Month: May 2011

How to Protect Your Corporate Benefits
It is no secret that corporations, over the last 20 years or so, have been reducing or eliminating corporate benefits such as pensions and health care. Corporations have the right to determine employee benefits. However, it is important for employees to take proper steps to protect the benefits they are entitled to. I will be […]

Supreme Court Decision in Amara v. CIGNA a Victory for Workers and Retirees
WASHINGTON – The Pension Rights Center released the following statement from Karen Ferguson today in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Amara v. CIGNA: “This is a very important decision for employees and retirees. The Court ruled that, if pension plan trustees deliberately mislead plan participants, and the participants can show that they […]

Federal worker pensions emerge as target in debt-reduction talks
The generous pension system enjoyed by millions of federal workers from clerks to senators and judges has emerged as a key target in negotiations between Vice President Biden and congressional leaders looking to restrain the growing national debt.

Women face extra obstacles to secure retirement
It took the collapse of her marriage to jolt Luanne Schmidt into action. After years of taking a hands-off approach toward money, the 50-year-old nurse from Lannon, Wis., only recently took charge of her finances. Her savings and retirement security, she knew, were at stake.