Comments & Letters
PRC thanks the PBGC for protecting Hospital Center at Orange retirees (05/10/2013)
On May 10, 2013, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced that it would assume responsibility for the Hospital Center at Orange (HCO) pension plan, after the IRS revoked the plan’s “church plan” status. The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to Josh Gotbaum, director of the PBGC, thanking him and his staff for protecting […]
Options for Increased Retirement Security — comments to the House Ways & Means Committee (04/15/2013)
Comments for the Committee on Ways and Means Working Group on Pensions and Retirement Options for Increased Retirement Security Submitted by the Pension Rights Center April 15, 2013 Since 1976, the Pension Rights Center has served as the nation’s foremost consumer organization working exclusively to protect and promote the retirement rights of workers, retirees, and […]
PRC Letter to the Dept. of Labor urging it to retain an archive of historic plan documents (03/25/2013)
The Pension Rights Center wrote to the Department of Labor, asking it to retain a collection of potentially valuable summary plan desciptions dating from 1976-1997. These documents, which are in danger of being destroyed, could prove invaluable in helping to determine a pension plan participant’s eligibility for and level of pension benefits. Read the letter. […]
PRC letter to the Dept. of Labor urging it to include people without internet access in a proposed survey on benefit statements (03/20/2013)
March 20, 2013: The Pension Rights Center wrote to the Department of Labor (DoL) to request that a proposed survey about benefit statements for individual account plans include people who don’t use or have access to a computer. The Center also encouraged DoL to perform a similar survey for benefit statements of traditional defined benefit […]
PRC comments to the IRS on recommendations for proposed e-signature standards (03/01/2013)
The Pension Rights Center submitted comments to the IRS in response to Internal Revenue Bulletin 2013-4, Announcement 2013-8. The Center reiterated its opposition to electronic method, such as e-signatures, as the default method of communicating information related to retirement plans. Read the comments. [PDF]
Joint letter to Congress in support of H.R. 5981, which closes a gap in the law for survivor benefits in multiemployer plans (12/27/2012)
The Pension Rights Center, the National Women’s Law Center, and the National Coordinating Committee on Multiemployer Plans sent a letter [PDF] to every member of Congress, asking them to pass H.R. 5981 before the end of the current Congress. The bill closes a loophole that unfairly denies pension benefits to widows and widowers when multiemployer […]
PRC letter in support of California SB 1234 (09/28/2012)
The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown, urging him to sign SB 1234, a bill that would expand pension coverage by establishing a state-based retirement plan for private-sector workers. Gov. Brown signed the bill. Read the letter. [PDF]
Comments to the IRS on reporting and notice requirements for deferred vested benefits (09/24/2012)
The Pension Rights Center submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service on reporting and notice requirements for deferred vested benefits under Section 6057 of the Internal Revenue Code. Read our comments.
PRC and NWLC comments to the ERISA Advisory Council on beneficiary designation in retirement plans (08/24/2012)
The National Women’s Law Center and the Pension Rights Center submitted comments to the ERISA Advisory Council on challenges and best practices for beneficiary designations in retirement and life insurance plans. Our comments focused on two areas: electronic communication and recommendations for best practices. Read the comments.
Joint PRC/NWLF letter to the Dept. of Labor, urging it to include more information on spousal protections in booklet (08/14/2012)
The Pension Rights Center and the National Women’s Law Center sent a letter to the Employee Benefits Security Administration, asking it to include more information on spousal rights in its publication, “What You Should Know About Your Retirement Plan.”
PRC Letter to the Editor on electronic disclosure (06/06/2012)
On June 3, the New York Times published a column about the Labor Department’s new regulations that require 401(k) providers to disclose how much they charge in fees. Below is a letter that the Center sent to the New York Times in response to the article: To the Editor, In addition to telling people how […]
Joint comments by eight organizations to the Treasury Department on annuitization and women (05/03/2012)
The American Association of University Women (AAUW), the Feminist Majority Foundation, MANA, A National Latina Organization, the National Association for Female Executives, the National Council of Women’s Organizations, the National Organization for Women, the National Women’s Law Center, OWL-The Voice of Midlife and Older Women, and the Pension Rights Center jointly submitted comments to the […]
