Sentences with phrase «pension level for»

«Public sector pensions will remain among the very best, providing a guaranteed pension level for all employees.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett wants to scale back the pension levels for top state administrators.

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The life - savers are pension funds, whose demand for long - term fixed income assets could reach record levels this year - and, counterintuitively, it's the surge in world equity markets that will play a large part in fuelling this appetite.

Wiseman said all of CPPIB's investment teams made material contributions last year, producing CPPIB's largest level of annual investment income since inception, but noted the Canada Pension Plan isn't expected to need to draw money from the fund until at least 2023 and, even then, at a relatively small amount for several years.

TORONTO — The 2013 - 14 financial year was an unusually strong one for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which earned a 16.5 per cent annual return on the billions of dollars in assets it manages for the national retirement system, but its CEO cautions that level of growth likely won't soon be repeated.

Certainly, it offers an attractive level for longer - term investors such as pension and insurance funds to lock in a relatively decent yield, and will tempt some portfolio managers to buy bonds rather than equities.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

Thus, the path dependency that political scientist Paul Pierson, 1997 has observed in pension reforms is not just an observed fact, but a desired characteristic.21 Threats to sustainability are typically identified as expenditures rising above an acceptable level, and especially in prefunded DB plans, volatility of pension contributions or accounting expenses for pensions.

But it turned out to be a lousy year for private pension funds, which lost ground on their funding levels.

You guys are set for life John and really don't have to worry about stocks and bonds and diversification as much if your debt levels are under control and your pension covers all your expenses.

Tribune newspaper profits run at the roughly $ 200 million level, maybe a third of which comes out of L.A.. So, take the market multiple of 3 or 4 times that number as a price — or $ 600 million - plus — for the eight papers, even though underfunded newspaper pensions put a drag on that number.

Already, the spread between the OAS / GIS guarantee levels and the low - income measure for 2015 — the spread that seniors need to fill using the Canada or Quebec Pensions plans (CPP / QPP), private pensions and private savings — is about $ 5,600 for single seniors and $ 4,700 for Pensions plans (CPP / QPP), private pensions and private savings — is about $ 5,600 for single seniors and $ 4,700 for pensions and private savings — is about $ 5,600 for single seniors and $ 4,700 for couples.

There is of course a series of public programs, including the Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement and of course the Canada Pension Plan itself that provide modest levels of income for all Canadians when they hit retirement age.

Accordingly, short and long - term incentive levels are going down, along with pension contributions and the threshold payout for LTIs, and benefits will be replaced by a fixed allowance.

At year - end 2013, we estimate pension funding levels for our 50 largest rated US corporate issuers increased by 19 percentage points to 94 % of pension obligations, compared with a year earlier.

According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston Collage, US public pension funds at the state and local level are also underfunded by an average of 67.9 %.

Just to put this in perspective, the old - age pension for a retired couple with no other income, but who own their home, which I guess can be seen as what the government considers the minimum level to provide a reasonable lifestyle, is $ 35,573 per year.

ATTACs principal focus areas at the moment are: the different forms of taxation of financial transactions, in particular the Tobin tax on currency speculation; the creation of new instruments for the regulation and control of finance at the national, European and international levels; the battle against tax havens and financial crime; and the demystification of pension funds.

Otto Thoresen: «Pension providers are committed to ensuring value for money, transparent pensions — average pension charges have been falling steadily over the last decade and are now at their lowest ever levels&Pension providers are committed to ensuring value for money, transparent pensions — average pension charges have been falling steadily over the last decade and are now at their lowest ever levels&pension charges have been falling steadily over the last decade and are now at their lowest ever levels».

Nikos Theocarakis thinks the ability of families to keep supporting their unemployed younger family members is rapidly disappearing: «The grandparents» pensions have been cut so they need it for themselves as they are at subsistence level... there is no fat left to support those who are unemployed.»

Tax - funded public - pension costs for every level of state government rose from absolutely minimal levels in 2000 to a grand total of more than $ 16 billion last year, half of it in New York City alone.

The shadow work and pensions secretary, Rachel Reeves, said the UK social security system «was never designed for the levels of migration we are now seeing».

The former officers have been returned to the level of pension their injuries justify and compensated for the reduced pension paid since the initial decisions were made from 2008 and onwards.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pushed to reduce the cost of state's public pension system by successfully advocating for a new retirement level, Tier Six.

DiNapoli has suggested his office should be used as a test - case for public campaign financing at the state level to get out from under the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of his predecessor.

