May 15 (Bloomberg) — Illinois government workers won a temporary halt to a 2013 law passed to fix the state's $100 billion pension shortfall while they fight it in court.
The law would reduce cost-of-living adjustments and raise the retirement age for workers who are now 45 or younger. The unions have sued Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, and other officials, contending the reductions are barred by the state's constitution.
Circuit Court Judge John Belz in Springfield, the state capital, yesterday stopped the scheduled June 1 implementation of the law pending a final decision on whether the benefit cuts in the measure are permissible.
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