As of January 21, 2026, NYSLRS is no longer mailing a Retirement Notice letter to employers when we receive an employee’s application for retirement. You will instead receive employee retirement information through Retirement Online notifications.

Electronic notifications provide immediate, real-time communication and important information to the appropriate employer contacts.

You will receive a Retirement Online notification:

• When an employee applies for retirement.
• If your employee changes their date of retirement.
• When your employee reaches their date of retirement.

These notifications will include a link to the employee’s Accrued Payments and Leave Credits page, which must be completed after you have made final payments to the employee and submitted your monthly report with the final payments.

If an employee’s reported earnings require further explanation, Retirement Online also generates notifications about submitting:

• The Salary Explanation page for a member of the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS).
• Payroll records for a member of the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS).

Note: If the employee has more than one employment instance, you will receive a separate notification for each, and you must submit separate Accrued Payments and Leave Credits pages, and if needed, separate Salary Explanation pages or separate payroll records, for the employment instance specified in each notification.

For a full description of the notifications you may receive, refer to the Notifications Tool.

To receive notifications, refer to the access requirements and check with your organization’s Contact and Security Administrators to ensure you have a contact type and security role needed.

Rev. 2/26