The Florida Supreme Court will decide if changes made to the state's public employee pension system violated workers' constitutional rights.
The state legislature passed changes that would save $1 billion in pension expenses, including requiring workers to contribute 3 percent of their pay and eliminating the cost-of-living adjustment for employees retiring after the law took effect, according to a story in Bloomberg.
The state was facing a $3.6 billion budget shortfall in 2011 when Republican lawmakers decided to overhaul the system.
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