It includes an optional 401 (k)
style defined benefit plan.
Not exact matches
That means moving away from
defined benefit plans and embracing 401 (k)-
style plans going forward.
Yesterday, the Fordham Institute released a new paper from Marty West and Matt Chingos analyzing a 2002 policy change in Florida which allowed teachers to choose between a traditional
defined benefit pension
plan and a 401k -
style defined contribution
plan.
This will give fodder to the crowd that claims that
defined benefit plans do a better job of retaining employees than 401k -
style defined contribution
plans and support those seeking to preserve the status quo in most other states.
In their new report, they try to argue that traditional
defined benefit pension
plans are better for charter school teachers than 401k -
style plans, but in the process they make some glaringly misleading assumptions.
Pension debates often turn on traditional
defined benefit versus 401k -
style defined contribution
plans.
ALL Public Sector
Defined Benefit pension
Plans should be hard frozen (ZERO future growth) for the future service of CURRENT workers, and replaced for Future service with a 401K -
style Defined Contribution
Plan with an employer (meaning Taxpayer) «match» comparable to what Private Sector workers typically get from their employers....
But instead of simply trimming existing teacher pensions, alternative
benefit designs like 401 (k)-
style defined contributions
plans or cash balance
plans would enable all public school teachers to accumulate savings toward a secure retirement, including those with shorter careers.
Pension debates often frame traditional
defined benefit plans versus 401k -
style defined contribution
plans.
Because teachers in Maryland participate in Social Security, they are required to contribute to two
defined benefit -
style plans.
Old
style pension
plans, known as
defined benefit (DB)
plans, are loved only in the abstract.
This income stream most resembles a single life fixed annuity (or old -
style defined benefit pension
plan).