Sentences with phrase «in public pension systems»

Business owners and those who are self - employed will get a little extra leeway, while government employees are limited by participation in public pension systems.

SS: People were given a choice to stay in the public pension system or switch to the private one.

He has more than 36 years in the public pension system.

That's why the Governor has called for changes in the public pension system for new employees.

Not exact matches

Over the past few years, public pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligapublic pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligaPublic Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligations.

For example, the largest U.S. pension, California Public Employees» Retirement System, is considering more than doubling its bond allocation to reduce risk and volatility as the bull market in stocks approaches nine years.

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Anne Sheehan is the Director of Corporate Governance for the California State Teachers» Retirement System (CalSTRS), the largest teacher's public pension fund in the USA, where she is responsible for overseeing all corporate governance activities for the fund including proxy voting, company engagements and managing $ 4 billion placed with activists managers and sustainability managers.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

The California Public Employees Retirement Systems (Calpers) at $ 342.5 bln AUM is the largest public pension fund in the USA (as social security is not funded, opting for a «pay as you go» apprPublic Employees Retirement Systems (Calpers) at $ 342.5 bln AUM is the largest public pension fund in the USA (as social security is not funded, opting for a «pay as you go» apprpublic pension fund in the USA (as social security is not funded, opting for a «pay as you go» approach).

The public and private pension systems are cracked, and in fiscal cliff negotiations even Democrats have seemed willing to curb future inflation - based increases to Social Security benefits.

The divestment represents the latest move by the city's pension funds to dissociate the city's $ 160 billion worth of assets, one of the largest public pension systems in the country, from gun retailers, and firearm and ammunitions manufacturers in response to a wave of mass shootings.

He helped lead the restructuring of the public safety pension system in Jacksonville, Florida, and was part of a team selected by The Pew Charitable Trusts to provide assistance to troubled pension systems throughout the country.

He helped restructure the public safety pension system in Jacksonville, Florida, and was chosen by The Pew Charitable Trusts to assist troubled public pension systems.

A labor source confirmed that there has been a push to «tighten up» the language in the legislation, which was introduced March 30, so that it would only apply to elected officials, rather than a «public official who is a member of the pension or retirement system.»

«The present public pension system is unsustainable,» said Levy, noting that Suffolk County faces a $ 50 million increase in pension costs next year.

would just love to divide and conquer the public school system, and us, as they try to destroy unions, pensions, and anything that smacks of the word «government» or «public» — leaving them in charge, God help us, as they bring in their charter school Trojan Horses, as they remove public ownership and public oversight of eduction in this city, and in this country.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

The appearance was a climax of sorts — though not the end — to an ongoing pay - to - play scandal that has enveloped the pension fund and exposed a seamy system in which gifts and campaign funds were exchanged for vast investments of public money.

To his credit, Prime Minister David Cameron and his ministers have been robust in defending the reforms, saying that the changes are designed to make public sector pensions affordable for the long term and failure to reform will bankrupt the whole system, a point even many on the Labour benches recognise.

But the governor's plan would effectively give him ownership of the state's massive public school system, and would be among the most ambitious changes he's pursued in his governorship, a tenure that so far has included legalizing same - sex marriage, strengthening gun control, creating a statewide property - tax cap and reforming the state pension system.

But he still oversees the state's $ 184.5 billion public pension system (the third - largest in the nation) and has teamed up with Mr. Schneiderman to take down corrupt elected officials and powerful nonprofit heads.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

The budget applies New York's pension forfeiture law to all public officials who are convicted of public corruption, including those who entered the retirement system before enactment of the pension forfeiture law in 2011.

«One of the most important things the legislature can do in an effort to restore some faith in the system is to pass the proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure elected officials like Sheldon Silver, who abused their office for their own personal benefit, would not receive a public pension,» said Little in a statement.

The database includes every public employer on the Island - from the Village of Baxter Estates in Nassau, which has one active employee in the pension system, to the Brentwood Union Free School District in Suffolk, the largest on Long Island, with 2,987 employees in the system.

To supporters, the public pension system - covering workers in villages, towns, police and fire departments, libraries and schools - is an unchangeable pact between government and its workers.

In a major blow to Gov. Chris Christie that complicates his 2016 ambitions, a New Jersey judge ruled that he violated state law when he declined to make the full payment into the state's pension system for public employees last year and ordered him to find a way to fund it now.

