Program Initiative: Retirement

Retirement

NLC’s Public Sector Retirement Initiative is a resource for elected officials to help them navigate the complexities of retirement and healthcare planning and funding for the municipal workforce. The Initiative is sponsored by ICMA-RC, an NLC Capstone Corporate Partner and non-profit independent financial services corporation focused on providing retirement plans and related services for over a million public sector participant accounts and approximately 9,000 retirement plans. 

This initiative features a series focused on strengthening the capacity of city leaders to ensure healthy public sector retirement outcomes. We start with the premise that desired goals for retiree savings, pension plans and other post-employment benefits balance municipal workforce/retiree needs with city fiscal responsibility. 

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  • Brief
  • Guide
Oct 6, 2020

Understanding Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans

Keeping your pension plan healthy to avoid bankruptcy and support your workers The pension landscape has been changing ever since…

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  • Report
Oct 5, 2020

Pension Fiscal Health and How to Measure it

How to Measure Pension Fiscal Health The state of retirement funding has become an obvious fiscal concern for city governments, especially since…

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report cover - Making Informed Changes to Public Sector Pension Plans
  • Report
Mar 10, 2017

Making Informed Changes to Public Sector Pension Plans

Pensions play a critical role in the ability of local governments to attract and retain the workforce needed to meet…

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Articles

  • Economic Opportunity & Workforce Development
  • Leadership
  • Local Authority & Intergovernmental Relations

How Cities Around the Country Address Rising Pension Liabilities
  • Economic Opportunity & Workforce Development
  • Financial Empowerment
  • Local Authority & Intergovernmental Relations

Retirement Plans Use Too Much Jargon, Say Employees
  • Economic Opportunity & Workforce Development
  • Local Authority & Intergovernmental Relations
  • Municipal Finance

Ensuring Sustainable Pension Funding for Your City
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A word from our CEO and Executive Director, Clarence Anthony
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Learn about retirement plans and why we have them in the first place
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Learn About Defined Contribution Plans and Resources
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Learn More About Defined Benefit Plans and viewing Resources
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