Pension News

I am part of the "lump of labour" that critics say would be created if the eligibility for the old age pension is raised from 65 years old to 67.

Following a Representative Town Meeting vote on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, new non-union town employees will no longer be eligible for pensions and other retirement benefits.

The complex and politically tricky issue of pension reform is a divisive topic for the two Republican candidates seeking their party's nomination for the 23rd District state Senate seat.

Rep. James Armes III has been asking hard questions about Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to overhaul the state pension system .

Here's the scoop on what readers were debating on Patch this week. You can click the links to the particular Sound Off to leave a comment on a topic.

Wealthy savers will be stripped of higher-rate tax relief on pensions under Liberal Democrat plans that could be included in next month's budget.

The City of San Jose is pushing back after an NBC Bay Area investigation revealed some officials haven?t been straight forward when it comes to future retirement costs.

Charter school advocates worry that a proposed federal rule could force South Carolina and other states to dump charter school employees from state retirement systems.

Changes to Canada's Old Age Security pension program are years away and could be brought in as late as 2025, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday, trying to allay fears of imminent cuts to programs for seniors.

Teachers from Kansas City-area school districts have delivered petitions on pension issues signed by more than 6,400 school employees to the Statehouse.

More than a million pensioners will be 'permanently poorer' after the Bank of England flooded Britain's ailing economy with 50 billion of emergency funds, it was claimed today.

Stinging charges and a murky retirement industry are scratching up to 25 per cent off the value of old age incomes, the body in charge of pension funds has admitted.

Lord Hutton of Furness, who is the pensions tsar, urged people to stop assuming they will retire by 65 like their parents and grandparents.

Dan Reyes, center, an instrumentation and control technician for the City of San Jose protests with fellow city employees before Mayor Chuck Reed's state-of-the-city address on Thursday, Feb.

The decision by a conservative group to drop its pension reform initiatives could mean that Democrats are off the hook for making substantial changes to California's pension system.

Highlights of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's $48.2 billion budget proposal for the fiscal year that starts in October: - K-12 schools would receive a 1 percent funding increase compared to the money actually received in the current budget plan.

Kern County's annual pension debt to the Kern County Employees' Retirement Association will climb by $11.3 million to a grand total of $210 million in the fiscal year that starts in July.

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The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit obtained internal emails, memos and documents which reveal city leaders have not been straightforward when it comes to projected retirement pension costs for San Jose.

With Asia's elderly population poised to double within four decades, more money is being plowed into preserving wealth than enhancing growth, driving up demand for the region's bonds that are beating returns on stocks.