Protecting and Promoting Retirement Security

The Pension Rights Center is the country’s only consumer organization dedicated solely to protecting and promoting the retirement security of American workers, retirees, and their families. To learn more about the Center's Pension Help, Pension Policy and Pension Action activities, read our About Us page.

The Pension Rights Center is a convener of Retirement USA, an initiative working for a new future retirement system to supplement Social Security. Retirement USA's Re-Envisioning Retirement Security conference took place in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 2009, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis delivering the keynote address. Learn more about the event.

The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to Rep. Lloyd Doggett in support of his bill H.R. 4126, the Retirement Fairness Act of 2009, which would limit the ability of companies to establish Q-SERPs. (November 20, 2009)
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Social Security
A Senate proposal poses a threat to Social Security. Subscribe to our blog. (November 18, 2009)
Read about the latest happenings in the world of pensions. (November 16, 2009) Oyez!  Oyez!
401k 18 years ago today, the first 401(k) plans became legal. (November 10, 2009)
Read about the latest happenings in the world of pensions. (November 9, 2009)
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testimony
PRC Policy Director Karen Friedman testified on pension funding relief before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Read her testimony and learn more about the hearing. (October 29, 2009)
Retirement USA is the focus of a cover story in the Money section of USA Today. (October 20, 2009)
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TIME
The cover story of the latest issue of TIME is "Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k)." It's a must-read. (October 9, 2009)
Read about the latest happenings in the world of pensions. (October 5, 2009)
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OECD
On the International Day of Older Persons, we look at a recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development that compares the retirement systems of 30 countries.(October 1, 2009)
Senior Policy Advisor Norman Stein testified on behalf of the Pension Rights Center before the House Ways and Means Committee on providing pension funding relief to companies that continue their pension plans. (October 1, 2009)
Congress
Oklahoma bill
Read about a bill in Oklahoma that might set a dangerous precedent for the rest of the nation, and read about the latest happenings in the world of pensions. (September 30, 2009)
PRC Communications Director Nancy Hwa is quoted in two articles in the Detroit News today. One of the articles focuses on Retirement USA. (September 28, 2009)
News
goodbye
The Pension Rights Center mourns the death of former board member Lisle Carter. (September 25, 2009)
The latest edition of PensionAction asks you to share your story. Subscribe to our e-newsletters. (September 23, 2009)
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Read about the latest happenings in the world of pensions. (September 22, 2009)
PRC staff members Rebecca Davis and Jane Smith testified before the Department of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council on disclosure issues, while Norman Stein testified on 401(k) plans and reforms to increase retirement security. (September 21, 2009)
Presentations
poverty
Think the latest poverty numbers for older Americans aren't so bad? Think again. (September 15, 2009)
The Pension Rights Center has issued its Consumer Agenda for Retirement Security, a list of recommendations for improving and expanding the nation's retirement income system. The Agenda has been submitted to the Obama administration. Read the press release.
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