About the ERS

The Employees' Retirement System (ERS) of the State of Hawaii was established in 1926 to provide retirement allowances and other benefits to State and County government employees.  The general administration of the ERS is under the direction of a Board of Trustees with certain areas of administrative control with the  Department of Budget and Finance.

The ERS administers a retirement and survivor benefits program for State and county government employees; collects retirement contributions from members; provides pre-retirement counseling services; conducts disability hearings and appeals; reviews claims for retirement, disability, and death benefits and certifies these benefits for payments; processes semi-monthly pension checks to retirees and beneficiaries; accounts for and safeguards assets in the ERS investment portfolio; and invests funds to help finance this program.