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Title

  • Main Title Cash Balance Pension Plans: Selected Legal Issues

Creator

  • Author: Lunder, Erika
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: American Law Division
  • Author: Staman, Jennifer
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: American Law Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2005-07-29

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Over the past few years, cash balance pension plans have received significant attention. In particular, three issues have been controversial: the negative effect of a plan conversion on older employees due to wear-away, the whipsaw effect that may occur when computing a lump-sum payment of benefits prior to normal retirement age, and the claim that these plans violate federal laws prohibiting age discrimination. This report discusses the wear-away and whipsaw issues, a proposal by the Treasury Department that addresses them, and relevant legislation introduced in the 109th Congress (H.R. 2830 and S. 1304).
  • Physical Description: 6 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Pensions
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Pension funds - Law

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS22214
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS22214 2005-07-29
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metacrs7355
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