The organization says treating the retirement savings income deferral like a permanent exclusion is terribly misleading, and could lead to bad policy decisions.
Participants in defined benefit pension plans have a pretty good idea what their benefit will be when they retire. Not so for participants in defined contribution plans.
The plaintiffs alleged that CIGNA operated the 401(k) plan not in the best interests of employees, as required by ERISA, but for the benefit of CIGNAs bottom line.
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