Confidential Employees' Pension Costs State $3m

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AUGUSTA -- As state employees and teachers head into a second day of fighting the governor's proposal to take almost 10 percent out of their paychecks to cover their pensions and pension debt, about 1,200 state employees known as "confidentials" have no such worry.

Those employees -- mostly in higher pay grades -- will put only 3.65 percent of their pay into the retirement system if Gov. Paul LePage's pension legislation is approved.

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Confidential Employees' Pension Costs State $3m

This would continue the longstanding gap that goes back to 1981 between regular state employees and the confidentials.

Confidential employees are defined as state employees not eligible for collective bargaining because they are either in high- level, policymaking jobs o...

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