At retirement, APERS members can choose between five different benefit options, or ways to structure their retirement benefits (not including PAW or DROP). The straight life option is most frequently chosen and forms the baseline for the four "A" and "B" options. This article describes the straight life benefit option.

APERS invited members to take a survey on our website about their attitudes toward returning to work after retirement. You might find the results interesting

 The new APERS Member Self-Service Portal (MSS) allows you to take control of your retirement account.  You can view your current status, check your service credit, send and receive secure messages, add or change beneficiaries, generate benefit estimates, apply for retirement benefits, and much, much more.  But first, you have to register your account.

According to recent studies by the Rand Corporation, older workers are the fastest growing segment of the American workforce, and most retirees say they would return to work under the right conditions. So what about APERS members? Can you return to an APERS-covered job?