Nebraska employers would be able to divulge more information about their former employees without fear of a lawsuit, under a bill debated Monday in the Legislature's Business and Labor Committee.

The nations 100 largest defined benefit pension plans collectively experienced a $30 billion improvement in pension funding this year, according to a new survey.

Workers under the age of 35, the generation most likely to depend almost solely on defined-contribution plans rather than the typical Social Security-savings-pension three-legged model, need to be diligent if they expect to save enough for retirement, a report by Northern Trust found.

A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.