SURVEY SAYS: Should There Be a Social Security COLA Adjustment?
October 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Published reports indicate that Social Security recipients won’t get an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for...
Tag: Post-Retirement
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Court Sends Retiree Health Dispute to Arbitration
October 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – St. Louis Post Dispatch LLC has to take a dispute over retiree health benefits to...
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Workers Willing to Pay More for Guaranteed Retirement Benefits
October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Towers Watson survey found that a majority of workers (56%) would be willing to...
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3M Announces Retiree Health Plan Changes
October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 3M Co. has announced it will eventually stop offering its health-insurance plan to retirees, citing...
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Workforce and Retiree Demographics Will Shift as Boomers Age
September 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from the MetLife Mature Market Institute says those born between 1946 and...
Opinions |
IMHO: Listening Post
September 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I recently found myself turning back to my notes from the PLANSPONSOR National...
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Should We “Ditch” the 401(k)?
September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past decades, defined-benefit plans have been replaced, for the most part,...
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Retirees not Pining Away for the Past
September 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an independent survey of 471 retirees, 71% say they love being retired.
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Americans Bumping up Retirement Savings to Cover Health Care Costs
September 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The First Command Financial Behaviors Index reveals that average monthly savings solely for health care...
Briggs & Stratton Retirees Sue over Benefit Cutbacks
August 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retired Briggs & Stratton employees have sued the company, alleging it went against its word...
Visteon Ordered to Restore Retiree Benefits
August 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has ordered Visteon Corp. to reinstate health and life insurance...
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NCPA Estimates Unfunded Public Pension Liabilities at $2.5T
July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Estimates of the reported unfunded liabilities of state and local governments for pensions and other...
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What Are the Odds of Running Short in Retirement?
July 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to the 2010 EBRI Retirement Readiness Rating (RRR), more than one-in-four...
Court Finds Employer Must Continue Lifetime Health Coverage for Retirees
July 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan has ruled that Menasha Corp....
Visteon Must Follow the Rules before Terminating Retiree Benefits
July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed lower court rulings that Visteon Corp....
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Rich Americans Could Also Deplete Retirement Nest Egg
July 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 64% of Americans in the two lowest pre-retirement income levels will be running short...
Court Rules for Retirees on Health Benefits
July 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirees from a Sturgis, Michigan, manufacturing facility are entitled to employer-paid health benefits for...
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Research Cautions against 4% Spending in Retirement Rule
June 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The “4% rule" - the most commonly offered advice for spending in retirement proffered by...
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A Big Regret: Not Saving, Investing More
June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fifty percent of those participating in a recent personal finance poll said they have significant...
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EBRI Sees Retiree Health Coverage Subsidy Cash Depletion
June 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The $5 billion set aside to fund an employer subsidy of early retiree health care...