Retirement Benefits

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Name: Retirement Benefits

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

JFC votes to limit double-dipping

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Legislative Joint Finance Committee voted to increase the amount of time a retired state worker must wait to be re-hired for a state job. JFC also put limits on the amount of hours those retirees can work in a year and still receive ... [Published WKOW TV - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Retirement Benefits, Workers

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Railroad Retirement Board

RRB payments adjusted for spouse, widow annuitants

Railroad Retirement Act spouse and widow(er)s’ annuities (including divorced spouse, surviving divorced spouse and remarried widow(er)s’ annuities) are subject to reduction when Social Security benefits or dual Railroad Retirement annuities are also payable. ... [Published United Transportation Union - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Community Service, Social Security, Retirement Benefits, Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Veterans' Affairs

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Legislators back curbs on public worker double-dipping

Madison — Public workers would have to wait longer after retiring before seeking another government job and in some cases could not receive retirement benefits while working the new job under a provision Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee ... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Workers, Retirement Benefits, Property, Power Plant

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Pension plan changes should save city millions

A blog for and about people who live in the city. A place for news and commentary about Milwaukee neighborhoods, government and urban lifeThe Common Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to make changes to the city's retirement benefits plan that should ... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Murphy, Joe Davis, Liability

First reported 11 mins ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals

Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying surgeries, diagnostic procedures, treatments and emergency care throughout the state.The union representing nearly 13,000 vocational ... [Published Reuters - 11 mins ago]

Entities: Workers, Health Care, American Federation of State, County and Munici..., Thrush

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Mwai Kibaki

Raila's security request rejected

The Jubilee government has turned down Raila Odinga's request that he should get a security detail of up to 20 police officers.Deputy President William Ruto communicated the decision to the former Prime Minister last week when the two met privately at ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - 5 hours ago]

Entities: William Ruto, Mwai Kibaki, Security, Daniel Moi, Retirement Benefits

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Nigeria: Ibeto Begins Payment of Nigercem Retirement Benefits

Despite the frustrations being faced by the Ibeto Cement Company in its moves to begin operation at its recently acquired plant, Nigercem Plc, the company has announced the commencement of payment of retirement benefit to former staff members.The company ... [Published AllAfrica.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Retirement Benefits, Nigeria, Martin Elechi

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

Clamping down on double dipping before committee

Proposal would disallow anyone re-hired from collecting retirement benefitsA proposal clamping down on government workers who are collecting retirement benefits but then get rehired for their old jobs is before the Legislature's budget committee.The Joint ... [Published Channel 3000 - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Retirement Benefits, University of Wisconsin System, Scott Kevin Walker

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Negros Occ. fiscal who died with no retirement benefits finally gets his due

More than a month after his death, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental prosecutor Marcelo del Pilar will finally be getting his retirement pay.The Department of Budget and Management will release P246,795,219 to cover the retirement gratuity differential for ... [Published GMA News.tv - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Retirement Benefits, Heart Attack, Government Service Insurance System

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Mary Beth Franklin: Undone by the do-over strategy

Plans to repay early Social Security benefits halted by rule changeOne of the biggest challenges of figuring out when to claim Social Security benefits is determining which strategy would maximize benefits for a client. The second challenge is to keep ... [Published Investment News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Social Security, Retirement Benefits, Suspension

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

House panel OKs pension obligation bond measure

THE House special committee on the retirement system is recommending the passage of a bill that will allow the Commonwealth Development Authority to float a $300 million pension obligation bond to “save” the dying Retirement Fund.House Bill 18-50 is co-sponsored ... [Published Marianas Variety - May 20 2013]

Entities: Retirement Benefits, Leon Guerrero, Commonwealth Development Corp, Chris D.

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Study finds governments imposing fewer layoffs and hiring freezes

A new survey finds that "the picture is brightening" for state- and local-government civil service workforces as fewer employers resort to hiring freezes and layoffs – although they're continuing to whittle away at employee benefit costs.About one-third ... [Published Sacramento Bee - May 20 2013]

Entities: Layoffs, Hate Speech, Abuse, guidelines, Immigration

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"I'm very excited and energized to be in the middle of hundreds of my co-workers who are standing up to UC and letting them know that their messed-up priorities that are shortchanging patient care on a daily basis need to stop" said Thrush, 46

Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals [Published Reuters - 11 mins ago]

"Future Obec executives will face difficulties, because if a mistake happens, the whole organisation is blamed, instead of a certain level which should take responsibility for itself" he said

Negligence probe looms for Obec's Chinnapat [Published Bangkok Post - 1 hour ago]

...state property is on the auction block with minimal legislative oversight," Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) said in a statement. "If Camp Randall is not for sale, let's not change the laws to allow for the sale of Camp Randall. Our precious state assets are not fodder for Craigslist."

Legislators back curbs on public worker double-dipping [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 1 hour ago]

"Peabody's attempt to control the investigation into potential claims against itself should be rejected" lawyers for Patriot wrote in court papers

Peabody to allow Patriot to probe its financial advisers [Published STLtoday.com - 1 hour ago]

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Detroit May Run Out Of Cash Next Month [Published Zero Hedge - May 13 2013] Another day, another US city on the brink of insolvency. This time it's Detroit, whose recently appointed emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr said may run out of cash next month and must cut costs such as long-term debt and retiree obligations. According ...
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UCSF Responds to AFSCME's Plans for Two-Day Strike [Published UCSF News - May 13 2013] Pension Reform, Not Patient Care at Issue at Bargaining Table UC has been working to negotiate a fair contract for AFSCME patient care employees since June 2012. UC has proposed a total compensation package that includes competitive wages, excellent ...

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American Retirees Stretch Their Dollars in Ecuador [Published ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - May 16 2013]
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