Pensions are making headlines again, but not because they're making a comeback—at least not yet. Turns out, most Americans ...

Ivan Pantic / Getty Images If you've started a new job, you may be overwhelmed with the choices in employee benefits, depending on your employer's offerings, from 401(k) plans to life insurance.

But without congressional action, retirees will only receive 83% of their full benefits. Preventing that shortfall would likely involve trimming benefits or increasing the Social Security payroll tax.

WELL, THIS MORNING, THERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE NEARLY 3 MILLION FORMER PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES WHO PAID INTO SOCIAL SECURITY BUT WERE SUBJECT TO A REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF BENEFITS ...

In that sense, COLAs are a reimbursement mechanism to compensate retirees for the buying power benefits lost in the previous year. That means retired workers are always behind the curve to some ...

which entitles them to parallel retirement benefits from the federal system that often subsidize them actuarially as if they were low-paid full-time workers without any other retirement income ...

In particular, this has implications for employees with a Starter 401(k) retirement plan. Under these new changes, SECURE 2.0 extended the catch-up limit for people between ages 60 and 63 ...

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The remaining super balance – $250,000, plus the remaining 20% of any savings above that level – would continue to be drawn down via an account-based pension. Retirees would still have to ...

A new year often means adjusting to a new health insurance plan with a different set of benefits and costs. Those on Medicare aren't exempt from this. Original Medicare's cost and coverage change ...

Since the annual COLA keeps increasing benefits, that's becoming more and more difficult. Fortunately, many retirees have a lot of control over the rest of their income, which typically comes in ...