PRC In the News
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) […]
6 Ways Retirement Has Changed Over the Past 25 Years
Twenty-five years ago, Kiplinger’s Retirement Report launched to help readers enjoy a richer retirement. Our first issue, published in February 1994, offered guidance on timely issues of the day, such as how to take advantage of the home-sale-profit exclusion (then $125,000) and how to comply with new rules that for the first time required a […]
MetLife’s $220M Deal Shows Risk In Losing Track Of Retirees
A $220 million settlement with MetLife Inc. secured by the New York Department of Financial Services on Monday marked the latest episode in the fallout over the insurer’s failure to adequately notify almost 30,000 retirees of their eligibility for retirement benefits over the course of 25 years.
Ask Amy: Wife’s text-flirting compels husband to spy
Dear Amy: My wife and I have been married for 15 years. About four years ago I was suspicious of her relationship with a former co-worker and “friend,” whom she had grown very close to.
Super Bowl hero John Riggins now fighting to get more money for older NFL retirees
It has been nearly 36 years since John Riggins produced one of the greatest clutch runs in football history with a 43-yard touchdown rumble on fourth and inches against Miami – kids, check out that stiff-arm on YouTube! — that propelled Washington to victory in Super Bowl XVII.
Retiree Groups Back Northwestern ERISA Suit In 7th Circ.
A group of current and former Northwestern University workers got an assist in their Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit against the school from advocacy groups that urged the Seventh Circuit to revive the workers’ case claiming their retirement savings were mismanaged.
Bipartisan bill looks to help struggling multiemployer plans
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a longtime proponent of increasing retirement savings, introduced his first bill of the new congressional session Wednesday that focuses on aiding multiemployer pension plans.
New tactics being deployed in challenging church plans
Participants in pension plans exempt from federal regulation due to their church plan status are forging ahead with legal and legislative challenges and some new tactics, despite a 2017 Supreme Court decision that did not go their way.
The Pension Rights Center Educates Couples, Divorcees & Widows on How to Get the Retirement Benefits They Deserve
The Scoop: The Pension Rights Center (PRC) is the nation’s foremost consumer organization dedicated solely to protecting retirement security in the U.S. The nonprofit provides free information and legal assistance regarding earned benefits, pensions, and other retirement income. By empowering everyday individuals, couples, families, divorcees, and widows and widowers to learn more about retirement plans, […]
For American Workers, 4 Key Retirement Issues to Watch in 2019
It’s going to be a busy year in Washington and state capitals for policymakers working to improve the retirement security of millions of Americans.
Worried about a missing pension or 401(k)? Here’s where you can get help
Randy Sigley, 63, who grew up in West Virginia, remembers that jobs were hard to come by in the mid-1970s so he headed to Ohio to work in a factory making concrete pipe.
Whither the American pension?
The sudden erosion of pension benefits for 1,100 former employees of the old St. Clare’s Hospital in Schenectady is a scenario that isn’t supposed to happen.
