Portable Pension Plans for Casual Labor Markets
Designing pension plans to cover workers and provide the necessary retirement funds for them is one of the critical issues of the turn of the century. Portable Pension Plans for Casual Labor Markets examines the possibilities for pension reform based on a detailed understanding of a successful system, the union pension fund of the Operating Engineers. This book demonstrates just how this pension fund can provide a useful blueprint for executives, pension fund managers, industrial relations professionals, and public policy decision makers.
Table of Contents
The Evolving Challenge
A Century of Union Pension Funds
Building the Central Pension Fund
Collective Bargaining for Pension Contributions
Planning for the Golden Years: What Does the CPF Deliver?
How to Deliver the Promised Benefits: The CPF's Investment Policy
Administering the Central Pension Fund
Pensions for the New U.S. Labor Market: Lessons from the CPF
Appendix
Selected Bibliography