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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Ret plans - policy Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Harkin Promises Approval of Sexual Orientation Discrimination Legislation in 2010 Factsheet on Current U.S. Retirement Account Balances Survey Finds Widespread Deficiency in Retirement Preparation Banner Year for Federal Benefits: One Other Big Benefit May Be On the Way Employment-Based Retirement Plan Participation: Geographic Differences and Trends, 2008 Why You Won't Be Able to Retire Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Chart: Retirement and Executive Compensation (PDF) Drastic 401(k) Reform Unlikely, Expert Says U.S., Massachusetts Clash in Court Over Federal Benefits for Same-Sex Couples What the Stock Market Decline Means for the Financial Security and Retirement Choices of the Near-Retirement Population IRS Requests Applications for IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities [Opinion] The 401(k): Don't Believe the Hype Pension Funding Relief, PBGC Improvements Called for in HELP Committee Hearing 401(k) Plans: Several Factors Can Diminish Retirement Savings, but Automatic Enrollment Shows Promise for Increasing Participation and Savings Pension Funding Relief Bill Makes Congressional Debut Fact Sheet on the Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act Introduced by Congressmen Earl Pomeroy and Pat Tiberi (PDF) Section-by-Section Summary of the Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act As Proposed by Pomeroy-Tiberi (PDF) House Members Introduce Pension Funding Relief Measure Re-Envisioning Retirement Security; A Conference Retirement Savings: Automatic Enrollment Shows Promise for Some Workers, but Proposals to Broaden Retirement Savings for Other Workers Could Face Challenges [Opinion] Getting Real About 401(k) Dollar Caps; Australia's Limit on Contributions by Older Employees Reflects Actual Retirement Needs New York Attorney General Unveils Plan to Overhaul State Pension System [Guidance Overview] Tomlinson Reversal May Suggest Fair Pay Act Is Fatal to Ripeness Arguments in ADEA Pension Cases Highest Earners Get Biggest Tax Breaks for Saving for Retirement [Opinion] Do We Still Need ERISA? Only If We Want to Shortchange Savers Changes in Retirement Policies and Solutions Needed, According to Report ERISA Advisory Council to Meet November 3-4 Redefining Defined Contribution Plans to Enhance Retirement Security [Opinion] What Exactly Does It Mean to Finance Retirement? Group Seeks Answers for Retirement 'Crisis' [Opinion] Alternative to 401(k)s Is a Tax Trap in Disguise [Guidance Overview] Governance and Compliance Advisory Update for Retirement Plans: October 2009 [Guidance Overview] In Pennsylvania, New Killed-in-Service Benefit Requires Immediate Action Social Security $250 Payments' Debate Revs Up [Guidance Overview] Tips Offered on Retirement Plan Changes Most California Voters Back Proposed Public Pension Changes to Reduce Benefit Costs [Opinion] TIME Magazine's 401(k) Plan Cover Story: Bad Facts, Bad Story Restoring Americans' Retirement Security: A Shared Responsibility (PDF) The Displacement Effect of Public Pensions on the Accumulation of Financial Assets Obama Proposes $250 for Retirees to Augment Social Security Checks The Fall and Rise of Household Saving (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Towers Perrin Monthly Retirement Regulatory Round-Up, September 2009 (PDF) Rebuilding Workers' Retirement Security: A Labor Perspective on Private Pension Reform Compromise Defense Authorization Bill Measure Advances Retirement Reforms [Opinion] Watson Wyatt Testifies in Support of Funding Relief for DB Plan Sponsors Many Pension Plans Facing Sharply Higher 2010 Contributions, Mercer Tells Congress House Ways and Means Committee October 1 Pension Funding Hearing CRS Report: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008 (PDF) The High Price of Being a Gay Couple Survey Results Have Glum View of Retirement Preparedness [Opinion] Defined Benefit Pensions Needed for Poverty Reduction Making Your Retirement Nest Egg Last a Lifetime [Opinion] Joint Testimony of PSCA and Others Before the Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Investment Advice and DB Plan Funding Levels (PDF) Retirement Policy: What to Watch in Washington National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2009 Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Chart -- Retirement and Executive Compensation (PDF) Impact of The Pension Protection Act on Financial Advice: What Works And What Remains to Be Done? 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