Otto Thoresen, Director General, Association of British Insurers, said: «Pension providers are committed to ensuring value for money, transparent pensions — average pension charges have been falling steadily over the last decade and are now at their lowest ever Pension providers are committed to ensuring value for money, transparent pensions — average pension charges have been falling steadily over the last decade and are now at their lowest ever pension charges have been falling steadily over the last decade and are now at their lowest ever levels.

Shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond called for the new ways of collecting maintenance, and plans to increase the level of benefits which are disregarded when calculating maintenance - to # 10 - to be introduced immediately.

It is my opinion that in the Bronx, New York City and throughout New York State folks of all ideologies, political party, socio - economic level and demographics are with a Comptroller who is independent and ever mindful that he is caretaker for the NYS pensions, our revenue, the economy of our great state and a role often overlooked the person who watches for corruption by elected officials, corporations, contractors and others who commit malfeasances.

«It amazes me that, at a time when unemployment is at record levels, schools are being shuttered, workers are being laid off, pensions are being lost, that the Senate President is rolling back basic protections for hardworking transgender government employees,» said Dávila.

As well as their focus on the constitution with the promise of a bill of rights, their manifesto, Change the Face of Britain, called for permanent prices and incomes policies, better pensions and a minimum earnings level.

Bloomberg, meanwhile, is taking a same - but-less approach to fixing pensions — proposing to retain the DB system with higher retirement ages, lower benefit levels and higher employee contributions for new workers.

Thus the amount and performance of Pension Fund investment is significant to the level of the employer's contribution, and determines the need for effective management of the Fund.»

Pension costs spiked to their highest levels in decades in 2014, growing to 20.9 percent of payroll costs for the common retirement fund and 28.9 percent for police and fire pensions.

«Achieving these lapse — or savings — targets will be a significant budgetary challenge, especially in light of the high levels of fixed costs for FY 2018, such as debt service payments, pension contributions and other costs.»

Shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May said: «Any fall in the level of unemployment is welcome news, but today's figures are still real cause for concern.

Research scientists, the next level of postdoc at Gladstone, are eligible for the pension plan.

For women, caring for children and families throughout their life often leads to lower pensions, high levels of poverty and lack of health resources in later liFor women, caring for children and families throughout their life often leads to lower pensions, high levels of poverty and lack of health resources in later lifor children and families throughout their life often leads to lower pensions, high levels of poverty and lack of health resources in later life.

Besides, it's impossible for state - level pension plan to act as a recruitment or retention incentive for individual schools or districts.

Rising retention means more teachers will qualify for some level of a pension, but it still won't be very large and will actually cost the state more money.

Michael Podgursky and colleagues documented how district payments for pension benefits grew from roughly $ 800 per student in 2010, when spending levels began to fall nationally, to more than $ 1,200 in 2017 — a 50 percent increase over just six years (see «Pensions under Pressure,» features, Spring 2018).

While the plan called for a cut of 5.5 percent to education, dropping per - pupil funding by $ 550, funding limits could be offset at the district level by increased employee contributions to health care and pension programs, and by giving local school districts other tools such as wage freezes and adjustments in salary schedules.

As senior - level administrators are both the stewards of the pension system and the recipients of the highest net benefits, the authors conclude, «There is no reason to expect school administrators or their organizations to support reforms that would provide a more modern and mobile retirement system for young educators» and suggest that districts could be recruiting young teachers more effectively by putting money in upfront salaries rather than in end - of - career pension benefits.

Example A is Pennsylvania, which recently announced they will be increasing the employer contribution rate for retired teacher pension and health benefits in 2010 - 11 by 72 percent over current levels.

Deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney, pictured, said the proposals would have implications for jobs and pay issues such as pensions contributions, as well as affecting the ability of workers to negotiate pay on a local level.

Leaders at the state and city level (Scott Walker foremost among them) have been vindicated for pursuing bold strategies to rein in lavish pension and benefit plans or to limit directly the privileges many unions have enjoyed... and abused.

The starting salary for a Chicago Public School teacher at a master's degree level is around $ 56,000 (plus pension and other benefits).

Moukawsher concluded that the plaintiffs failed to meet the high standard of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the overall level of aid for education — about $ 2.5 billion annually, not including money for school construction and teacher pensions — did not meet a minimum standard of adequacy.

As the authors make clear, the current defined benefit pension systems in place across the country do offer a higher maximum level of compensation for the minority of teachers who stay in the profession and remain in the same pension system for their entire careers.

On the state level, defined benefit pensions for teachers, a union must, are causing school districts to go deep into the red and now the Golden (State) Goose is beginning to dry up.