Pension Rights Center

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Happy Valentine's Day from the PRC - Pension Rights Center Every year on Valentine’s Day, we write a love letter to all our donors. This Valentine’s Day is extra special, because 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Pension Rights Center. For a half century, we’ve been working to protect and promote the retirement income security of American workers...

Thanks to help from a Western States Pension Assistance Project attorney, a California woman finally received the pension benefits she earned:

Western States Pension Assistance Project Helps Retiree Receive Earned Benefits - Pension Rights Center Henrietta, an older adult living in California, worked at a telecommunications company for ten years and left the company with a vested retirement benefit. However, when Henrietta applied for retirement at age 65, she was told by the plan administrator that they would not distribute her benefit beca...

Our new blog covers the rise of scams and actions that you can take to protect yourself and your retirement assets from cybersecurity threats:

Don’t Look Now, But Financial Scammers Are Targeting You - Pension Rights Center By David Brandolph Last July, The Independent (UK) reported a story in which a Florida woman, Sharon Brigthwell, got a call from a number that appeared to be from her daughter. When Brightwell answered, a frantic voice identical to her daughter’s said that she had been arrested after hitting a pre...

Sometimes, holding on to old documents pays off. The Trellis Pension and Retirement Rights Project used a decades-old letter to help a retiree prove his eligibility for a long denied pension:

Saving Paper Copy Pays Off for Pension Counseling Project Client - Pension Rights Center A recent victory by the Trellis Project—Mid America Region demonstrates how important retaining paper copies of plan documents can be. In this case, John, a 79-year-old former employee of a large corporation, contacted Trellis because he was denied pension benefits. The corporation and its plan sa...