Law360, New York (August 07, 2006, 12:00 AM ET) -- A U.S. Appeals Court panel overturned a lower court decision Monday that said International Business Machines Corp.’s pension plan discriminated against older workers.
The ruling came down to whether IBM’s cash-balance defined-benefit plan, which reduced pension benefits by up to 50% for some elderly workers, violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Unlike traditional pension plans, in which benefits are calculated by multiplying years of service by average salary, a cash-balance plan creates a hypothetical account that grows each year largely on interest.
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IBM Pensions Not Discriminatory, Appeals Court Rules
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