Are most big corporations still giving pensions to their workers in this day and age?

With Lehman Bros. filing for chapter 11, what happens to retireee pensions and medical benefits? Will they just cease, will they be restructured, will they be untouched?
Any info would be very helpful, Thank you.

Apparently Ken Livingstone is planning on standing for Mayor of London again 2012. The freak just cannae let it go. I mean he must 80 or something now as it is. Do you reckon he’s in with a shout of getting back in to City Hall in 2012, and should they start stocking up on [...]

I am trying to do some long term planning as to how much money I need to retire. Some people have told me that Social Security is not taxed. Others have said that a government pension is not taxed. I understand the taxes around 401K’s and IRAs. But the tax question [...]

My mother is collecting my fathers pension and medical benefits my father earned while working for and retireing from General Motors. IF the fold, file bankrupcy or are sold will she loose everything? Is there any way to secure these benefits agaist GM’s miss managment?

It is my understanding that Irish Canadians have to pay Imcome Tax on their Irish Old Age pension that is payable in Caanada.Some other Countries are exempt and their pensions are payable in Canada, Why? Under our Charter of wrights I am not been treated fairly.

The bill the president signed will make it harder for companies to make profits. If they are forced to pay these pensions to people, most companies will go broke. Why cant they just have the option of dumping them if they become to expensive?

It seems that the Pension Protection Fund only applies to defined-benefit pensions. Is this right?

Hi all! I’m planning on becoming a police officer and I’m already in the process of really researching the career out from top to bottom. Are police officer pensions and benefits great after 25 years of service? In general, in today’s dollars and excluding future inflation, could I expect to get at least $2,500 per [...]

I used an online pension calculator yesterday. I have a fund of 48K from 15 years of saving already, and save £100 per month into a private fund. I am 41, and will need to work until I am 70. In today’s money, it says that I will get 6K per year (peanuts). I [...]