Wisconsin Retirement System

Wisconsin Government Retirees Still Benefitting Big From Unused Sick Pay

by M. D. Kittle | Jul 30, 2018

Thanks to Wisconsin’s generous sick leave conversion system, some retirees have banked hundreds of thousands of dollars they can use to pay for post-retirement health insurance premiums in the Wisconsin Group Health Insurance Program.

For Some State Pensioners, Retirement Is ‘Like Winning The Lottery’

by M. D. Kittle | Jul 24, 2018

There are scores of former government workers earning more in retirement than they did on the job. Some just a few thousand dollars more, others banking two or three times more than their highest salary average.