by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he is confident more police officers will want to come to this city. He points to what he says are big improvements in salary and retirement health benefits. Ask the heads of the Memphis Fire and Police Associations whether...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
(Bloomberg) — Californians in April will start paying more to register their cars — not to help maintain roads, but to keep the pension checks rolling for the motorcycle cops who policed them. The retirement fund for the California Highway Patrol is worse...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
At least one state senator is not satisfied with the progress Omaha has made in resolving its pension problems, and he’s looking at major changes in benefits for future Omaha and Lincoln firefighters and police officers. Omaha has been grappling with its underfunded...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Oregon’s public-pension contribution rate has an 80 percent likelihood of exceeding 30 percent of payroll within the next few years, according to an analysis presented to the system’s governing board. The projection was offered by Milliman, the firm that...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
South Carolina state workers soon will have to pay more out of their paychecks to cover their retirements. S.C. taxpayers also will contribute more toward those workers’ pensions, starting July 1. State employees will pay 9.16 percent of their paychecks, up from 8.66...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
NASHUA — Two local representatives are considering introducing bills that would help alleviate some of the rising contributions of state employer pension costs. Since 2011, the city’s pension payments to the New Hampshire Retirement System have increased from $11.8...
