legacy cost

Legacy Cost

Ongoing costs to a company that come from funding activities that, by definition, do not increase revenue. Perhaps the most prominent example of legacy costs is the funding of pension plans. Legacy costs often accrue when a company takes on too many responsibilities in times of strong performance or when it takes on an appropriate level of responsibility and then its priorities change. Critics of legacy costs contend that they make industry uncompetitive, while proponents, notably labor unions, argue they are part of an employer's moral obligation to its employees.

legacy cost

The financial expense of supporting retiree benefits, including pensions, heath care, and insurance. Legacy cost is especially burdensome for mature companies with declining markets and a shrinking labor force.

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"The problem is that Rangers have a legacy cost base and a legacy debt that had been built up under the Murray years."

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Among the chief legislative changes are going from a six-day to five-day delivery schedule, receiving $6.9 billion in overpayments to the Federal Employee Retirement System in the form of a refund, and resolving the mandate to pre-fund retiree health benefits by $5.5 billion annually and manage the legacy cost going forward and allow the USPS to restructure its healthcare system to make it independent of federal programs, among others.

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The trust fund will finance health-care costs for its retirees, eliminating a key legacy cost.