Below are links that may be helpful to pensioners, researchers and those seeking pension related organizations to contact; we hope that you find them useful. Please note that this listing is provided for informational services to the public, but does not constitute an endorsement by the UMPRP or the Minnesota Senior Federation of a particular view or position of any listed organization. Likewise the UMPRP or the Minnesota Senior Federation is not responsible for the truth or accuracy of the content of  listed sites. *

Please also note that this listing does not constitue legal advice regarding a particular legal issue. Please contact us or your attorney if you have specific legal questions.

Basic Information from the Department of Labor (DOL)

Womens and Pensions:

• Women’s Institute for a Secure Economic Environment (WISER)

• Women and Retirement Savings (Español)

Various 401(k) Related Websites

• A Look at 401(k) Plan Fees for Employees

• 401(k) Help Center: The 401(k) Help Center has numerous articles for employees on critical issues, managing assets and solving financial problems.

• Profit Sharing 401(k) Council of America: This website offers basic 401(k) information and answers questions that are frequently asked by employees.

• 401(k) Retirement Plans – An Online Guide: This website covers the many elements and rules to 401(k) plans and 401(k) Rollover plans along with many links to related investment topics.

• Federal Citizen Information Center: This website offers comprehensive information on 401(k) plans and advice on how to get the most benefit from them.  The site includes contact information for books, pamphlets and other websites.

• Benefit Plans Plus: This website contains employee tools such as a 401(k) Calculator, a Glossary of Financial Terms and internet resources, along with advice on 401(k) issues like the above.

• U.S. Department of Labor – Employee Benefits Security Information: The U.S. Department of Labor offers information about the impact of fees on retirement funds with links to additional information sources.

• Internal Revenue Service – Topic 424: 401(k) Plans: This IRS website quickly reviews the definition of a 401(k) plan, current salary deferral limits, plan distribution options and issues related to 401(k) withdrawals.  The page includes links to other IRS topics and publications that go into more detail.

• 401(k) Questions: This website asks and answers basic 401(k) questions.

Locating Lost Pensions:

• Tracking a "Lost" Pension
• Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC)

Pension Activism

• Retiree Groups

• Coalition for Retirement Security
• National Retiree Legislative Network
• Global Action on Aging
• Association of BellTel Retirees
• Professional Staff Congress Pension Age
• Duke Employee Energy Advocate

• Union Groups

• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• Pipe Trades for a Democratic Union
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union
• IBM Employee News and Links
• IBM Employees’ Union
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employers, AFL-CIO
• The American Federation of Teachers

Union Members

• Comprehensive Pension Rights Resource for Union Members

Pension related research and statistics websites

• American Academy of Actuaries
• Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI)
• Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• TIAA-CREF Institute – Pensions and Retirement

Find an Attorney:

• National Pension Lawyer Network

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