Compensation Plans

Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference

15 hours, 53 minutes ago

Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference

Puerto Rico teachers protest changing pension plan

66 days ago

Economists have said the teachers' pension plan is slightly healthier than a plan that covers other government employees in the U.S. territory.

Cut Social Security? Other retirement plans are shrinking, too

68 days ago

The shift from traditional pensions to 401(k)s is one of the main reasons most seniors aren't able to set aside enough income to guarantee a secure retirement.

Sequester's budget cuts spell uncertainty for Sacramento, Calif.

74 days ago

Based on the cumulative earnings of local federal workers, the region could lose $18 million for each percentage- point decline in federal employee compensation, based on a review of U.S. Bureau...

Report: Rivera to announce retirement plans Saturday

74 days ago

Report: Rivera to announce retirement plans Saturday

Pension costs dent retailer Ahold's Q4 profits

82 days ago

Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch operator of U.S. supermarket chains Stop & Shop and Giant, has reported a 41 percent fall in fourth quarter profits as a result of pension and restructuring charges.

Puerto Rico addresses collapsing pension system

82 days ago

Puerto Rico's treasury secretary is proposing what she calls "severe" cost-saving measures designed to help rescue one of the U.S. territory's public pension systems that is on the brink of collapse.

News Summary: Schwab touts 401(k) plan fee savings

88 days ago

LOWER FEES: Schwab Retirement Plan Services says that employees who enrolled in an all-index fund 401(k) plan launched by the company about a year ago saw the expenses on their funds drop nearly...

Schwab: All-index fund 401(k) cut investing costs

88 days ago

Schwab Retirement Plan Services says that employees who enrolled in an all-index fund 401(k) plan launched by the company about a year ago saw the expenses on their funds drop nearly 80 percent.

Investors seek to split JPMorgan CEO, chairman

89 days ago

The group holds about $820 million in JPMorgan shares and includes the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, Hermes Equity Ownership Services and the...

Fort Worth offers to settle United Riverside housing case

102 days ago

United Riverside's 2011 filing lists no employee compensation.

Judge blocks disclosure of ex-lawmakers' pensions

104 days ago

A state district judge in Austin has rejected a lawsuit that sought to discover how much retired lawmakers as a group are collecting in state pensions.

Puerto Rico teeters on fiscal edge over pensions

108 days ago

Puerto Rico's public pension problems also have damaged the island's bond ratings, which remain significantly lower than any U.S. state, raising the island's cost of borrowing.

NY judge appears close to OKing Beechcraft plan

109 days ago

A settlement for a new pension plan and other labor concessions were approved without objection.

Pension charge pushes UPS 4Q results into the red

109 days ago

UPS is reporting a fourth-quarter loss of $1.75 billion because of a $3 billion accounting charge for pension liabilities.

Taiwan cuts pensions to avoid fiscal problems

111 days ago

Taiwan cuts pensions to avoid fiscal problems

Jailed Liberian ex-president wants his pension

121 days ago

The 64-year-old who was once one of West Africa's most powerful figures has written Liberia's Senate seeking at least $25,000 per year in retirement pay he insists he's owed under the constitution.

Ill. governor seeks to overcome pension setback

130 days ago

The governor suffered perhaps the worst fallout from this week's lame-duck session, which ended when his surprise plan for an independent pension commission was derided as desperate.

Breakthrough in Illinois' $96B pension crisis?

136 days ago

The We Are One Illinois coalition of unions opposes plans that cut benefits that workers have earned and have railed against a perception that state employees retire with fat pensions.

Correction: School Shooting-Teacher Pensions story

137 days ago

In Pennsylvania, the teachers' pension fund reacted quickly, contacting Cerberus about the Freedom Group even before the equity firm announced it was selling the gun maker.

Cities chart course through pension morass

138 days ago

Anthony Martin, a Chicago police lieutenant and trustee of his public pension fund, said he has seen records going back to 1877 showing the retirement system was underfunded even then.

Atlanta to San Diego: 7 cities' pension problems

138 days ago

She ended a decades-old practice of awarding retirees pension increases based on investment earnings, replacing them with cost-of-living increase based on the retiree's age.

Commentary: Hostess brass get bonuses while workers get pink slips

149 days ago

Then there is the issue of public employee compensation, which is said to be bankrupting states.

Verizon moves pension obligations to Prudential

161 days ago

Annuities aren't covered by the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.On Friday, the judge ruled that the retirees had failed to show they were likely to be harmed by the deal.

Verizon retirees sue to stop transfer of pensions

172 days ago

Verizon retirees are suing the phone company because it's planning to transfer the responsibility to pay their pensions to an insurance company, where they will have fewer legal protections.