Changes for Public Employee Retirement Systems now in effect

MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Changes to the state’s Public Employee Retirement Systems are now in effect.

First Responders have been doing their best to stop the changes from happening.

Those attempts did not pass through the legislative deadline.

March first is when the new PERS Tier started.

It increases the number of working years for retirement from 30 to 35, and no cost-of-living adjustments.

Tune in tonight on WCBI News for more.

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