The Tier VI pension agreement in 2012 gives state workers earning more than $ 75,000 access to defined contribution system based on the model used by public university employees, known as TIAA - CREF.

However, today Mr Hutton argued that you can not deal with differences in life expectancy through the pension system - these must be tackled with better strategies on public health, child poverty and improved education and skills training.

Toback has been running against Albany to some degree in his campaign, hitting Weisenberg early on for «retiring» and then returning to the public payroll in order to game the pension system (a not - unusual, though optically problematic pratice).

New York City has become the first major public pension system in the nation to fully divest from private prisons...

The fund is the third - largest in the nation, trailing California's two public pension systems, both of which have divested from some fossil fuel companies.

According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, the funded ratio for Missouri's public pension system was 81 percent in fiscal year 2015.

In February 2014, Sweeney responded to Governor Chris Christie's 2014 budget address and opposed any more new reforms to the state's retirement system, despite a $ 52 billion public pension debt.

The state's chief fiscal watchdog, DiNapoli is the sole trustee of the Common Retirement Fund — the third largest public pension system in the nation, and holder of more than $ 200 billion in assets.

In response, DiNapoli said the retirement system is already a leader among public pension funds in seeking to push a low carbon economy and getting corporations to address climate change issues, such as through shareholder resolutions aimed at companies like ExxonMobiIn response, DiNapoli said the retirement system is already a leader among public pension funds in seeking to push a low carbon economy and getting corporations to address climate change issues, such as through shareholder resolutions aimed at companies like ExxonMobiin seeking to push a low carbon economy and getting corporations to address climate change issues, such as through shareholder resolutions aimed at companies like ExxonMobil.

Governor Cuomo adds insult to injury by leaking this information on the same day he proposed a Tier VI for the pension system that would mean the lowest paid employees in public employment would have to pay more, work longer and receive less benefit.

If they're a public employee they're in the pension system, they get good healthcare, they get good benefits.

In fact, he largely strayed away from criticizing Stringer's record in arguably the most important aspect of the job, instead pivoting to the city's increased operating budget, though he did say the growing public personnel — which has increased dramatically under Mayor Bill de Blasio — has had a negative impact on the city's pension system by increasing obligationIn fact, he largely strayed away from criticizing Stringer's record in arguably the most important aspect of the job, instead pivoting to the city's increased operating budget, though he did say the growing public personnel — which has increased dramatically under Mayor Bill de Blasio — has had a negative impact on the city's pension system by increasing obligationin arguably the most important aspect of the job, instead pivoting to the city's increased operating budget, though he did say the growing public personnel — which has increased dramatically under Mayor Bill de Blasio — has had a negative impact on the city's pension system by increasing obligations.

The fund, one of the largest public pension systems in the nation, is now valued at $ 133.8 billion, down from $ 146.9 billion at the end of the first quarter on June 30, state Controller Thomas DiNapoli's office said Tuesday.

According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, the funded ratio for Massachusetts» public pension system was 62 percent in fiscal year 2015.

In his first budget address to the legislature, Murphy said he would use the extra revenue to ramp up state aid for school districts, increase funding for the beleaguered NJ Transit and a make a larger payment into the cash - strapped public worker pension system.

Mr. Cuomo used his power over the decennial redistricting process to win some victories in March: He was able to get lawmakers, who wanted him to sign the gerrymandered legislative maps they had drawn, to agree to curb pension benefits for future public workers, to create a more rigorous system for evaluating schoolteachers, and to take the first step toward legalizing a significant expansion of casino gambling.

Some left one government job for LIPA, stayed a few years, then got another public post — keeping them in the state pension system.

If passed, the measure would dramatically expand on a pension forfeiture provision of a 2011 ethics reform package that only applied to public officials not already in the state pension system at the time — that is to say, no sitting lawmakers.

On a side note, the proposals would also apply to lawmakers because they are in the state public sector pension system.

In an extensive review of records and data and dozens of interviews with political insiders, Newsday examined the professional history, campaign contributions and family ties of each of the public authority's 174 employees since 2003 with reported earnings to the state pension system.

THAT NYSUT establish a task force which shall include member - participants in each of the public retirement systems, including the retirement plan trustees, if applicable, to discuss possible methods, including legislation, to harness and use public pension plan resources to improve poor labor practices and to provide workers the right to organize and bargain collectively in enterprises controlled by private equity funds, as well as other corporate interests; and

Jimenez said, «I believe in the collective bargaining process,» but noted that Illinois needs reforms to its public pension system.