US - Employers would be forced to make good on past pension promises and pay more for federal insurance under plans outlined by US secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to overhaul the private DB pension system and prop up the government's pension insurance agency.
Under the proposal, companies would be stopped from promising retirement benefits they cannot afford and those with underfunded pension plans would pay higher premiums for federal insurance based o...
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