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Employee Benefits

Mar. 4, 2017

State Supreme Court rules on narrow disability benefits issue

A public employee retirement system must pay retroactive interest on disability benefits only if the retirement system committed a wrongful act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an unusual employment dispute.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A public employee retirement system must pay retroactive interest on disability benefits only if the retirement system committed a wrongful act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an unusual employment dispute.

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote the unanimous opinion that the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association does not owe back interest on...

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