US - The Department of Energy (DOE)'s decision to no longer reimburse expenses associated with the defined benefit pension plans of new contractor employees has been slammed for encouraging the decline of DB.
Industry experts have complained the agency is actively encouraging employers to switch away from traditional DB plans, because it said it would continue to reimburse contractors for costs of their...
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