Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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So-called “comp time” is commonplace for government workers, but not so much among low-income workers in the private sector. The reason? The government prohibits it…. Read More
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Americans should be wary about giving governments the authority to manage their retirement savings free from federal protections. On Thursday, the House passed two resolutions… Read More
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What does Robert Lighthizer, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. trade representative, have to do with pension and health care benefits for one group of… Read More
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Last year, with little fanfare, the Obama administration’s Department of Labor issued a rule that threatens the retirement accounts of workers across the country. In… Read More
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Among President Donald Trump’s first actions as president was issuing a hiring freeze for certain federal employees. Trump made it clear in his inaugural address… Read More
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Pensions are a huge part of public employees’ compensation, often providing a quarter to a third of their total compensation. A new report from the… Read More
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As Congress closes up shop for 2016, a group of four Democratic senators is determined to “use whatever means necessary” to secure a special-interest taxpayer… Read More
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Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, appointed by President Barack Obama, issued a nationwide injunction against the administration’s final overtime rule, which was scheduled… Read More
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Last night, news emerged that a federal judge put a halt to the Department of Labor’s damaging new overtime rule. This is welcome news, and… Read More
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The United Mine Workers of America—a roughly 100,000-member coal mining union—is lobbying hard for a taxpayer bailout of its underfunded pension plan before the end… Read More
