Dec 15, 2010 ... "What do you all think about employees contributing to the pension ... "We are the  only state in the country that state employees don't contribute'' to their pensions.  ... plans as a way to cut costs, suggests employees should contribute ... salary  into a 401(k) regardless of whether the employee contributes.
Office of Retirement Services - State Employees Retirement System. ... You're a  participant in the Defined Contribution (DC) plan if you: Were newly hired by the ...
The State Retirement System encourages all newly hired employees to log onto  ... On and after July 1, 1982, your contributions to the Retirement System are ...  you must retire with 20 or more years of retirement service credit; if you have 10  but ...
The state's pension crisis – the worst in the nation – hurts everyone in Illinois,  from state ... employer contribute a set percentage of the employee's annual  salary to a pension ... Another major weakness of DB plans is that if funds don't  have enough ... To generate similar benefits, a worker in the private sector would  need to ...
Dec 3, 2018 ... Retired state employees should be able to keep their pension and serve ... out  his pension payments would be taken away if he won, he said.
On whether state employees should contribute to their pensions.