LEGISLATIVE NEWS: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE HEARS ASSOCIATION BILLS
September 7, 2021NewsSeptember 2021 Voice: We are eight months into the 2021-2022 legislative session, and the State House remains closed to ...
Baker Mandates Vaccination for Executive Branch State Workers
August 19, 2021NewsHouse, Senate Discussing Vaccine Requirements for Their EmployeesKatie Lannan, State House News ServiceAUG. 19, 2021: About 42,000 state ...
Weekly Update: Latest Retirement News
August 13, 2021NewsBy Shawn Duhamel, Chief Executive Officer By Shawn Duhamel, Chief Executive OfficerAugusr 13, 2021: It is hard to believe that ...
State Pension Fund Sets New Investment Return Record
August 3, 2021NewsFY '21 Gains Neared 30 Percent, Pushed Fund to $95.7 BilColin A. Young, State House News ServiceAUG. 3, 2021 ...
Bill Gives Veterans More Runway To Buy Pension Credits
July 28, 2021NewsKatie Lannan, State House News ServiceJULY 28, 2021.....A pair of harbormasters and Coast Guard veterans on Wednesday asked lawmakers ...
Breaking News: Gov Rejects Part-Time Work Increase
July 19, 2021NewsSends Back Amended Budget Section JULY 19, 2021: Governor Charlie Baker signed the $47.6 billion Fiscal Year ...
A special town hall meeting Friday, 6/25
June 18, 2021NewsJune 18, 2021 - Weekly News Update: A big benefit of holding Tele-Town Hall meetings is that they enhance our ...
Work Waiver Extension Update – Efforts Still Underway:
June 16, 2021NewsJune 16, 2021- Late last evening, the House and Senate passed a bill that would extend several COVID-19 policy ...
Senate Passes Post-Retirement Work Waiver Extension
June 10, 2021NewsJune 10, 2021-Thursday the Senate passed the Post-Retirement Work Waiver Extension amendment as part of legislation that addressed ...
Extension of Post-Retirement Work Waiver Before Senate
June 9, 2021NewsMass Retirees Seeks Extension Through Year-End June 9, 2021 – On Thursday the state Senate is ...
National Support for WEP Reform Grows
June 3, 2021NewsThe following state and national public retiree associations, public employee unions and retirement advocacy organizations have each publicly endorsed H ...
Update: Post-Retirement Work Hours Budget Language and Special Waiver Extension in The Works
June 2, 2021NewsJune 2, 2021 - Last Thursday the State Senate completed their FY22 budget debate and soon the conference committee will begin ...
Pension Fund Hits All-Time High, Beating 2020 Return Targets
May 26, 2021NewsMAY 26, 2021: The Massachusetts state pension fund hit another all-time high when the most recent quarter ended March ...
Work Continues on Post Retirement Budget Amendment and State of Emergency Special Waiver
May 20, 2021NewsMAY 20, 2021: The State Senate will begin their budget process next week. The Association worked with Senator Michael Brady ...
MassPRIM embraces diverse FUTURE
May 7, 2021NewsMassachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, Boston, unveiled an initiative to substantially increase its allocation to diverse and emerging managers ...
Support for Social Security WEP Reform Grows
April 29, 2021NewsActive Employees Join with Retirees in National CampaignAPRIL 29, 2021: Our all-out drive to pass a reform of ...
House Unanimously Approves Increase in Post-Retirement Work
April 28, 2021NewsBudget Section Boosts Hours to 1,200 AnnuallyApril 28, 2021: Today, the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a Mass ...
FY22 COLA marks 23 years of increases
April 23, 2021NewsAPRIL 23, 2021 WEEKLY UPDATE: Before I jump into the news of the week, let me first remind you of ...
Another year, another step toward ditching the WEP?
April 6, 2021NewsBy Nicole Ogrysko @nogryskoWFED April 5, 2021 Occasionally, I’ll get an email or a question from a federal ...
WEP Reform Bill Reintroduced
April 2, 2021NewsAPRIL 2, 2021: Congressman Richard Neal has reintroduced his Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reform proposal for 2021-22 ...