So you're on a disability retirement. You think the amount you're getting paid is secure right? Think again! Yet another reason CO's need a seat on the PERA Board to protect our members. WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 20 ruled against a retired firefighter who  wants to sue her former employer  for reducing health care benefits for disabled retirees, a decision that failed to give the same ADA protections to retirees that current employees have. The court ruled that Karyn Stanley can’t sue the city of Sanford, Florida, under the  Americans with Disabilities Act . That upheld a lower court’s ruling that the ADA didn’t apply to Stanley because she no longer worked for the city when she filed her challenge. FULL USA TODAY STORY

MNCORA says thank you to Representative Peggy Scott, Representative Harry Niska, Senator Cal Bahr and Senator Jim Abeler for authoring our Bill to add a CO seat to the PERA Board.  While it didn't pass this session we will be back next session to take another bite at the apple. The Bill is not dead. It was laid over by the Pension Commission so is very much alive for next session. Special thanks to Susan Lenczewski Executive Director of the LCPR for her help crafting the Bill. And of course thanks to all of you for your emails and phone calls to the Legislature in support of this!

  https://www.lcpr.mn.gov/index.htm Here's a brief summary of the 2025 Pension Omnibus Bill . *PERA General plan- COLA increase from 1.5-1.75% Max *PERA Police and Fire plan- one time COLA of 3% then back down to 1% annual COLA plus major changes to Disability see  ARTICLE 15 DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS AND CONTINUATION OF HEALTH COVERAGE FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS   https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2025/0/Session+Law/Chapter/37/ *Another Work Group for Dispatch and 911 Telecommunicators ARTICLE 17 WORK GROUP ON PENSION PLANS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS AND 911 TELECOMMUNICATORS Section 1.  WORK GROUP ON CREATING PENSION PLANS FOR PROBATION OFFICERS AND 911 TELECOMMUNICATORS. $80 million was allocated to pensions this session. The Teachers Pension and Police and Fire received the lions share.  MNCORA had one request this session, a seat on the PERA Board. SF1556 / HF708 . The Bill was laid over and we can take it up again next session. THIS BILL WOULD HAVE ...

 

This has been a very unusual session. First the session started weeks late due to the Democratic Representatives refusing to go to work for the first few weeks of the session.  This meant the Committees were already delayed and behind from the get go. Then the LCPR canceled their April 29th meeting and eventually rescheduled for May the 6th. Now that was cancelled.    Their work is not done, or is it? The last day of the Legislative Session is May 19th. They don't meet on Fridays so that's 5 working days. This is what they have posted: Upcoming Commission meetings:     Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 5:30 PM - CANCELLED Draft agenda for next Commission meeting when rescheduled:  Draft Agenda Note: Due to the fluid nature of floor sessions and committee meetings, date and time are subject to change with relatively short notice ▶  For meetings earlier this year, go to   2025 meetings   MNCORA is wondering what is going on. The la...

 Your day can change in a minute as a CO. Fox News is reporting that  Three Virginia corrections  officers were hospitalized Friday after an alleged coordinated attack by inmates affiliated with the violent MS-13 gang and another known gang, state Department of Corrections officials said in a statement. FULL STORY Corrections is a dangerous job!