A unanimous Maryland high court on Monday upheld a $30.7 million award to Baltimore police and firefighters who were retired or retirement eligible as of June 30, 2010, to compensate them for the city’s elimination that year of a stock ...

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A Baltimore judge on Tuesday awarded $30.7 million to retired and retirement-eligible city police and firefighters in compensation for changes Baltimore made to its pension system that eliminated a stock market-based benefit. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Julie R. Rubin’s award ...

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Baltimore County may owe more than $6 million plus interest to older employees in an age discrimination case affecting roughly 12,000 people who were improperly overcharged for their contributions to the county’s pension system. An expert for the Equal Employment Opportunity ...

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A Baltimore judge ruled that retired and retirement-eligible police and firefighters are entitled to damages for the changes the city made to their pension system that eliminated a benefit. The local unions announced the decision Monday, saying in summary that the ...

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is asking the Supreme Court not to review an appellate ruling finding that back pay is mandatory upon a finding of a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or ADEA. The 4th U.S. ...

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Baltimore County is asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by an appellate court finding it owes more than a decade of back pay to older employees who contributed to the county pension plan at a higher rate. The ...

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Baltimore County owes more than a decade of back pay to older employees who contributed to the county pension plan at a higher rate, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The county has been in litigation with the Equal Employment ...

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A county board must decide whether a slain police officer's pension should go to his widow or a child from a previous marriage.

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Appellee’s resignation in lieu of termination did not waive his right to contest the denial of his pension, and the County Board of Appeals’ decision as to his service to Baltimore County Public Schools was not arbitrary and capricious, and was supported by substantial evidence.

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State government should stay out of private pension plans, according to the Republican gubernatorial candidate.

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