Almost every other relevant union will table a strike action later in the year unless there is movement in some
direction on pension reform.
The state legislature, meeting for the first time since deals were
struck on pension reform and new district lines, tried to focus on their new task, agreeing on a budget.
«In fact, while he was still being asked by colleagues to give the appointment a chance, there was controversy over the reinstatement of a former chairman of the Presidential Task
Force on Pension Reforms Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina.
In a speech at the National Summit
on Pension Reform in Fredericton last week, McCaughey suggested that the federal government could take the lead by expanding the existing Canada Pension Plan to include optional top - ups.
A joint federal - provincial
report on pension reform will be released in December, when federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty meets with his provincial counterparts in Whitehorse.
In addition to producing
studies on pension reform and the property tax cap, the Empire Center is also behind the website SeeThroughNY, which publishes salary, pension information and other records (the Empire Center and the Manhattan Institute have gone to court to get public disclosure of the pension data on occasion).
Harry Wilson is out of the country, but he couldn't help weighing in
on the pension reform debate raging back home in New York, where his 2010 opponent, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, is under fire for opposing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for creation of a sixth pension tier with a 401 (k)- style option for new state employees.
The Senate has described as national embarrassment the recall and reinstatement of former Chairman of Presidential
Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
And Christie contrasted his record in New Jersey, striking several key bipartisan
compromises on pension reform and teacher tenure, with the record of the Obama administration.
Also at 10 a.m., Senate candidate / Dutchess County Legislator Sue Serino, Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell, Yorktown Councilman Terrence Murphy and Carmel Supervisor Ken Schmitt hold press
conference on pension reform, Carmel Town Hall, 60 McAlpin Ave., Mahopac.
Responding to the Labour policy
document on pension reform, Otto Thoresen, Director General, Association of British Insurers said:
The poll in question found 76 percent of voters felt the lack of transparency surrounding major policy
deals on pension reform, redistricting, expansion of casino gambling and the DNA database was a «very serious» or «somewhat serious» problem.
The ex-Eastleigh MP describes himself as a «public affairs consultant» and flags up his
work on pension reforms on his LinkedIn profile:
The speaker said yesterday that there's a «long way to go» to achieve the Tier 6 reform Cuomo is seeking, but a number of his majority conference members (quoted without attribution by the DN) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos have said they believe a deal will be
reached on pension reform before the end of the legislative session.
And whilst re-indexing the Basic State Pension to earnings from 2011 is desirable (and based on a wider post-Turner
consensus on pensions reform), the measure had already been factored into the Treasury's costings from 2012 onwards during Labour's last years in office.
In the short run, Cuomo gets some
progress on pension reform, another on - time budget that holds down spending, expansion of the DNA database and a gambling amendment.
In March 2012 we set out our final proposed agreements
on pension reform following more than a year of intensive discussions with trade unions.
Maina headed a task force
on pension reforms during the last administration but fled Nigeria in 2015 after claims he stole N2bn ($ 5.6 m, 4.8 million euros).
The answer is that the reports, one by Demos's Robert Hiltonsmith and the other by EPI's Monique Morrissey, offer some useful background
information on pension reform in Rhode Island, but fail to provide sufficient evidence to support this striking conclusion.
Western Law hosted a
forum on pension reform this past Thursday, featuring community leaders, legal academics, and practitioners.
Embattled former chairman of the Presidential Task
Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, has again spoken from his hideout.
«I believe there will be a three way agreement
on pension reform,» said Skelos.
The Legislature and Cuomo have a «long way to go»
on pension reform, warned Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
On pension reform, for example, the report recommends eliminating overtime in calculating final salary for future employees.
Dambazzau is one of the top government officials who have been fingered in the controversial reinstatement of the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force
on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
More also, a group of protesters, led by Maverick singer, Mr. Charles Oputa has described the sudden disengagement from service of the former chairman of the Presidential Task Force
on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, as an act of hypocrisy carried out by President Muhammadu Buhari to deceive Nigerians.
All people of good conscience will not forget in a hurry that Maina, who was given an assignment by the last administration of the PDP to superintend the now defunct Presidential Task Force
on Pension Reforms, dipped his hands into the jar and helped himself to N100 billion of what he was supposed to safeguard.
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said he will make a statement on the controversies surrounding the wanted former chairman of the Presidential Task Force
on Pension Reforms (PTFPR), Abdulrasheed Maina particularly on how he made his way back into the country.
«Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, Presidential Task Force
on Pension Reform; although his initial appointment took place before the Buhari Administration, his reinstatement after he was sacked occurred during that Administration, with the President's approval as the evidence shows...
Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders are inching toward an agreement
on pension reform.
The governor also seems to conveniently forget that last year, CSEA came to an agreement
on pension reform that the governor claimed would save the state taxpayers more than $ 35 billion over time.
UPDATE: David Freedlander has a list of newbie Assembly Democrats who lost out on the AFL - CIO endorsement because of their «yes» vote
on pension reform.
The probe was similar to an earlier one by the Senate into the controversial reinstatement of former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force
on Pension Reforms, Abdul - Rasheed Maina, into the service of the Federal Government.
Cuomo said he understands the politics behind those who do not agree with
him on pension reform, but the governor said his proposal would only affect potential new employers in the future — what he called the «unborn.
The committee believed in its wisdom that not only the fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina should be held accountable but all those who participated in the then Presidential Task Force
on Pension Reform.