Public School System legal counsel Karen Klaver has reconsidered her employment at the NMI Retirement Fund.<\/p>\n
Fund administrator Karl T. Reyes said yesterday that Klaver informed the agency that she would not be able to work for the Fund because \u201cit\u2019s wrong timing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klaver earlier submitted her application to work as legal counsel for the Fund. In a meeting before Christmas, the Fund board decided to hire her. <\/p>\n
Reyes earlier said that Klaver was one of three lawyers who responded to the Fund\u2019s job vacancy announcement. <\/p>\n
Shortly after the board\u2019s decision, Reyes said that Klaver informed them that she would not be able to leave PSS until about February 2006 due to pending cases.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Reyes said the lawyer is declining to accept the Fund\u2019s job altogether. \u201cShe declined,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said it was a bit \u201cdisappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n
This came even as Fund officials continue to express their dislike against a law that exempts PSS from paying the increased contribution of 36.7 percent for five years.<\/p>\n
The Fund board said that the measure is \u201cunfair and discriminating.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Fund offers a maximum of $65,000 annual salary for a legal counsel position.<\/p>\n
The Fund has been without an in-house attorney for two years now.<\/p>\n
The Fund board\u2019s decision to hire a lawyer came even as it plans to finally sue the government for delinquency in paying its employer\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n
The central government has some $85 million in arrears. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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