Mississippi Business Journal » Public Employees Retirement System http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The PERS standoff http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/the-pers-standoff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pers-standoff http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/the-pers-standoff/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:55 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=50039 The year ended with out-going Gov. Haley Barbour tossing the Mississippi Legislature a plan for revamping the $20 billion Public Employees Retirement System — a hot potato capable of burning politicians on both sides of the issue. The PERS issue is a clear choice for designation among the Mississippi Business Journal’s “Stories of the Year.” [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/the-pers-standoff/feed/ 1 Union lawyer, PERS chief: Options are limited http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/21/union-lawyer-pers-chief-options-are-limited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=union-lawyer-pers-chief-options-are-limited http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/21/union-lawyer-pers-chief-options-are-limited/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:00:59 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=44880 The head of the Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi says the $20.7-billion retirement trust fund is constitutionally protected but she doubts the benefits of retirees and public sector workers enrolled in the plan have the same protections. “However, this could be debated,” said Pat Robertson, PERS executive director. She cited a 1986 amendment to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/21/union-lawyer-pers-chief-options-are-limited/feed/ 0 State delaying full funding of pension plan for six months http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/10/state-delaying-full-funding-of-pension-plan-for-six-months/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-delaying-full-funding-of-pension-plan-for-six-months http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/10/state-delaying-full-funding-of-pension-plan-for-six-months/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:00:31 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=39648 Legislators inserted funding in recently passed appropriations, including state’s full 12.9 percent contribution starting Jan. 1 Mississippi’s public employee retirement system took a hit this legislative session but not the full scale blow for which its managers had been bracing. The retirement system must wait six months for the state to begin handing over a [...]

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