The California Supreme Court will decide Monday whether the state government may rescind an employee benefit that enlarged pensions even after decades of rulings that have shielded public retirement plans from cuts.
which a dozen other states have followed, has stymied state and local lawmakers now wrestling with hundreds of billions of dollars in pension shortfalls.Under current law, pensions are treated as contracts protected by the California Constitution.
That benefit, created by the Legislature in 2003, permitted employees to pay a fee to add an extra five years onto their work history for pension purposes. By deciding the air time benefit did not amount to a pension promise, the court would allow public employers to shave retirement costs without toppling a bedrock legal principle protective of workers.
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