Portability of pension benefits among jobs (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, July 1994

Portability of pension benefits among jobs

Ann C. Foster
Economist, Occupational Pay and Employment Benefit Levels, Bureau of Labor Statistics

A worker's ability to maintain and transfer accumulated pension benefits when changing jobs is not widespread among defined benefit pension plans, although portability provisions vary a great deal. This article examines workers' ability to transfer pension benefits when changing employers, with respect to both defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

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