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July 1994

Portability of pension benefits among jobs

Ann C. Foster

A worker's ability to maintain and transfer accumulated pension benefits when changing jobs is not widespread among defined benefit pension plans, although portability provisions vary a great deal. This article examines workers' ability to transfer pension benefits when changing employers, with respect to both defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

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