Yearly payments in lieu of unused vacation days can't add to a state pension calculation, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.
The decision prevents a retired police officer from collecting about $2,700 a year in additional pension – and also stops other public employees in Massachusetts who might have benefited from a comparable boost.
Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Tim Henderson
Most people move during the spring and summer months, but many would-be movers stayed put this May and June amid higher interest rates and rising rents, according to change-of-address data from the U.S. Postal Service.
