Sentences with phrase «increased pension benefits»

The federal and provincial governments are looking at a possible increase in the $ 55,000 cap on annual maximum pensionable earnings, which would result in both higher premiums and increased pension benefits.

Over the years Missouri legislators have increased pension benefits significantly.

Over the years, and especially during the 1990s when the stock market was booming, legislators increased pension benefits significantly.

The current increases in pension costs don't result from increased pension benefits.

Facing increasing Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation premiums, more employers are exploring the option to transfer their pension risk to an insurer,» said Noble.

Rather than prudently saving the surplus funds, many states passed legislation to enhance or increase pension benefits for public workers.

Not exact matches

After a multi-year round of negotiations between the federal and provincial governments, a deal was reached to increase contributions still further, limit benefits, and accumulate a surplus to be invested in what is now the $ 280 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

The focus now was on expanding the Canada Pension Plan, either by increasing contributions and benefits, or raising annual contribution limits, or both.

Early in his term, he pushed through a $ 1.6 billion tax cut for businesses, offset by $ 1.4 billion in tax increases on individuals — including taxing pensions and Social Security benefits.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

The OECP report also noted that a number of stakeholders had recommended increased benefits under the Canada Pension Plan.

State and local employees» contributions to the two largest pension systems increased by 10 %, from 5 % to 5.5 % of their annual salaries and increased the retirement benefit age for new public employees, from 55 to 60 years.

[74] In 2008, Corzine approved a law that increased the retirement age from 60 to 62, required that government workers and teachers earn $ 7,500 per year to qualify for a pension, eliminated Lincoln's Birthday as a state worker holiday, allowed the state to offer incentives not to take health insurance and required municipal employees work 20 hours per week to get health benefits.

The commission recommended several reforms including reforming civilian and military retirement programs, reducing agricultural program spending, eliminating in - school subsidies in federal student loan programs, and giving the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation the authority to increase premiums.

In the 23rd Actuarial Report on the Canada Pension Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per cent for employers and employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.

As more local governments find themselves unable to meet the increasing costs, particularly related to pensions and retiree health benefits, municipalities have begun to more seriously consider debt restructuring under the bankruptcy code as an option for right - sizing their budgets.

Direct program expenses were up $ 1.0 billion (5.5 %), primarily due to the timing of payments as well as an increase in federal government employee pension and other future benefit liabilities, reflecting the impact of lower interest rates.

Total compensation per employee consists of many different elements, including not only negotiated / imposed wage settlements, bracket creep (employees moving up within their pay range), composition of employment (professional vs clerical), pay equity, pension and other future employee benefit costs driven in part by market conditions, Canada and Quebec Pension Plan contributions (which increase by the annual increase in the industrial wage), among pension and other future employee benefit costs driven in part by market conditions, Canada and Quebec Pension Plan contributions (which increase by the annual increase in the industrial wage), among Pension Plan contributions (which increase by the annual increase in the industrial wage), among others.

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, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; 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 inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; 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 nations in which the Company operates; 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 that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Excluding items impacting comparability, adjusted other income increased from $ 11 million to $ 29 million primarily due to gains on investments and higher pension and postretirement benefit income.

Second, as the population ages and the number of retirees climbs, the costs associated with Social Security, government pensions, and healthcare retirement benefits increase.

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.

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, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; 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 inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; 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 nations in which the Company operates; 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 that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

Other direct program spending, consisting of operating expenses for Crown corporation, defence and all other departments and agencies, increased $ 2.3 billion (4.2 %), primarily reflecting increases in federal government employee pension and other future benefit liabilities, reflecting the impact of lower interest rates.

All other department and agency expenses increased by $ 1.6 billion (3.2 %), largely reflecting an increase in actuarial liabilities for claims and employees» pension and other future benefit costs, the latter reflecting the impact of low interest rates on plan assets.

While employers would be required to pay one half of the cost of the modest premium increase required to finance an enhanced CPP, companies which sponsor defined benefit pension plans would not face additional costs since the great majority of these plans are fully integrated, meaning that they would pay out less as CPP benefits were increased.

