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| Pension Notes |
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| Pension
Notes is a
periodic
newsletter
published by
the Pension
Action Center
for the
purpose of
keeping
readers
informed of
the activities
of the Center.
For a listing
of articles
published on
the web,
please click here. |
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Finding a Lost Pension
The Pension Action Center at the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston was a partner with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in the development of this booklet. |
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The Pension Action Center and the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation produced a booklet entitled
Finding a Lost
Pension.
The booklet
is also
available in
Spanish. |
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How Workers Fare in the Massachusetts State Retirement System
Report by Ellen Bruce, J.D. for the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, issued in August 1997.
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The workforce has significantly changed since the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s retirement system was instituted in 1946. Workers change jobs more often, more women are in the workforce, and people are retiring earlier and living longer. This study examines the benefits under the Commonwealth’s pension system and the implications for state employees of not being part of the Social Security system. It concentrates on comparing the benefits and contribution rates in the Commonwealth’s system to other public pension plans that combine a public plan with Social Security. |
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| Printed copies of the full report are available for $3 postpaid from the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393. Click here for
an executive
summary.
For the full version of the report in Adobe Acrobat, please click
here.
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Eight States’ Public Pension Systems’ Provisions Affecting Women
Report by Ellen Bruce, J.D. for the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston. with funding by Theresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation. |
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This study examined the state pension system of California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. The objective of the study was to compare the pension provisions of each of these states in terms of the benefits to women and the federal requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The provisions examined included vesting requirements, cost-of-living-adjustments, spousal waiver requirements, Joint and Survivor provisions, pre-retirement survivor benefits, and qualified domestic relations orders provisions. |
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This report is not yet available for viewing on the web. If you would like a copy of this report please contact the Pension Action Center.
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