PRC In the News
10/30/19|Tribune Content Agency

Not receiving the pension you deserve? There’s help

Many people are entitled to pensions that they are not receiving. It may seem strange, but this is often because they don’t know they are eligible for a pension.

Events
10/29/19

Pension Rights Center Celebration of Retirement Superheroes

See photos from the event All photos provided by Liz Lynch One of our favorite times of the year is when we hold our “Retirement Security Superhero” celebration, honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to promoting retirement security for workers and retirees. This year, we were thrilled that more than 170 attendees joined us […]

PRC In the News
10/16/19|Pensions&Investments

Legislation proposes new PBGC funding source from QPAM fees

Legislation aimed at giving the PBGC more money for distressed multiemployer pension funds by imposing fees on asset managers that want to keep managing retirement plan assets following criminal convictions was introduced Monday by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

PRC In the News
10/16/19|timesunion

As GE freezes pensions, observers say employees should consider finances carefully

John Phelps gives General Electric’s current CEO, Larry Culp, the benefit of the doubt. Phelps, a GE retiree who has tangled with management over changes to the company’s retiree health plans, isn’t surprised Culp has lately focused his cost-cutting efforts on the company’s pension plan

PRC In the News
10/16/19|USA Today

GE’s pension freeze raises a question: Should you take a lump-sum buyout or keep benefits?

General Electric is offering about 100,000 former workers a “limited-time option” to take their pensions in a lump sum. But experts say such buyout deals may not be as good as they seem.

PRC In the News
10/16/19|Investor's Business Daily

GE’s Not Alone: 25 Companies That Owe $1 Trillion In Pensions

General Electric is getting out of the pension business — and is just the latest company to do so. But such efforts by S&P 500 companies only go so far. They’re still on the hook for hundreds of billions in pension obligations.

PRC In the News
10/16/19|The CT Mirror

Tax breaks for seniors could widen gap between CT’s rich and poor

Connecticut has just begun a seven-year program to ease the tax burden on its elderly, a process that will provide nearly $170 million in annual relief by 2025.

PRC In the News
10/09/19|Market Insider

GE froze pension benefits for thousands of employees. Here are 5 large companies that have done the same in the past.

General Electric froze pension benefits for thousands of employees on Monday, and it’s far from the first company to do so.

PRC In the News
10/09/19|Forbes

GE, Once The Epitome Of Corporate America, Announced It’s Freezing Pensions For 20,000 Employees

General Electric, once one of the mightiest, most well-respected American corporations, announced that it’s freezing pensions, for about 20,000 U.S. employees and offering pension buyouts to 100,000 former employees, according to the Pension Rights Center.

PRC In the News
10/09/19|Financial Buzz

GE to Freeze Pension Plan sand Cut Deficit by Up to USD 8 Billion

General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) On Monday said it will freeze pension plans for about 20,000 U.S. salaried workers, and supplementary pension benefits for 700 employees who became executives before 2011.

PRC In the News
10/09/19|Market Watch

GE freezes worker pensions — what to do if your employer changes the terms of your retirement plan

General Electric is pulling the plug on its pension plan, and that’s a surefire way to derail workers’ retirement planning.

PRC In the News
10/09/19|CBS NEWS

General Electric freezing pension plan for 20,000 of its U.S. employees

General Electric announced it will freeze the pensions of 20,000 U.S. salaried workers, a measure designed to reduce its pension deficit and trim debt. The move will shave GE’s pension deficit by as much as $8 billion and its net debt by as much as $6 billion.