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Opinion Letter No. 90-01
January 8, 1990
Public Employees' Retirement Allowances
Detailed information relating to a public employee's
retirement allowance must not be disclosed by
the Employees Retirement System to avoid a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy. While
under the UIPA the "compensation" paid to public employees
is specifically designated as public, this
provision was intended to make the salaries of public employees
public. Since the UIPA provides that
individuals have a significant privacy interest in their finances
and income, and since there is little public interest in the disclosure
of this information, pension benefits paid to specific former government
employees must remain confidential.
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