and Canada. It relates the role of the Employment Cost Index in determining the pay increases of civilian federal workers. It highlights the relationship between the Consumer Price Index and the cost-of-living changes for Social Security and civil service pensions. It outlines the rate of annual...
Retirees and employees have made significant contributions to their pension plans and the overall stability of the pension system; therefore, they deserve fair and respectful treatment in the allocation of surplus funds. “It is our position that surplus funds be reinv...
Fixing MP Pensions: Parliamentarians Must Lead Canada's Move to Fairer, and Better-Funded Retirements The pension plans of federal government employees are relatively generous and badly underfunded, with the Pension Plan for Members of Parliament (MPs), whi... Robson, William B.P - 《Ssrn Elec...
The Budget further commits the government to legislation that, if enacted, would compel employers and “employer pension plans” to report dental coverage offered to their employees and plan members through T4 or T4A tax slips. The purpose of this requirement would be to...
I’m not a big fan of bureaucracy, mostly because government employees are overpaid and they often work for departments and agencies that shouldn’t exist. Today, motivated by “public choice” insights about self-interested behavior, I want to make an important point about how bureaucracies oper...
The offer was then improved in April with a focus on better wages, job security, and guaranteed earnings for employees. The TCRC refused the improved offer. In May, CN then presented a simplified offer within the framework of the existing agreement, which the TCRC also refused. ...
lobbying News You Can Use Share: January 31, 2025 •Jim Sedor News You Can Use Digest – January 31, 2025 National/Federal How Redistricting Helped Republicans Win the House DNyuz – Nick Corasaniti and Michael Wines (New York Times) | Published: 1/26/2025 Competition is an endangered ...
If, pursuant to any Federal or State law enacted subsequent to the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City is required to pay contributions or taxes for hospital, medical, dental or any other benefits to be provided to employees, the City shall have the right to reopen ...
Unlike some public pension plans, employees covered under FERS pay intoSocial Securityat the same rate as private employees. Anybody paying into Social Security will pay 6.2% of earnings with the agency matching the contribution.56 For example, if you were born in 1975, e...
President Bill Clinton signed theFamily and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)into law in 1993. As a result, eligible employees are afforded up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year if they decide to stay home in the wake of their child’s birth or adoption or cases of serious personal or family...