For employees hired before 2011, the constitution says that
public pensions involve a contractual relationship that can not be reduced or impaired, unless the constitution itself is amended.
Not exact matches
Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption
involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption
involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a
public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and
pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and
Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses
involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by
public bodies.
Public sector workers are taking part in a series of strikes across the country over disputes
involving pay,
pensions and cuts.
Elected officials, gubernatorial appointees, municipal managers, department heads, chief fiscal officers, judges, and several other policy - makers convicted of a felony,
involving the breach of
public trust, would all be subject to forfeiture of
pension benefits.
Broadly, the bill would clear the way for voters to amend the state constitution to block «any state or local officer» from collecting a
public pension if he or she is convicted of «a felony
involving a breach of the
public trust.»
As written, the amendment would allow a judge to reduce or revoke the
public pension of any elected official, state official appointed by the governor, judge or certain employees
involved in policy making who is convicted of a felony related to their duties.
He proposed a series of policy reforms
involving the state's budget,
public employee
pensions, the drawing of political district lines, and education.
Public sector: Transport for London on the restructuring of Metronet which
involved the first
pension scheme rescue of an insolvent company
By contrast, in cases
involving merely «maladministration», the
Pensions Ombudsman is not so restricted by
public policy.
Ginevra has experience advising
public sector bodies and private sector contractors on major outsourcing contracts
involving employee transfers, TUPE and
pension rights.
Gary Lawson, a
pension, executive compensation and transactional lawyer regularly represents government
pension systems and other governmental entities in matters
involving governmental law (including open meeting and
public information matters), and
pension and tax law.
Gavin's pro bono legal work
involves public pension benefit entitlements, debt relief and affordable housing, particularly for the elderly poor and criminal and regulatory defence work for young people ineligible for legal aid.