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South Carolina's House will consider a bill requiring newly hired employees to work an additional two years to collect full retirement benefits, while current employees could still retire after 28 years.

Low interest rates have led firms such as Boeing to push Congress to reconsider the amount of money companies are required to feed into their pension funds.

Public employee groups in Kansas have misgivings about a proposal overhauling the state pension system, even though it backs away from starting a 401(k)-style plan for new teachers and government workers.

Despite an upsurge in employer contributions to their pension plans, the long-running economic malaise continues to undermine those accounts, in the worst way since 2008.

State and local government retirees in Kentucky won't get cost-of-living pension increases over the next two years under a budget proposal that could face a House floor vote by midweek.

The judge threw out a lawsuit brought by teachers, police officers, firefighters and public workers challenging a law that requires them to pay more for their pensions and health benefits.

Three financial services industry trade groups are signaling to the Department of Labor they will fight tooth-and-nail to sustain the exemption of the sale of retirement investment products from a fiduciary standard.

ASPPA's newest volley against proposed changes to 401(k) contribution tax structures suggests defined contribution plans are the savior of lower-income workers.