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A Paycheck's Impact on Retirement Income Benefits

06/07/2013 | Kiplinger's Retirement Report

Returning to work can affect Social Security benefits and pension payments, but may also let you turbocharge your nest egg.

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Seniors Warned, Think Twice Before Selling Pension

05/30/2013 | CNBC

The practice of retirees selling their pensions for a lump sum has drawn U.S. regulators' attention, with two government watchdogs this month warning consumers about some of the firms that engage in the practice.

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Church pension plan status being tested by IRS, class-action lawsuits

05/27/2013 | Pensions & Investments

The IRS' long-term trend of allowing church-affiliated defined benefit pension plans to be exempt from federal pension rules could reverse course after an unusual decision by the agency and a flurry of lawsuits.

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Latest News Releases (View all)

Pension Rights Center Applauds the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s Take-Back of a Hospital Pension Plan

05/10/2013

WASHINGTON — The Pension Rights Center applauds today’s decision by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to take over pension payments to more than 800 former employees of the now-defunct Hospital Center at Orange (HCO).

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Government Agencies Restore Protections to Hospital Retirees’ Pensions

03/29/2013
"Church plan" designation for pension plan revoked in unprecedented action

WASHINGTON -- After a 10-year struggle, hundreds of former workers and retirees from the Hospital Center at Orange (HCO) once again have federal protections for their pensions.

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“De-Risking” Pensions Could be Risky to Pensioners

10/18/2012

WASHINGTON -- In the wake of moves by several large companies to “de-risk” their traditional pension plans, the Pension Rights Center is calling for a moratorium on such actions until Congress can look into the risks posed by these strategies to workers and retirees.

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Speeches, Statements, and Letters (View all)

PRC statement on protecting retirees when making reforms to the multiemployer pension system (06/12/2013)

06/12/2013

The Pension Rights Center submitted a statement to the Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the House Education and Workforce

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PRC statement to the ERISA Advisory Council on lost participants and lost plans (06/04/2013)

06/04/2013

PRC Policy Analyst Jane Smith testified before the ERISA Advisory Council on helping pension plans find missing participants and vice versa.

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PRC thanks the PBGC for protecting Hospital Center at Orange retirees (05/10/2013)

05/10/2013

On May 10, 2013, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced that it would assume responsibility for the Hospital Center at Orange (HCO) pension plan, after the IRS More...

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