligible employee will then be enrolled into this plan, with the coverage corresponding to the employee’s 
Employment Category. 
The category contribution rates can then be stored in the Coverage Rate screen, and the Actual EE/ER 
amounts can be entered as a coverage component. Hours or other information that may not be entered as a 
coverage component must be supplied to the program as to where they are located (which Pay Component). 

There are 12-employment categories, each category carries a different contribution rates Category ‘00’ General Employee    EE=5.0%; BAC=1.2% Category ‘01’ Court Reporter     EE=5.0%; BAC=1.2% Category ‘02’ State Executive Retirement Plan EE=5.5%; BAC=0.1% Category ‘03’  Protective with Social Security EE=6.0%; BAC=0.5% 
 
 
Category ‘04’ Protective without Social Security  	EE=7.2%; BAC=N/A 
Category ‘05' 	Supreme Court Justice 	   EE=5.5%; BAC=0.1% 
Category ‘06’ Legislator or State Constitutional Officer 	EE=5.5%; BAC=0.1% 
Category ‘07’ Appellate Judge 	    EE=5.5%; BAC=0.1% 
Category ‘08’ Circuit Court Judge 	   EE=5.5%; BAC=00.1% 
Category ‘09’ Local Elected Official 	   EE=5.5%; BAC=0.1% 
Category ‘10’ Teacher 	    EE=5.0%; BAC=1.2% 
Category ‘11’ State Executive Retirement Plan Teacher 	EE=5.5%; BAC=0.1% 

User Fields - IMUF 
There is an Action Code, required on the report; and a Transaction Type, required if you are reporting through 
Magnetic Media. 
Set up: 
‘ET-2533 ACTION' 
‘ET-2533 TRANSACTION' 
as a CHAR user fields associated with P2K_CM_EMPLOYMENT_STATUS. 

 
ET-2533 ACTION 
For Annual Report: 
This code will be extracted from the appropriate user field attached to the employment status of the employee at year-end. 
 
 
‘00’ Used to report annual hours and earnings for employees not terminated or not on leave of absence. 
‘40’ Used to report employees on an informal leave of absence with no annual earnings. 
‘50’ Used to report employees on a military leave of absence at year-end. 
‘51’ Used to report employees on an unpaid leave of absence at year-end. 
‘53’ Used to report employees on layoff at year-end. 
‘80’ Used to correct or adjust an incorrect code ‘00’ entry on the annual report. (Report adjustment amount 

only, i.e. amounts to be add/subtract from previous amount). 
For Employee Transaction Report:
The following are codes applicable to this transaction report only. 
‘01’ Used for normal termination. 
‘03’ Used when employee is enrolled in WRS, but is not eligible. 
‘04’ Used when employee is terminated due to a non-work related illness or injury. 
‘05’ Used when an employee is dismissed or discharged. 
‘06’ Used when the termination is due to an employee’s death. 
‘07’ Used to report termination for WRS only for a local elected official who is waiving part-time elected 

service.
‘08’ Used when employee is terminated due to work-related illness or injury. 
‘10’ Used when employee is changing employment category due to change in job duties. 
‘54’ Used when employee is on leave of absence due to non-work related illness or injury. 
‘58’ Used when employee is on leave of absence due to work-related illness or injury. 
‘8X’ Correct previous submitted current year transaction types ‘0X’. 

 
To be reported on Magnetic Media only ‘000’ No change/Annual Report records only ‘001’ Termination ‘003’ Not eligible ‘004’ Non-work related illness/Injury ‘005’ Dismissal ‘006’ Death ‘007’ Waived Part-Time Elected Service ‘008’ Work related Injury/Illness ‘010’ Employment Category Change ‘023’ Contract Settlement Payment ‘024’ Service Correction Only ‘027’ Correction (Refund) to prior Year’s Earnings or Contributions ‘029’ Correction to Prior Year Transactions ‘031’ Name Correction or Change ‘033’ Begin Date Change ‘034’ Statement of Benefits Code Change ‘035’ ETF Employer Number ‘036’ Sex Change ‘038’ Address Change ‘040’ No Earning (annual report only) ‘050’ Employee on military leave of absence at end of year (annual report only) ‘051’ Employee on unpaid leave of absence at end of year (annual report only) ‘052’ Employee on paid, or deemed paid leave of absence (annual report only) ‘053’ Employee on layoff (annual report only) ‘054’ Employee of Leave of Absence, Non-work related illness/injury ‘058’ Employee on leave of absence, Work-related illness/injury ‘060’ New Employee ‘063’ Employment Category Correction ‘080’ Adjustment – Annual Detail (000), include adjustment hours/amount only ‘081’ Adjustment – Termination (001), include adjustment hours/amounts only ‘083’ Adjustment – Non-work related illness/injury (004), include adjustment hours/amounts only ‘085’ Adjustment – Dismissal (005), include adjustment hours/amounts only ‘086’ Adjustment – Death (006), include adjustment hours/amounts only ‘087’ Adjustment – Waived Part-Time Elected Service (007), include adjustment hours/amounts only ‘088’ Adjustment – Work-related illness/injury (008), include adjustment hours/amounts only. 
 
