Sentences with phrase «pension programs for»

Though the Chinese government is currently trying to expand health insurance and pension programs for its citizens, it faces challenges given the rising cost of living and health care.

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, one of the nation's largest pension programs for teachers, didn't make enough return on its investments in the last fiscal year to provide the bonus, said Herb Dyer, the fund's executive director.

They feared that upcoming bankruptcy proceedings would eliminate the pension program for future retirees.

In an interview with WCBS 880's Steve Scott, Paterson noted that he vetoed a bill in 2009 that would have extended a long - standing pension program for police, saying he believed pensions are «killing our economy» and didn't feel the police union was negotiating fairly with the state.

Governor Paterson worked hard to create a more reasonable pension program for new state workers, but some of these bills undo that progress.

The governor will likely also reveal details of a proposed new pension program for new public employees, another person familiar with plans said.

On February 8, the Belgian parliament passed a law (Pensioenovereenkomst voor Zelfstandigen, or POZ) that introduces a voluntary second - pillar pension program for self - employed persons who are not company directors.

1776 — The National Pension Program for Soldiers was passed even before the Declaration of Independence was signed.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

UNB Fredericton remains popular forsome of its more specialized programs, including an MBA in sport and recreationmanagement, and the student investmentfund — a year - long course for second - yearstudents in which they manage a portionof the province's pension fund.

Rather than a provincial plan, the CFIB supported voluntary programs, like Pooled Registered Pension Plans, for enhancing retirement savings.

With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some companies are taking the exact opposite approach.

The Ontario pension fund has a program that invites employees to lobby for backing (financial or otherwise) of a volunteer assignment in Canada or abroad.

He criticized states for kicking the can down the road, living beyond their means year after year in a «never - ending sense of crisis» that results in «stop - and - go funding of vital programs,» such as those for infrastructure, education, pensions and city and county services.

For example, it could share responsibility with the provinces for the management of the EI program, as it currently does with the Canada Pension Plan progrFor example, it could share responsibility with the provinces for the management of the EI program, as it currently does with the Canada Pension Plan progrfor the management of the EI program, as it currently does with the Canada Pension Plan program.

Under Pension Fund Capitalism, employees are encouraged to think of themselves as capitalists in miniature — and provide for their retirement by employee stock ownership programs rather than saving up their wages themselves or having pensions financed on a pay - as - you - go basis out of future production.

Minus any government programs, pensions other income and use the 4 % rule or 25 times your annual expenses to calculate how much you will need to save for retirement.

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.

75, the federal government also introduced virtually all of the major policy innovations that make up Canada's system of social programs: Canada - wide Medicare, universal pensions, the modern unemployment insurance system, and cost - sharing with the provinces for higher education and welfare.

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.

The CUNA Mutual Fiduciary Consultants Investment Committee oversees the investments in the Institutional Program for 401 (k) and pension plans for CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions.

It shows that assertions questioning the capacity of the FEDERAL government to pay for programs, usually prefaced with the call for â $ ˜â $ ˜adult conversationsâ $ ™ â $ ™, and couched in terms such as fiscal sustainability, solvency, and unfunded liabilities, are red - herrings that will lead to needless reductions and privatizations of public programs in health care, elder care, pensions and so on.»

It was reported today that the Central States Pension Fund, which handles the retirement benefit programs for Teamster truck driver unions across several large States, has formally filed an application to cut benefits up to 60 %.

The combination of disagreement and agreement may well lead us not to consider splitting but to consider ways we might reorganize into co-denominations of sorts, separating in some ways but covenanting together in some ministries (e.g., relief aid, the publishing house, archives) and administrative programs (e.g., pension and health benefits for clergy).

j Major benefit programs not included in the core analysis, for reasons explained in the text, include civil - service retirement and other federal civilian retirement programs ($ 73 billion), military retirement ($ 51 billion), and veterans» compensation, pensions, and readjustment benefits ($ 56 billion).

