About 18,000 workers employed by the state of Michigan won a court ruling knocking down a pension fee this week, but the state says it plans to keep collecting the 4 percent levy while it considers whether to appeal.
The state Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that part of a 2011 law designed to ensure that the pension plan covering employees hired before 1997 remained solvent violated the constitution.
Despite the ruling, Kurt Weiss, a spokesman for the state's Department of Technology, Management and Budget, told LivinstonDaily.com that the state would continue to collect the fees while considering whether to appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court.
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