Federal government saves on pension costs as employees pay Payroll tax cut legislation recently passed by federal lawmakers included a provision increasing employee contributions to pension plans for government workers who are hired after the end of this year.
Lowering employee healthcare costs Employers are partly responsible for the rising cost of healthcare in the United States, consulting executive Wally Gomaa said at the 2012 Employer Health & Human Capital Congress.
MI schools strive to avoid staff cuts, similar measuresMichigan school districts are fighting mounting deficits hard, with 48 currently under monthly monitoring by the state's Department of Education.
Pensions may be less costly to states than they seemAbout 3 percent of state and local spending goes toward pension benefits for employees, according to the most recent Census Bureau data on government finance.