Union Boss Seabrook Found Guilty of Fraud, Conspiracy
About 45 minutes apart, a federal jury handed two guilty verdicts Wednesday to dapper union boss Norman Seabrook on fraud and conspiracy charges.
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Milwaukee Firefighters Challenge Benefits Calculation
A local firefighters’ union claims Milwaukee has violated amendments to the city charter and the union’s collective-bargaining agreement by proposing to exclude agreed-upon pension offset payments from the calculation of their retirement benefits.
Read moreOusted Tennessee Lawmaker Fights for Retirement Benefits
Facing skepticism from a Sixth Circuit panel, a lawyer representing a former lawmaker expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for sexual harassment allegations argued he had standing to sue the state in federal court because it took away his pension and lifetime health insurance.
Read moreCourt: San Diego Mayor Broke Rules in Bid for Pension Reform
The California Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court decision upholding San Diego’s pension reform ballot measure, finding the city’s former mayor skirted meet-and-confer rules with labor unions and used his influence to push the citizen’s initiative.
Read moreTop EU Court Sides With Trans Pensioner in Bias Case
A transgender Briton prevailed at the European Court of Justice on Tuesday in her bid to claim a retirement pension without annulling the marriage she entered into with another woman before transitioning.
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A spat between the California Public Employees’ Retirement System executive office and state transit workers over pension funding requirements was properly decided in the workers’ favor since the CalPERS executives didn’t follow proper procedure before taking the dispute to court, a Third Appellate District panel ruled Tuesday.
Read moreKentucky AG and Governor Battle Over Pensions
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear sued Governor Matt Bevin in an attempt to nullify a pension reform bill that stands to cut benefits for teachers and other public employees, a day after Bevin signed the bill into law.
Read moreScandal-Plagued Chicago Suburb Sues Over Pension Crisis
The Chicago suburb of Harvey claims it will be unable to make payroll or fund essential city services by mid-April unless the Illinois comptroller releases $1 million currently being held to satisfy the debt the city owes to its police pension fund.
Read moreKentucky Retirement System Accused of Illegal Money Grab
A small San Francisco investment firm claims Kentucky is trying to unlawfully wrest control of funds the firm manages in the state’s troubled public pension system.
Read moreKentucky Teachers Descend on Capitol to Protest Pension Cuts
Thousands of teachers flocked to the Kentucky Capitol on Monday to protest proposed changes to their pension plans, forcing school districts across the state to close.
Read moreLawsuit Accusing Hospital of Underfunding Pension Plan May Continue
A federal judge on Thursday indicated he would keep alive a five-year-old proposed class action accusing a hospital system with ties to the Catholic Church of exploiting a religious exemption in federal law to underfund its employees’ pensions by $1.5 billion.
Read moreCalifornia Judges Lose Fight of Tighter Pension Scheme
A group of six California trial judges cannot collect more generous benefits under an older iteration of the Judges Retirement System, but are subject to the more abstemious plan enacted after they took office, an appellate panel ruled Tuesday.
Read moreCalPERS Receives Plea to Divest From Gun Retailers
Joined by family members of mass-shooting victims, California Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate John Chiang said Monday that taxpayer and state pension fund dollars should not be invested in retailers who sell assault-style weapons.
Read moreRetiree With Swiss Pension Can Keep Spanish Supplement
The European Court of Justice cracked down Thursday on Spain for trying to claw back a Social Security supplement because he started receiving a separate pension from Switzerland.
Read moreOhio School Workers Fight Retiree Benefits Freeze
A group of public school workers claims Ohio’s School Employees Retirement System lacks the authority to implement a three-year freeze on cost-of-living adjustments for retirees.
Read moreFive Oil Giants Sued by NYC for Contributions to Climate Change
New York City filed a federal complaint Tuesday against oil giants, saying BP, Chevron and three others must pay hefty damages to account for their contributions to climate change.
Read moreCalifornia Pension Battles Play Out in Court
A state appeals court ruled that overtime, severance pay and on-call pay cannot be included in pension formulas for public employees in the latest in the seemingly ceaseless battle over pensions in California.
Read moreTrans Pensioner Gets Leg Up in UK Bias Case
An adviser to Europe’s highest court scolded the UK government Tuesday over its marriage-annulment requirements that kept a transgender woman from collecting an old-age pension.
Read moreRetired NBA Player Seeks Pension Boost for Class
A federal class action against the NBA on Thursday claims its pension plan cheated retired players of hundreds of thousands of dollars by skimping on cost-of-living adjustments.
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