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Above the Fold December 12, 2011
 
retirement age
Public retirement ages come under greater scrutiny
By Don Thompson and Julie Carr Smyth
Guaranteed pensions for relatively youthful government retirees — paid in similar fashion to millions nationwide — are contributing to nationwide friction with the public sector workers. They have access to attractive defined-benefit pensions and retiree health care coverage that most private sector workers no longer do...Read more
Today's News
House GOP introduces bill renewing payroll tax cut
By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
House Republicans unveiled a bill Friday renewing the Social Security payroll tax cut and extending but trimming unemployment benefits but barreled toward a showdown with President Barack Obama by including language jumpstarting work on a controversial oil pipeline...Read more
SF becomes first US city to top $10 minimum wage
By Beth Duff-Brown
San Franciscans passed a proposition in 2003 that requires the city to increase the minimum wage each year, using a formula tied to inflation and the cost of living...Read more
Employer outreach best way to keep retiree plan assets
By Paula Aven Gladych
Employers who want to keep retirees' assets within their company-sponsored retirement plans need to reach out to people personally, according to a new LIMRA study...Read more

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The Pulse
Steve Parrish
Benefits tax opportunity: deduct now, pay later
By Steve Parrish
A November revenue ruling offers an interesting opportunity for employers to do some beneficial year-end tax planning...Read more
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Overheard on BenefitsPro

This debate is just an admission on the part of the feds that there is no actuarial relationship between what we put in and what we get out as required in private DB plans. The admission is a long time coming. We need to dump the tax code and pay our taxes when we spend our money and get the politicians out of the class warfare taxation business.

-- Dave, Obama, GOP skirmish on payroll tax cut both favor

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