As a condition of employment, all persons employed with the U.S. Virgin Islands Government automatically become members of the Government Employees’ Retirement System (GERS) on the date of appointment.
Contributions by such persons shall begin immediately from the first day of service.
Government pays a matching amount 20.5% with the following exception: Any part-time employee who regularly works less than 20 hours of the normal work week.
Kindly print or type all information when completing the Membership Record, Designation of Beneficiary or the Request for Change of Beneficiary Form. Scratch outs or white outs are not acceptable on these forms.
It is important that all new employees complete a Membership Record, designating one or more beneficiaries.
This document must be notarized and forwarded to GERS.
The documents listed next are required to be submitted along with the Membership Record.
As your status changes, ie: marriage, divorce, new birth, death, etc., a Request for Change of Beneficiary Form should be completed, notarized and submitted to the GERS.