Legal Opinion
Milwaukee District Council 48 v. Milwaukee County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2019No. 2016AP001525PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRebecca Grassl Bradley, J.
*155*752¶1 Milwaukee County seeks to deny what it characterizes as "unusually generous" pension benefits to certain members of Milwaukee District Council 48 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (DC-48), citing the County's structural deficit, the escalating cost of the Employees' Retirement System of the County of Milwaukee (ERS), and the County's intention to grant a particular benefit to only those represented employees who were hired before 1994. Known as the "Rule of 75," this benefit allows an eligible employee to receive a full pension when his age plus years…
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