Regulation of State and Supplementary Pension Schemes in United States: Overview

A Q&A guide to pensions law in the United States.

The Q&A gives a high-level overview of the regulation of national government pensions and supplementary pensions. On national government pensions, it covers employer/employee contributions; national government pension age and monthly amount; and the public pensions body. On supplementary pensions, it covers the provision of supplementary schemes; the requirements to receive vested rights and disclosure/indexing/revaluation requirements; funding and solvency requirements; pension plan investment; member transfers; the regulatory body; applicable tax reliefs on contributions and approval/registration requirements; and the tax treatment of scheme investments and payments to members. Legal protection of employees' pension rights on a business transfer, together with participation in pension schemes, employer insolvency protection and overall scheme solvency, are also included.