State leaders may be wavering on some aspects of pension reform, but Alicia Munnell, the Boston College professor heading a special commission on the state pension system, is suffering from none of that.

Lawmakers are trying to iron out differences between House and Senate bills that address the headline-grabbing outrage of legislators in their 40s and early 50s collecting so-called “termination pensions” after being defeated for reelection or opting not to run again. But neither version tackles the much bigger problem of non-lawmaker state employees claiming such early pension benefits when fired or when their position is eliminated. In March, Gov. Patrick called for the elimination of termination pensions for all state employees, but he later pulled back, saying the pension reform commission should examine the issue.

At yesterday’s commission meeting, Munnell announced that the panel, which includes the House and Senate chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Service, will take up the matter at its next meeting, in June. But she left little doubt as to where she thinks the burden of proof lies. “Not to put too fine a point on it,” Munnell said, “but if anyone has good arguments for why termination benefits should exist or persist, bring those to the next meeting.”