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Litigation

Apr. 16, 2014

Judge declares pension law unconstitutional

Public employers have a right to push the employee's portion of pension contributions onto workers, a San Bernardino County judge ruled last week, despite new California pension laws that bar such a hike without consent.


By Katie Lucia


Daily Journal Staff Writer


RIVERSIDE - Public employers have a right to push the employee's portion of pension contributions onto workers, a San Bernardino County judge ruled last week, despite new California pension laws that bar such a hike without consent.


Superior Court Judge David S. Cohn found the 2013 Public Employees Pension Reform Act unconstitutional and in conflict with the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937....

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