Texas lawmakers push for substantial raises, benefits in new bills for state workers
New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees ...
Lawmakers considering death benefits for teachers and other public employees
The Louisiana House Committee on Retirement is exploring potential benefits for the beneficiaries of state employees killed ...
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Health insurance for state employees could struggle to remain solvent if premiums not increased
Increases in expenses are set to wildly outpace revenue over the next few years. "Over the past couple of decades, the cost ...
New legislation provides pensions to families of state workers killed in line of duty
Connecticut lawmakers have signed off on a resolution that provides surviving families of state employees who are killed in ...
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IRS Clarifies the Federal Income and Employment Tax Treatment of Contributions to and ...
As mandatory State paid family leave and paid family and medical leave (collectively “PFML”) programs have significantly expanded and proliferated ...
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DOL Clarifies that Leave Taken Under State Paid Family Leave Programs May Run Concurrently ...
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter (FMLA2025-01-A) clarifying when an employer ...
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CT expands survivor benefits to families of employees who die on the job, regardless of age
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said the new law was developed after two state employees died last year while they were still too ...
CT GOP wants to cap future state worker pensions. Some are ‘making people multi ...
For decades, state troopers and corrections officers in the prisons have relied on large overtime payments to boost their pensions.