TRENTON (AP) — New Jersey's Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case that considers whether retired public workers have a right to cost-of-living increases in their pensions.

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The court announced Thursday it would hear the case. A date has not been set.

A year ago, an appeals court sided with some of the workers in the dispute over whether the state had proper justification for suspending the cost of living, or COLA, hikes as part of a 2011 pension system overhaul.

The suspension was part of a deal intended to stabilize the pension funds that also required workers to pay more toward their retirement.

Some retirees and unions sued, arguing that New Jersey law gives retirees a contractual right to the cost-of-living allowance increases.

 

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