 
Employment Statuses - IDES 
The Action Code and Transaction Type user fields defined must be indicated on each employment status. 
 
 
 
Pay Elements - IPPE 
For each 'column' of amounts to be reported on or populated a pay element must be created that contains all of the pay components that are needed. 
 
Interface Format - IDIF 
Forms Supported: (ET-2533) 
The magnetic Tape/Diskette File created will be send to the government. (See section 703, and 803 of WRS publication ET-1127). Form ET-2533 will be used to support what was reported on the Magnetic Media.  This report, produced by High Line, does not necessarily corresponding to the government format; ensure you verify it. 
 
 
 
Rec 	Field 	Start Position 	Ending Position 	Name 	Variable Number 	Notes 
1 	1 	1 	9 	Social Security Number 	Social Security Number 	Identity Government ID 
1 	2 	10 	10 	SSN Tie breaker 		
1 	3 	11 	17 	Employer Identification 	Employer Identification Number 	
1 	4 	18 	25 	Report Date 	Report Date 	Report Date from RPWRS 
1 	5 	26 	33 	Statement of Acct Dist 	Statement of Distribution 	
1 	6 	34 	34 	Transaction Identifier 	Transaction ID 	Constant 'P' 
1 	7 	35 	37 	Transaction Type 	Transaction Type 	User Field on Employment Status 
1 	8 	38 	45 	Action Begin Date 	Action Begin Date 	Action Begin Date from RPWRS 
1 	9 	46 	53 	Last Earnings Date 	Last Earnings Date 	Action End Date from RPWRS 
1 	10 	53 	55 	Employment Category 	Employment Category 	Coverage Code from Enrollment 
1 	11 	56 	72 	Employee Last Name 	Employee Last Name 	Identity Last Name 
1 	12 	73 	87 	Employee First Name 	Employee First Name 	Identity First Name 
1 	13 	88 	88 	Employee Name Middle I 	Employee Middle Initial 	Identity Middle Name 
1 	14 	89 	89 	Sex Indicator 	Sex Indicator 	Identity Gender 

 
 
Rec 	Field 	Start Position 	Ending Position 	Name 	Variable Number 	Notes 
1 	15 	90 	97 	Birth Date 	Birth Date 	Identity Birthdate 
1 	16 	98 	104 	Fiscal Year Hours 	Fiscal Year Hours 	Fiscal Hours Element on RPWRS, For Teachers only, the Hours from Jan01 to Jun30 of the calendar year being reported 
1 	17 	105 	113 	Fiscal Year Earnings 	Fiscal Year Earnings 	Fiscal Earnings Element on RPWRS, For Teachers only, the Hours from Jan01 to Jun30 of the calendar year being reported 
1 	18 	114 	120 	Calendar Year Hours 	Calendar Year Hours 	Calendar Hours Element on RPWRS 
1 	19 	121 	129 	Calendar Year Earnings 	Calendar Year Earnings 	Calendar Earnings Element on RPWRS 
1 	20 	130 	136 	Employee-paid EERC 	Employee-paid EERC 	EERC Element on RPWRS 
1 	21 	137 	143 	Employee-paid BAC 	Employee-paid BAC 	BAC Element on RPWRS 
1 	22 	144 	150 	Additional Contribution 	Additional Cont-Fixed 	Additional Amount Element on RPWRS 
1 	23 	151 	157 	Additional Contribution 	Additional Cont-Variab 	
1 	24 	158 	164 	Tax Deferred Additional 	Tax Defer Add-Fixed 	Fixed Tax Defer Element on RPWRS 
1 	25 	165 	171 	Tax Deferred Additional 	Tax Defer Add-Variab 	Deferred Tax Vary Element on RPWRS 
1 	26 	172 	178 	Employer-paid Additional 	ER-paid Additional-Fixed 	ER added Fix Element on RPWRS 
1 	27 	179 	185 	Employer-paid Additional 	ER-paid Additional-Vari 	ER added Vary Element on RPWRS 
1 	28 	186 	210 	Home Address Street 1 	Home Address Street 1 	Personal Address 1 
1 	29 	211 	235 	Home Address Street 2 	Home Address Street 2 	Personal Address 2 
1 	30 	236 	250 	Home Address City 	Home Address City 	Personal Locality 
1 	31 	251 	252 	Home Address State 	Home Address State 	Personal State/Prov 
1 	32 	253 	257 	Home Address Zip Code 	Home Address Zip Code 	Personal Zip/Postal 
1 	33 	258 	261 	Home Address Extended 	Home Add Zip Extend 	Personal Zip/Postal 
1 	34 	262 	271 	Home Address Foreign C 	Home Add Fore Country 	Personal State/Prove 
1 	35 	272 	286 	Home Address Foreign Z 	Home Add Fore Zip Code 	Personal Zip/Postal 
1 	36 	287 	288 	New Employment Category 	New Employ Category 	Coverage Code from Enrollment, if there's been a change, for Transaction Type '010' only 
1 	37 	289 	346 	Filler 		

 
 
Rec 	Field 	Start Position 	Ending Position 	Name 	Variable Number 	Notes 
1 	38 	347 	354 	Date Stamp 	Date Stamp 	Server Date file is created 
1 	39 	355 	360 	Time Stamp 	Time Stamp 	Server Time file is created 

 
Once set up is complete the report should be run and the file created and verified. 
 
