19 pages; updated version is dated September 16, 2009. Excerpt: "As more workers reach retirement age, employers may try to induce some of them to remain on the job, perhaps on a part-time basis. This is sometimes referred to as 'phased retirement.' Several approaches to phased retirement -- job sharing, reduced work schedules, and rehiring retired workers on a part-time or temporary basis -- can be accommodated under current law. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280) allows pension plans to begin paying benefits to workers who have not yet separated from their employers at the earlier of age 62 or the pension plan's normal retirement age, which in most plans is 65. Some employers would like to be able to pay partial pension distributions to workers who have reached the pension plan's early retirement age, even if it is earlier than age 62. This would require a change in federal law." [Report RL30629, updated Sept. 16, 2009]

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