Comments & Letters
08/04/22

PRC letter to the IRS on OMB 1545–2187, Proposed Collection of Annual Registration Statement Identifying Separated Participants with Deferred Vested Benefits

The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to the IRS urging the Service to strengthen protections for “deferred vested” participants – those who have earned retirement benefits but have left their jobs before collecting benefits. The Center specifically asked the Service to change its guidance to require plan administrators to provide a single unified individual benefit statement […]

PRC In the News
07/26/22

The truckers’ triumph: The incredible story of how a scrappy group of blue-collar retirees rescued their pensions

‘I had to get this fight done no matter what’: It took retired trucker Mike Walden nine years, but reinstated benefits recently started flowing to multiemployer pension participants across America.

PRC In the News
07/25/22|U.S. News & World Report

How to Find an Old 401(k) Account

During the frenzy of leaving behind an old job and getting acclimated to a new position, rolling over your 401(k) plan isn’t always your first priority. Some people even lose track of a 401(k) plan at a former employer. Here’s what to do if you’re trying to find funds held in a previous employer’s 401(k) […]

PRC In the News
05/31/22|Delaware State News

Commentary: Money maze, as retirees become detectives to find ‘lost’ pensions

When Sam Semilia toted up his retirement finances, he was pretty sure that he was due a pension from his time working as a steam engineer for the Diamond Crystal salt company four decades before.