Connecticut’s public-sector funding of pensions continues to be an issue and a major financial concern for our state and its municipalities. Pensions have been the subject of study and reform by the state. It is against this backdrop that we urge the Legislature and the state comptroller to look for opportunities to limit double-dipping by current state employees.
Double-dipping is traditionally defined as collecting a government pension for one job while collecting a salary for continuing in the same job or starting a different government job. The ultimate double-dip occurs when one retiree collects two pensions, sometimes for essentially the same job. How can this be?
