Pension Rights Center

The Pension Rights Center is the country’s only consumer organization dedicated solely to protecting and promoting the retirement security of American workers, retirees, and their families. To learn more about the Center's Pension Help, Pension Policy and Pension Action activities, read our About Us page.

The Pension Rights Center is a convener of Retirement USA, an initiative working for a new future retirement system to supplement Social Security. From September 15 to October 15, Retirement USA is sponsoring "Wake Up, Washington!" Month, a speak-out on retirement security. Find out more and add your story to the story bank.

Happy Birthday, ERISA! The nation's landmark pension law celebrates its 36th birthday. Subscribe to our blog. (September 2, 2010)

The Mid-America Pension Rights Project is featured in an article in the Middlesboro Daily News. (August 31, 2010)

PRC Legislative Counsel Rebecca Davis and Justin Freeborn of the Western States Pension Assistance Project are quoted in an Orange County Register article about recoupment. (August 30, 2010)

Fidelity Investments recently released a study of its 401(k) account holders that had some distressing results. (August 25, 2010)

A bill that requires most employers to automatically enroll their employees in an IRA, if they don't already sponsor a retirement plan, has been introduced in Congress. Read our summary of the bill. (August 20, 2010)

Happy Birthday, Social Security! Read why we all should be celebrating the 75th birthday of the nation's most successful and popular government program. (August 13, 2010)

The Western States Pension Assistance Project is featured in an article about recoupment in the Wall Street Journal. Find out more about the Pension Counseling and Information Program. (August 13, 2010)

Listen to PRC Executive Vice President and Policy Director Karen Friedman on Labor Express Radio, discussing the current state of retirement income and the need for a new universal, secure, and adequate retirement system to supplement Social Security. (August 10, 2010)

Over the weekend, the Pension Rights Center was quoted in both the Pioneer Press and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (August 9, 2010)

The Pension Rights Center has asked the IRS to revert to a definition of "active participant" in 401(k) plans that is accurate and useful. Read our blog entry that explains what's wrong with the current definition. (August 5, 2010)

The Pension Rights Center and the National Women's Law Center authored a commentary for BNA's Pension and Benefits Reporter on the importance of lifetime retirement income to women. Earlier this year, the Center responded to a Request for Information on annuitization from the Labor and Treasury Departments. (August 3, 2010)

PRC Executive Vice President and Policy Director Karen Friedman testified about Retirement USA to a Retirement Income Roundtable that was convened by members of the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility. (July 27, 2010)

The Pension Rights Center has issued its Consumer Agenda for Retirement Security, a list of recommendations for improving and expanding the nation's retirement income system. The Agenda has been submitted to the Obama administration. Read the press release.

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