Author: Kate Pixley
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s largest employer is freezing pension contributions for more than 22,000 workers
For 50 years, Intermountain Health has sponsored pension plans, which provide retirees a guaranteed payout, with amounts depending on how long workers were employed and how much they earned. That made Intermountain Health an outlier among Utah employers, even as it had been limiting access to the benefit in recent years. The nonprofit healthcare system […]
Happy Valentine’s Day from the PRC
Every year on Valentine’s Day, we write a love letter to all our donors. This Valentine’s Day is extra special, because 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Pension Rights Center. For a half century, we’ve been working to protect and promote the retirement income security of American workers, retirees, and their families—all thanks to the generous supporters […]
Western States Pension Assistance Project Helps Retiree Receive Earned Benefits
Henrietta, an older adult living in California, worked at a telecommunications company for ten years and left the company with a vested retirement benefit. However, when Henrietta applied for retirement at age 65, she was told by the plan administrator that they would not distribute her benefit because of an IRS levy letter. Even though […]
Don’t Look Now, But Financial Scammers Are Targeting You
By David Brandolph Last July, The Independent (UK) reported a story in which a Florida woman, Sharon Brigthwell, got a call from a number that appeared to be from her daughter. When Brightwell answered, a frantic voice identical to her daughter’s said that she had been arrested after hitting a pregnant woman with her car […]
Happy Holidays from the PRC
While our nation faces a number of economic challenges, the Pension Rights Center continues, with singular focus, on our mission to improve retirement income security, particularly for low- and moderate-income workers. For almost fifty years, the PRC has been a nationally recognized “consumer watchdog” that defends and advocates for the retirement income rights and […]
Pension Counseling Projects Making Life-Altering Difference
Two incredible success stories from the Trellis Pension and Retirement Rights Project—Mid America Region highlight the fact that people getting assistance from the Pension Counseling Projects often have positive, life-changing outcomes. The Trellis Pension and Retirement Rights Project—Mid America Region is one of six counseling projects supported by the Administration on Community Living that provide […]
PRC Executive Director Karen Friedman’s Speech at the Pension Action Center’s 2025 Fall Fundraising Event
PRC Executive Director Karen Friedman recently gave the keynote speech at the Pension Action Center‘s fall fundraising event, “Making an ImPACt: Advocacy and Education in Action.” The Pension Action Center, part of the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Gerontology Institute, provides free legal counseling for workers and retirees who live or worked in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, […]
Pension Frights on Halloween
By David Brandolph On October 31, ghosts, goblins and vampires run amok. But on this Halloween, what scares the Pension Rights Center is the altogether frightening prospect that millions of people won’t be able to retire with adequate income. What we see in PRC’s magic “mirror-mirror on the wall” (that always tells the hard truth) […]
PRC Responds to DOL RFI on Pooled Employer Plans
The Pension Rights Center submitted comments on Pooled Employer Plans on September 29th in response to a Request for Information from the Department of Labor.
MarketWatch: Could your employer take away your 401(k) match? Sherwin-Williams just did it.
For countless American workers, the 401(k) company match is simply a fact of life: They contribute regularly to their employer-sponsored retirement plan — and in turn, the employer kicks in a matching amount. The average company contribution equates to 4.6% of a worker’s pay, according to Vanguard. But what if that match just disappears?
It’s Time to Celebrate Social Security’s Birthday
By David Brandolph Let’s all raise a glass in honor of Social Security, the nation’s most successful social insurance program, as it celebrates its 90th anniversary. On August 14, 1935, America was mired in the Great Depression with roughly one-half of our nation’s elderly living in poverty. On that day, precisely 90 years ago, President […]
PRC Executive Director Testifies on Retirement Income Solutions
Karen Friedman, the Pension Rights Center’s Executive Director, recently testified before the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on expanding coverage for the millions of private sector workers not covered by or participating in an employer-sponsored retirement benefit plan. Karen’s goal was to make the Senators aware that retirement insecurity is […]