Before the establishment of survivors» benefits, needy widowed mothers with children had to rely on state - run Mother's Pension programs.56 These programs scrutinized beneficiaries closely and were often administered to deny aid to women of color or women with objectionable morals or lifestyles.57 In contrast to discretionary (and often discriminatory) mother's pensions, survivors» benefits uniformly extended coverage to widows of insured workers who were caring for a child under the age of 18.58 There was no requirement of economic need.

Now, he said, the state has a «huge growing demand for pensions that absorbs all revenue growth for new programs.»

Cuomo has long sought to consolidate and scale back the size of local governments in New York, which he has blamed for the state's high property taxes — an assertion budget watchdogs say is more tied to the cost of programs like Medicaid or employee pensions.

DiNapoli was upbeat on Cuomo's 2015 - 16 budget, but wanted to know how Albany's money gurus can maintain balanced budgets in coming years when expenses for significant programs like education, Medicaid, health care and pensions will continue to soar.

AFAIK Nordic welfare states have these mandatory pension systems strictly for pension and other social programs are funded from government budget.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

Many of the state - passed pension laws provided for counties within the state to opt to participate in the pension program.

Cuomo convened the mandate relief council in 2011, and during his first three years in office has helped localities by capturing cost increases in the Medicaid program and taking over its administration from counties, giving school districts more flexibility in how they set up bus transportation and imposing a less - generous pension plan for newly hired workers.

· 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 battle comes after the Cuomo administration has been pressured to help counties more on costs mandated by Albany, an area where the governor's office insists it's already done the hard work, taking on the costs for the growth in the program while also pushing through a new, less generous pension tier five years ago.

The city budget approved by the Council Monday included increases in spending for programs like Say Yes to Education and infrastructure projects as well as decreases in spending on medical insurance and pensions.

Traditional public employee pension programs in New York State have become unaffordable for taxpayers — while denying workers the ability to choose more flexible approaches to retirement planning.

While teachers who took advantage of the incentive will collect their fatter pensions for decades to come, the incentive program was branded a failure and is now history.

He's continuing to utilize a program first enacted in 2010, when the state government and municipalities were socked with a spike in required pension obligations to make up for stock market losses related to the 2008 stock market crash.

Another government watchdog, Lawrence Norden, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said he would not be surprised if the Legislature passes the pension stripping law or make small changes to require additional disclosures about lawmakers» outside income.

County officials, meanwhile, noted in a report last week that state - mandated programs, such as Medicaid, welfare and pensions, chew up fully 90 % of the revenue they collect in property taxes - leaving precious little for local priorities, such as parks and law enforcement.

The pension fund for the State of California, for instance, is trying to end its private equity investment program because of poor results.

She also explained that even though there were two options available for receipt of pension entitlements, programmed withdrawal and life annuity, retirees wishing to access their Retirement Savings Accounts would only be able to draw pension under the programmed withdrawal module.

The manifesto lists ways to make more progress, including coordinating national research programs, improving cross-border arrangements for pension and social security rights, or making research grants portable from one country to another.

• Limit districts» practice of making long - term commitments that they may not be able to fulfill by, for example, encouraging them to shift to defined - contribution pension programs and modifying tenure systems to allow for staffing adaptations.

In other words, even when an ERI program creates substantial savings for school districts by reducing teacher salary costs, it still can cost the state money through higher pension payments.

This year's new cohort consists of principals, researchers at major educational research organizations and centers, teachers who have been highly effective in the classrooms, an executive director for a region of Teach for America, policymakers from ministries of education, a founder of a volunteer organization working on programs for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the education sector.

Missouri's pension boundaries would make it practically impossible for high - performing school districts to operate a program, run a school, or loan teachers within the Saint Louis or Kansas City boundaries, just as state pension boundaries would make it impossible for schools to effectively work across state lines.

Figure 2 contrasts with the relatively smooth accrual that would occur with a cash balance pension plan (see our EFP paper for an explanation of this type of program, used by many large private employers and a few public employers).

The paper cited the «decision to sweeten an already lucrative pension program in 1998 [as] a classic example of how public employee benefits are enhanced, often with privileged insiders pushing for the deal, and little study in advance.»