Sentences with phrase «government salaries and pension»

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Government has passed painful austerity measures — tax hikes and cuts to benefits, salaries and pensions — to reduce state debt and strengthen confidences in its finances.

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The government has also raided municipal coffers to pay salaries and pensions.

Greece's government needs loans to pay salaries and pensions, but only a lunatic....

Very little makes it to the needy because of the large government salaries, lavish benefits, and large pension absorb it all.

In the email, which Murray forwarded to Capital Tonight, he points to DeFrancisco receiving both his pension and his salary as a state lawmaker — a legally allowed practice known as «double dipping» which good - government groups and newspaper editorial boards have decried over the years in state government.

By our calculations, Osun state pensioners alone got at least, N1, 539,227,442.75 out of the N14.2 billion paid to active and passive workers in the last two weeks as arrears of 4 months salaries and pensions excluding what the local government pensioners were paid for the same period.»

By SLF Council member and pensions expert Janice Turner Millions of private sector members of final salary and career average pension schemes have a better chance of a decent retirement after the government implemented more SLF pensions policy in this week's...

In addition to supporting the pension forfeiture, 66 percent of those polled also support banning political contributions by companies that do business with the level of government they contribute to, and 55 percent back banning elected officials from earning income outside of their government salary.

There will be thousands more Councillors; # millions more in allowances and expenses, and the possible additional burden of their pensions because they can all choose to join the gold - plated; index - linked; taxpayer - funded, final - salary Local Government Pension Scheme.

The bill states: «It is unfair to the general public and ethically inappropriate that an elected official who is eligible to receive a pension can retire, collect a government pension and still be re-elected to another position and collect an additional salary for the newly elected position.»

We urge government to reconstitute the boards of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) without further delay.

State law prohibits most government employees from taking both a full salary and a public pension without a special waiver.

Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to drag the state government to court over the non-payment of workers» salaries and pensions...

The sixteen local government councils in Kwara State require N2.1 billion monthly to meet their salary and pension obligations.

He has also accepted and is serving as the chair of a committee of government and labour on the apportionment of net revenues accruing from the Federation Accounts and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to the State Government of Osun to take care of salaries, pensions and other critical expenditure of ggovernment and labour on the apportionment of net revenues accruing from the Federation Accounts and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to the State Government of Osun to take care of salaries, pensions and other critical expenditure of gGovernment of Osun to take care of salaries, pensions and other critical expenditure of governmentgovernment.

If we continue down the Cuomo path for the next 6 years there will be no taxpayers left in the state to pay the state government workers salaries and pensions.

This should include the Government both allowing those on the lowest pay to salary sacrifice and also finding a way to overcome the lack of tax relief for those in certain pension arrangements, says LITRG.

President Buhari also commended Governor Simon Lalong for his achievements in the development of the state, ensuring regular payment of salaries and pensions, strides in the Agricultural sector and assured that the Federal Government will continue to work with Plateau State gGovernment will continue to work with Plateau State governmentgovernment.

The government's claim it will protect lower paid public servants from cuts to pay and pensions is destroyed by figures that show the pensions increase would wipe out any salary rise.

Wabba who stated that with the second tranche of the money about to be released, the government at the centre should muster the will to audit states to ensure that the first release was judiciously spent for the settlement of outstanding salaries, pension and gratuity.

Two paychecks The Syracuse official in charge of revamping the city's overtime system is getting two government paychecks — a partial state pension of $ 30,000 and a $ 94,386 salary from the city.

He sent mailers and aired advertisements attacking Marchione, a county clerk, as a government hack who was set to collect a salary and pension and loved free health care.

Away from infrastructural development, the governor's giant strides in regular payment of workers» salaries and retirees» pensions, when many states are unable to pay not to talk of embarking on capital projects because of the nation's economic downturn; his remarkable achievements in other strata of the economy, such as in education, health, investment promotion, empowerment, water supply, agriculture, sports, etc, have also brought enormous goodwill to the PDP - led government in Enugu State.

To look up the salaries or pensions of state and local government employees, check the Empire Center's database at SeeThroughNY.

The waiver permits local municipalities to hire employees who are under age 65 who already receive a state pension — allowing them to legally double dip and collect a full salary in a state or local government job.

«At the last meeting we had with the government, they promised to pay us, they paid us the December salary and promised to pay on or before May 31 the outstanding salaries and pensions to our retired officers,» Daramola said, decrying the situation that had affected many of the workers financially.

He said the fund was also used as it was directed by the CBN to pay salary of local government workers, primary school teachers and pension arrears.

The labour leader also assured the workers that NLC would everything possible to fight for the 36,000 workers sacked by the Kaduna state government and its other counterparts like kogi and Imo government on non-payment of salaries and pensions.

