Headlines about "Social Security - integration"
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CRS Report Studies the Government Pension Offset
Excerpt: "A recent report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) addresses the ongoing debate about retention of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provision of the Social Security Act. Currently, five bills are pending in Congress to modify or repeal the GPO." (Wolters Kluwer)
Updated Chart Shows COLA Increases in Penson Limits, Social Security Wage Base, for 2008
On October 18, the IRS issued News Release IR-2007-171, announcing the changes in pensions and benefits limits for 2008. That same day, the Social Security Administration announced the wage base (i.e., the maximum amount subject to social security taxes) for 2008. An updated chart, showing these limits for 1996 to 2008, is available at the above link. (Calhoun Law Group, P.C.)
BenefitsLink Named 'Best of the Web' by Human Resource Executive Online
We're the only site in the 'Benefits' category! Thanks for letting us share this news with you. Excerpt: "With that in mind, we considered it fitting to present in this anniversary issue 10 of the best HR Web sites and 10 of the best HR blogs for your browser's Favorites/Bookmarks list. . . . [I]f it's about benefits, you'll find something about it on BenefitsLink. Just a cruise down its left side navigation/links bar, and you quickly get the idea how they chose the site's name back in 1995." (Human Resource Executive Online; free registration required)
Governmental Plans Answer Book, Second Edition, Published
The Governmental Plans Answer Book remains the only full-length book devoted to legal questions affecting the pension and retirement systems of state and local government employers. The Second Edition, published November 22, 2006, updates the information in the book to reflect federal, state, and local legal and practical developments since the original edition was published in 2002. (Calhoun Law Group, P.C.)
New Resource: ERISA and Employee Benefits Search of the Web's Best Articles and Sites
The ERISA and Employee Benefits Search of the Web's Best Articles and Sites is our new, customized search engine specifically designed for employee benefits professionals. It's powered by Google.com, and searches only the most important, thorough and timely articles and sites that have been handpicked by the editors at BenefitsLink.com over the past 10 years. If your job involves employee benefit plan compliance, administration, design and policy, the new search engine is for you! (BenefitsLink.com)
Chart of section 415 and other limits now updated to reflect 2007 limits
The chart of maximum limits subject to inflation indexing at Carol V. Calhoun's employee benefits site has now been amended to include the newly announced 2007 limits. Among other things, the chart shows limits under sections 415, 403(b), 401(k), and 457, as well as the Social Security wage base and Social Security and Medicare tax rates, for 2002-2007 (with a drop-down menu available to see limits back to 1996). (Calhoun Law Group, P.C.)
Some Teachers and Other Govt Employees Penalized by Two Provisions of Social Security
Excerpt: "One, called the 'windfall elimination provision,' reduces benefits for public employees who receive pensions and have 'substantial earnings' from Social Security-covered jobs of less than 30 years. The 'government pension offset' adjusts spousal and widow or widower's Social Security benefits when the recipient in question has a government pension." (Los Angeles Times; one-time registration required)
Announcing the Customizable 'What's New on BenefitsLink' Page
We're very pleased to announce a new, customizable 'What's New on BenefitsLink' page! By checking one or more boxes, you can limit your daily information to items about one or more 'subjects' (e.g., 403(b) plans). Or you can view only items of one or more 'types,' such as educational events (conferences, webcasts), job listings or press releases-- in addition to, or in lieu of, the types of items we post daily on the Benefits in the News page. Bookmark the resulting page and then check it often! (BenefitsLink)
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