House Judiciary Committee passes bill to criminalize theft of employee retirement benefits

House Judiciary Committee passes bill to criminalize theft of employee retirement benefits

On Wednesday, the Alabama House Judiciary Committee passed SB244, a bill introduced by state Sen. Tim Melson, R-District 1, which creates a criminal penalty for theft of employee retirement benefits. Specifically, Melson’s bill establishes the crime of “aggravated theft of employee retirement benefits,” which is committed when an individual “embezzles, steals, or unlawfully and willfully abstracts or converts to his or her own use or to the use …

Bill allowing local governments to negotiate supplemental retirement benefits garners no opposition

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that supporters insist that even public employees are concerned about retirement security.