Excerpt: What does this decision mean for public and private employers going forward? Basically, it means that public workers in Kentucky and states with similar pension plans can continue to rely on the promise of disability retirement benefits if they become disabled. It also means that public and private employers who feared their plans were implicated by the Kentucky Retirements Systems case -- a number estimated at 2,700 employers and 25 million affected workers -- do not have to cut benefits, increase employer contributions, or otherwise restructure their plans to bring them into compliance with the ADEA.  MORE >>