After a failed attempt to stop the public hearing on Wednesday by some pensioners, the Osun State House of Assembly was eventually told by banks that the state government did not go outside salaries, pensions and allowances in its disbursement of the N34.9 bn bailout loan it collected in 2015.

«Fayose was owing one month salary when he collected the first bailout of N9.6 bn, which he diverted to other purposes known only to himself and refused to use it for salaries, pensions, gratuity and severance allowances as approved by the Federal Government.

The duo engaged each other on discussions bothering on the aleged misappropriation of fund by the Suswam administration to the tune of N107 billion; the rate of underdevelopment by his administration as well as neglect of the people by the same government in terms of payment of salaries and pensions.

He said, Zamfara workers were faced with a number of problems which include failure to pay the salaries of 1,400 recruited by the government more than two years ago, non payment of backlog of pension and gratuities, non payment of minimum wage to primary school teachers and local government employees as well as non payment of annual salary increment.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has shone a spotlight on «double - dipping,» saying that the practice of government employees collecting salaries and public pensions at the same time is helping drive the state's retirement costs dangerously high.

The Oyo State Government on Friday disclosed that 60 % of the latest Paris Club refund of N7.9 bn will be expended on salaries, wages and pensions of...

The National Assembly should therefore enact a law that would bar all public officers at the federal and state levels from enjoying pension while still enjoying salaries as elected public officers or government appointees.

The Oyo State Government on Friday disclosed that 60 % of the latest Paris Club refund of N7.9 bn will be expended on salaries, wages and pensions of workers in the state.

IMANI Ghana in the statement signed by its founder and president, Franklin Cudjoe further admonished the next government to transform the pensions sector, determine an optimal level of taxation, avoid wasteful projects and review the single spine salary structure.

State and local government pensions are paid for by employee and employer contributions based on salary, investment earnings and lifespan and other projections.

«Right now, while Oyo State Government had paid its workers and pensioners two months salaries and pensions from Paris Club fund and a month allocation, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters is yet to release fund to pay local government workers and pensioners, serving Primary School Teachers and retired Primary School TeacheGovernment had paid its workers and pensioners two months salaries and pensions from Paris Club fund and a month allocation, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters is yet to release fund to pay local government workers and pensioners, serving Primary School Teachers and retired Primary School TeacheGovernment and Chieftaincy Matters is yet to release fund to pay local government workers and pensioners, serving Primary School Teachers and retired Primary School Teachegovernment workers and pensioners, serving Primary School Teachers and retired Primary School Teachers.»

They highlighted the remarkable achievements of the governor that have impacted positively on their lives such as «prompt payment of monthly salaries / pensions, other allowances to state public and civil servants; absorption of 54 % of total cost of 100 housing units at Elim Estate allocated to workers; payment of outstanding arrears of salaries / pensions / allowances to Local Government Staff, through prudent utilization of 100 % of LG share of the Paris Club Refunds; promotion of teachers and recruitment of over 4000 school teachers as well as elongation of terminal grade of qualified primary school teachers to level 16».

The Osun State government has resolved to settle salary arrears, outstanding pensions and leave bonuses due to its workforce and retired civil servants in the state with the sum of N8bn, DAILY POST reports.

There is no paid sickness leave, nor maternity or paternity leave (except, since this year, for those receiving central government grants, who are now entitled to 75 % of salary for up to 4 months) and the student will not benefit from a disability pension if he or she is injured in a laboratory accident.

It is of interest, then, that the American public tends to look favorably on a proposal that would require teachers «to pay from their salaries 20 percent of the cost of their health care and pension benefits, with the government covering the remainder.»

Teacher Benefits Question: Some argue that teachers around the nation should be required to pay from their salaries 20 percent of the cost of their health care and pension benefits, with the government covering the remainder.

Citing the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, a synopsis of the bill notes that the change in retirement age combined with a pension salary cap will save the state $ 43.86 billion.

Another problem lies with the fact that both the state government and districts have been able to increase teacher salaries (by 8.4 percent between 1999 - 2000 and 2011 - 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Education) without being forced to contribute more into the system in order to stem pension deficits.

Fallout from the public spending scandal in the southern California community of Bell has resulted in a number of bills passing out of the Legislature during the last days of session aimed at reforming pensions and salaries of government officials.

The popular conception is that working for the government might mean a lower salary than one could get elsewhere, but job security and fringe benefits — primarily health care benefits and pensions or retirement contributions — make up for that salary difference.

Hamilton says there's no way you can replicate a government pension of the sort John and Susan enjoy — unless you can afford to sock away 30 % of your salary every year.