28 min ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Editorial: UC must resolve wide pay gap at heart of dispute
Thirteen thousand patient-care technical workers plan a two-day strike of the five UC Medical Centers – Davis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Irvine and San Diego – starting Tuesday.
4 hrs ago | Daily Herald
State workers anxious as lawmakers debate pensions
An Illinois agency manager might have to delay retirement. A former university secretary wonders if she'll have to cancel vacations.
8 hrs ago | This Is Money
Pension liberators need to go to jail wipe out retirement savings
Like all successful financial scams, 'pension liberation' schemes seem attractive, giving you access to retirement funds before 55, the usual age at which they can be turned into income for life.
12 hrs ago | Daily Herald
Fire chief's pension, sick pay outrageous
I would think every taxpayer who doesn't work for the government would be outraged over the obscene $95,640 per year pension the ex-Carpentersville fire chief who retired under a cloud of suspicion is receiving.
16 hrs ago | The Guardian
Let me go with my headphones on | Jenni Murray
Oh good grief, I thought, when I read the research on retirement and health - it's a conspiracy! How clever of a government that's so strapped for cash to find a way of sweetening the pill of an ever-rising retirement age .
21 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press
Stocks surge buoys pension plans, may help restore cuts to services
Public pension plans in Michigan - hammered by stock market declines in the poor economy and mismanagement in some cases - are now seeing their investment portfolios growing at the best rate in years.
Cullerton Madigan square off with competing pension reform plans
That trend line once again has legislators contemplating more cuts to social services and education despite a major state income tax increase in 2011.
Christie administration warns it might not make full pension payment in future years
Gov. Chris Christie has warned potential investors there is no guarantee the state will make its required pension payments in future years, an admission that underscores a looming financial crisis he and future governors face as retirement costs are expected to explode before the decade ends.
Detroit EM weighs options after pension trustees go to Hawaii
Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr may place more safeguards to ensure Detroit's pension trustees are spending money wisely in the wake of a scheduled trip by some trustees to a conference in Hawaii.
Investor group calls on SEC to review change in JPMorgan voting
Pension and endowment managers on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan Chase & Co cut off the bank's opponents from polling information.
2 CF Industries social proposals break record for support
Two pension funds separately won record-high support for shareholder social proposals at any company.
LegislaturePension vote puts some House Republicans in awkward position
Florida House Republicans tried to close the state's pension system to new employees this year, saying it's a ticking time bomb that could cripple the state's budget for years to come.
Scott Burns: Public pensions are nice deals if they can be delivered
Q: I am facing a difficult retirement funding decision. I am a 52-year-old municipal employee.
Hawaii-trip controversy stokes calls for more pension-system oversight
Months of controversy over pension board members' plan to attend a Hawaii conference have resulted in calls for more oversight of the state's pension funds.
Bolivian Workers Protest Seeking Better Pensions
Tension is growing in Bolivia as miners, teachers, health service workers and public university staff -all affiliated to the Central Workers Union - are on strike demanding an increase in their retirement pension scheme.
The Police & Fire Pension Fund continues to work in secret - just the way they like it.
Did we see you at the North Beaches Art Walk last night? Check out The Eye. t.co/IT4bPnWJLH Retweet this "I remember thinking, 'wow, you're ridiculously good looking.'" Authorities thought this about these guys.
Controller arraigned on felony charges
Luzerne County Controller Walter L. Griffith Jr. was arraigned today on charges he illegally recorded three conversations without consent from numerous people.
Public sector pensions face big hit
Four million public sector workers will see a dramatic reduction in the value of their pension schemes, according to a new report.
Troubled Detroit pensions pay for Hawaii trip
Four trustees of Detroit's two public pension funds are heading to a Hawaiian beach resort this weekend with their $22,000 tab paid for by the funds, which are mired in claims of mismanagement.
Pensions bill ready for debate
For workers, the days of having several options in which to save for retirement other than just NSSF are drawing closer.