Annual Transaction Report (ET-2533) 
The Annual Transaction Report should include service, earnings and employee paid contributions for all participating employees of the employer who have not been reported during the calendar year.  Included should be those on leave of absence at year-end and any employees not on formal leave but for whom no earnings were paid during the year. 
Filings are to be completed by January 20 or January 31 depends on type of employer (see section 706 of WRS publication ET-1127). 
All active (not terminated) employees that have an official enrollment record at year end will be selected. 
 
Employee Transaction Report (ET-2533) 
The employer must notify the WRS when a participating employee terminates employment retirement coverage by reporting him/her on an Employee Transaction Report. This report serves as a mechanism for reporting other types of employee transactions when: 
An employee changes category due to change in job duties. 
A previously submitted employee transaction requires correction. 
Late reported earnings or salary changes must be reported. 
An employee takes a leave due to medical reasons. 
The reporting of terminated employees and other types of employee transactions should occur within one week after final reportable earnings have been paid. For state agencies on Central Payroll, employee transactions will be transmitted via the bi-weekly payroll tape.  Corrections must be made through Central Payroll rather than sending paper forms to ETF. 
All employees who have been terminated, or have employment category changes during a user-specified date range will be selected for reporting. 
 
 
 
‘RPWRS’ Highlights 
‘RPWRS’ may be found through the menu bar: 
 
 
 
The form may also be accessed through the command window with ‘RPWRS’. 
 
‘RPWRS’ Usage and Examples 
 
Report Parameters Entity Mandatory, LOV available 
Limits the process to the entity specified. 
Report Type Mandatory, LOV available 
Annual or EE Transaction Report 
Report Date Mandatory, Date, and LOV available 
The ‘Report Date' is the date printed in the file. 
Action Begin Date Mandatory, Date, LOV available Action End Date Mandatory, Date, LOV available 
The ‘Action' date range will be used to determine which pay components within the element to report on.   
 
 
People List Code Mandatory, Multiple selection, LOV available, <ALL> 
A people list may be used to indicate specific employee transaction to be processed. 
Person Code Mandatory, Multiple selection, LOV available, <ALL> 
The person code(s) of specific employee(s) to be processed. 
Department 	Mandatory, Multiple selection and LOV available 
Org Level Type 	Mandatory, LOV available 
Org Level 	Mandatory, Multiple selection and LOV available 
Authorization 	Mandatory, Multiple selection and LOV available 
Unit 	Mandatory, Multiple selection and LOV available 
Group 	Mandatory, Multiple selection and LOV available 
Payroll 	Mandatory, Multiple selection and LOV available 
Status 	Mandatory, Multiple selection and LOV available 

Mandatory means that the field must have something in it. <ALL> is fine. 
Fiscal Hours Element Mandatory, LOV available Fiscal Earnings Element Mandatory, LOV available Calendar Hours Elem Mandatory, LOV available Calendar Earn Elem Mandatory, LOV available BAC Element Mandatory, LOV available EERC Element Mandatory, LOV available EE Add Amt Fix Elem Mandatory, LOV available EE Add Amt Vary Elem Mandatory, LOV available Fixed Tax Defer Elem Mandatory, LOV available Vary Tax Defer Elem Mandatory, LOV available ER added Fix Elem Mandatory, LOV available ER added Vary Element Mandatory, LOV available 
See WRS Set up - Pay Elements 
Interface Code Mandatory, LOV available 
Only those reports of the format “Wisconsin Retirement” will display.  Choose from the report formats created. The format “HL$WRS” has been provided as a sample, but should be copied, and the copy edited, by the client before running this report. The report definition selected will determine the format of the output file (if any), as well as the columnar content of the report. 
Directory Mandatory, text 
Must be a directory on the server for which the current user (as signed onto the client’s network) has write capability. For example the entry ‘C:\TEMP’ accesses the ‘TEMP’ directory on the server, not the local directory for the computer terminal being used. 
File Name Mandatory, text 
Enter the name of the file that will be created in the interface directory specified. 
 
 
Write or Append Mandatory, LOV available 
If the file already exists should the current information overwrite it or append to it? 
Output Header/Trailer Mandatory, LOV available 
If the file is to contain a header and trailer record then indicate <Yes>. 
Trial Mandatory, LOV available 
The report may be run in trial mode (Yes) or update mode (No) 
Exception Level Mandatory, LOV available 
A ‘trace’ report of exception messages may be produced to assist in the testing phase. If necessary, choose from 0 – 9 (highest) level of trace. Please note that this is a voluminous report and will cause very slow performance.