Comments & Letters
12/23/22

PRC Letter to IRS on Notice 2022-27, Physical Presence Requirement for Spousal Consents

The PRC sent a letter to the IRS urging the Service to protect spousal retirement rights by restoring its requirement that a spouse’s surrender of rights to retirement benefits must occur in the physical presence of a notary or plan administrator to ensure that the consent is executed without fraud, coercion, or duress.

Press Release
12/08/22

Butch Lewis Act saves Central States Pension Fund

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  The Pension Rights Center and thousands of retired truck drivers, warehouse workers and spouses across the country are celebrating the approval of an infusion of funds that will keep the Central States Pension Fund going strong for decades to come.    The White House announced today that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) […]