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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Ret plans - policy Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Opinion] Obama Retirement Plan Places Primary Responsibility for Retirement Saving on Households (PDF) Legislation Calls for More Transparent Disclosures of 401(k) Fees Rep. Pomeroy Shares Pension Funding Reform Thoughts [Opinion] ERISA in the Crisis Zone Lawmakers Plan Push to Reform 401(k) Plans Pension Reform in the Aftermath of Enron: Congress' Failure to Deliver the Promise of Secure Retirement 401(K) Plan Participants The Death Knell of Traditional Defined Benefit Plans: Avoiding a Race to the 401(k) Bottom The Economic Crisis Has Accelerated the Decline of Defined Benefit Plans in the U.S. and U.K. Pension Provision: Government Failure Around the World [Opinion] Abolish Retirement Schemes, or Not: A Debate published in The Economist [Opinion] What's Wrong with the Current 401(k) System - and How It Can Be Salvaged International Pension Issues in a Global Economy: A Survey and Assessment of IRS' Role in Breaking Down the Barriers (PDF) The Future of Retirment, 2009 (PDF) Understanding the Proposed House Democrats' Health Care Bill Official Summary of Retirement Security Needs Lifetime Pay Act, H.R. 2748 (PDF) Text of Retirement Security Needs Lifetime Pay Act, H.R. 2748 (PDF) Legislation Provides Incentives for Annuitizing Retirement Plan Distributions State Pensions and Retirement Legislation, January to June, 2009 State Pensions and Retirement Legislation, January to June, 2009 The 401(k): Employers Look to Cut Costs, Workers Crave Stability Following Market Crash [Guidance Overview] Towers Perrin Monthly Retirement Regulatory Round-Up, May 2009 (PDF) [Opinion] Paying for Universal Health Coverage State Coverage Model No Help for Uneasy Insurance Industry Administration Explores 'R Bond' As Option for Retirement Accounts GM Retirees Face An Uncertain Future Retirement When Union Pension Collapses Major Auto Parts Supplier Intends to End Salaried Employees' Pension Plan Jobs That Still Offer Traditional Pensions Get Used to a Working Retirement [Opinion] The Staying Power of Pensions in the Public Sector (PDF) Indiana State Treasurer Appeals Chrysler Deal; Says Priority for Unsecured Creditors is Unacceptable Retirement Plan Trade Association Opposes Mandatory Index Funds in 401(k) Plans [Opinion] GM Pension and Healthcare Promises Sucked It Down the Drain; Here Comes California [Opinion] American Benefits Council Comments on H.R. 1988, the 'Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009' (PDF) [Opinion] Dumping of Defined-Benefit Plans By Governmental Employers Has a Cost, Too Database Online of California State Pensioners Receiving More than $100,000 Annually Nevada Legislature Approves Bill Cutting Benefits to Public Employees [Guidance Overview] Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts -- Retirement and Executive Compensation -- Updated May 28, 2009 (PDF) [Opinion] A Change to Retirement Savings That We Need EBSA Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Addresses Mental Health Parity Have an Idea of What a Universal, Secure, and Adequate Retirement System Should Look Like? ERISA Advisory Council Announces Upcoming Meeting House Bill Proposes Delay of Mandatory Pension Distributions PBGC Deficit Sparks Fears of Bailout Retirement Plan Policy Adviser Aims to Bolster Savings PBGC May Need Aid as Deficit Soars [Opinion] Specific Defined Benefit Plan Funding Relief Proposals (PDF) Obama's Vast Agenda Sparks Concern: Are Proposals too Much for Congress to Handle? Q&A with Rep. George Miller on 401(k) Legislation Congress Considers Tough Rules to Oversee PBGC [Opinion] PBGC 'Scandal' Is Failure to Fix What's Broken in a Timely Fashion [Guidance Overview] Tax Information for Sponsors of Retirement Plans: Retirement News for Employers, Spring 2009 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Obama Administration FY2010 Budget Proposals on Retirement Savings and Insurance Products (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Retirement Governance and Compliance Advisory Update and Insights: May 2009 [Guidance Overview] PBGC Developing Proposed Regulation on Downsizing Liability Section of ERISA Golden Years for Most Americans Appear Increasingly Threatened by the Global Financial Crisis [Guidance Overview] Frequently Asked Questions about the Treasury's Temporary Guarantee Plan for Money Market Mutual Funds Retirement 20/20: A Reference to Perfect 20/20 Vision and Our Desire to Bring an Uncertain Retirement Future into Focus GAO Reports on Proposal to Allow Buyouts of Pension Plans 401(k) Auto Enrollment Not in Obama Fiscal 2010 Budget Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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