The premium hikes would be spread over at least five years (Addition — the CLC has proposed seven), and those employers already offering generous workplace pensions will likely reduce their pension costs to reflect increased CPP benefits.

The PSAC has been working with the Canadian Labour Congress for some time to press the government to double those benefits, increase the GIS and establish a national pension plan insurance fund.

Japan continues to benefit from reasonable valuations, an accommodative central bank and increased equity buying by pension funds.

Expenses for all other departments and agencies advanced $ 909 million (4.8 %), reflecting in part increased liabilities for employee pension and other future benefits.

Most of this difference is attributable to increase in the accrual adjustments for employee pensions and other future benefits.

Expenses for all other departments and agencies advanced $ 1.6 billion (6.1 %), also reflecting, in part, the impact of new initiatives proposed in Budget 2016 and increased liabilities for employee pension and other future benefits.

These included the introduction of the Canada Child Benefit and the restoration of the age of eligibility for federal pensions to 65 from 67, coupled with increased infrastructure spending in the March 2016 Budget.

Benefits have also been trimmed in recent years by switching from defined contribution pensions to 401 (k) s and increasing employee contributions to health care costs.

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.

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

If the shift away from defined - benefit pension plans caused the increase in mortality, then one would expect to see the opposite relationship between education and mortality: there would presumably be an increase in mortality among the more - educated in this group of Americans than among the less - educated, given that it is the more - educated who have disproportionately lost defined - benefit retirement pensions.

It's imperative that our pension and health benefits be significantly increased so players like me, who helped make the NFL into the multibillion - dollar cash cow that it is today, not be forgotten.

The government must review pensions and benefits each year against increases in prices and uprate them by at least the same percentage.

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To avoid a similar fiasco, the SPD has insisted this time on a number of social policies in the 2013 coalition treaty, such as the introduction of a minimum wage, more flexibility in the pension system, an increase in old - age pensions and benefits for the chronically ill as well as an increase in social expenditure on matters like education, health and family benefits.

Apparently labour introduced an increase of pension age to 65 in 1995 but failed to inform the women of the 50's who would be most directly affected, the government failed its legal duty to inform all women personally of this change, they tried to get away with this by stating they didn't have any current details, except they forget that they have all details from PAYE, us women still received all our NI demands and self - assessments as well as any tax or child benefit details, so they do have out details, they just failed to carry out this legal action.

Instead, the employees will keep their pension plan, and have won significant wage increases, improvements in health and other benefits, and additional rights and protections including new anti-discrimination provisions and the installation of a «panic button» system which will protect the safety of employees from harassment and assault.

The legislature passed bills to provide voluntary firefighters with the same disability benefits that professional firefighters receive and increase disability pensions for airport firefighters.

Research by the National Audit Office (NAO) finds while increasing take - up of pensions credit by ten per cent would lift up to 107,000 people out of poverty, doing the same for housing and council tax benefits would improve the lives of 130,000 people.

When he had the chance to increase disability benefits three years ago, as part of his 2012 legislation to create a new pension tier called «Tier VI,» he instead maintained cuts that were put in place during the economic downturn in 2009 by his predecessor, David Paterson.

While the statistics indicate some success, the Department for Work and Pensions» (DWP's) own evaluation of the impact of the benefit cap demonstrates that caution should be exercised before attributing large increases in employment to the cap.

The mayor unveiled a $ 47 million proposed bill that would call for Albany to increase disability benefits of «uniformed» public employees hired after 2009 by changing the payment formula, boosting cost - of - living adjustments and ending the policy of subtracting the workers» Social Security earnings from their pension checks.

State employees would receive no general wage increases for three years and pay more for their pensions and health care benefits under a tentative deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that would save the state more than $ 1.5 billion over the next two years, officials said Monday.

A $ 17 million increase in fringe benefit costs, which is driven by an 8 % increase in health insurance expenses, an 11.3 % increase in pension payments, and an increase in workers compensation expenses;