US - A call for government relief for corporate pensions has been addressed with legislation allowing multi-employer pension plans to freeze their current funding status to avoid being classified as 'endangered' or 'critical'.
The measures follow calls from 300 companies for Congress, as part of any economic stimulus legislation, to suspend a requirement that they pay more into their pension funds (www.globalpensions.com...
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