August 31, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Frozen Defined Benefit Pension Plans in March 2008
Defined benefit retirement plan: Percent of participants in plans that have frozen benefits, private industry workers, March 2008
| Characteristic |
Percent |
All workers |
20 |
Full-time workers |
19 |
Part-time workers |
25 |
Union workers |
13 |
Nonunion workers |
24 |
1-99 workers |
15 |
100 workers or more |
21 |
These data featured in the TED article, Frozen Defined Benefit Pension Plans in March 2008.
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