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Archive for January, 2010

Workers and Retirees Lose Pensions - and Take Action!

Posted Thursday, January 21st, 2010 by Joellen Leavelle

On New Year’s Eve, current and retired employees of Augsburg Fortress, the publishing arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, learned that their traditional defined benefit pension plan would be terminated and that they could lose a substantial portion of their benefits as a result of the termination.  (more…)

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In case you missed it

Posted Monday, January 11th, 2010 by Joellen Leavelle

Here’s some of the latest news from the world of pensions: (more…)

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When is a participant not a participant?

Posted Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by Joellen Leavelle

As I was reading the most recent edition of the Private Pension Plan Bulletin Abstract of 2007 Form 5500 Annual Reports [PDF], published by the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, I noticed something rather odd in one of the footnotes.  (more…)

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In case you missed it

Posted Monday, January 4th, 2010 by Joellen Leavelle

Here’s some of the latest news from the world of pensions: (more…)

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