(AP) -- An attorney for two former state police officers says the State Law Enforcement Division is illegally double dipping in retirement payments for its retired employees who return to work.
Columbia attorney Cam Lewis told state Supreme Court justices Wednesday that the state police force is getting budget money to pay for employees' retirement, then also reducing employees' salaries by more than 13 percent.
Lewis represents two former agents who sued SLED in 2008, saying the agency should not be allowed to pay smaller salaries to retirees who return to work and then use the savings to cover the agency's portion of their pensions.
Attorneys for the state say a lower court was right to dismiss the case. The justices will rule later.
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