Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Dec. 5, 2018
State law’s elimination of purchasable service time in pensions was unconstitutional, employees to argue
Attorneys for state employees will argue to the California Supreme Court on Wednesday that lawmakers unconstitutionally rolled back a pension provision that allowed workers to purchase service time which would count toward their eventual earnings.
Attorneys for state employees will argue to the California Supreme Court on Wednesday that lawmakers unconstitutionally rolled back a pension provision that allowed workers to purchase service time which would count toward their eventual earnings.
The ability to purchase so-called "airtime" was introduced by the Legislature in 2003 under Government Code Section 20909. It allowed eligible public employees to buy up to five years of c...
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