Mississippi Business Journal » state employees 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 Funding PERS will be up to departments in 2013 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/funding-pers-is-up-to-departments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=funding-pers-is-up-to-departments http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/funding-pers-is-up-to-departments/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:15:24 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=66873 Directors of state departments and agencies must find a way to pay for a 10.4 percent increase in the employer share of the PERS of Mississippi retirement starting in July. Legislators have withheld the approximately $62 million needed to pay for the increased share of the retirement fund and left department heads to sift through [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/funding-pers-is-up-to-departments/feed/ 0 Good news for state employees, jury still out on plan’s math http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/23/good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/23/good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:01:41 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=62948 In a move that will make everyone who works for Mississippi feel better, state government will be asked to put $44 million more into the Mississippi retirement system next year to shore up the program for an estimated 30 years, the system director has told lawmakers. Pat Robertson, executive director of the Public Employees Retirement [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/23/good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math/feed/ 0 PERS Study Commission cannot hit report deadline http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/14/pers-study-commission-cannot-hit-report-deadline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pers-study-commission-cannot-hit-report-deadline http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/14/pers-study-commission-cannot-hit-report-deadline/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:22:16 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=48544 JACKSON — The wait for the report from the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Study Commission will be longer than expected. The Governor’s Office announced the Nov. 15 deadline would be missed. The statement from the governor reads: “Due to the complicated nature of the review of the state Public Employees’ Retirement System, the PERS [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/14/pers-study-commission-cannot-hit-report-deadline/feed/ 1 Barbour calls special session for state retirement program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/04/22/barbour-calls-special-session-for-state-retirement-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=barbour-calls-special-session-for-state-retirement-program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/04/22/barbour-calls-special-session-for-state-retirement-program/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:10:16 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=22648 JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour says he’s calling a special session for lawmakers to consider increasing the amount that state employees pay toward their own retirement. The special session begins at 1 p.m. Thursday and is taking place within the regular session already under way. Barbour made the announcement less than three hours before the [...]

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