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TexasTowelie

(111,300 posts)
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 06:58 AM Oct 2016

Do Some Benefits For State Retirees Still Make Sense?

by Tom Yamachika, President, Tax Foundation Hawaii

In Hawaii, we think it is very important to “take care of” our state workers, especially those who have been with the government for a long time.

So we long ago agreed to pay “other post-employment benefits,” or OPEB, to state workers. The Employees’ Retirement System represents the retirement benefits. The Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund represents the medical benefits.

The “unfunded actuarial accrued liability” of either plan represents the present amount of what we taxpayers owe for these future benefits, over and above what we already have set aside to pay them.

A study on the unfunded status of OPEB plans for public employees has been published by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Here is how we fared when compared to 2014 numbers set forth in a prior study.

Read more: http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/18515/Do-Some-Benefits-For-State-Retirees-Still-Make-Sense.aspx

[font color=330099]Perish the thought that any Republican believes that other people deserve a decent retirement.[/font]
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Do Some Benefits For State Retirees Still Make Sense? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP
Yes, they do Sherman A1 Oct 2016 #1

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Yes, they do
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 08:08 AM
Oct 2016

If that was the deal when those folks were employed then those obligations should be honored. If people hiring on now have a different deal that is up to them to accept or reject the terms of employment compensation.

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