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Tweet[IWS] CRS: WORKER PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYER-SPONSORED PENSIONS: A FACT SHEET [26 March 2014]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Worker Participation in Employer-Sponsored Pensions: A Fact Sheet
John J. Topoleski, Analyst in Income Security
March 26, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43439.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
This fact sheet provides data on the percentage of American workers who have access to and who participate in employer-sponsored pension plans. The data are from the National Compensation Survey (NCS), which is conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).1
The NCS provides data on occupational earnings and the availability of employee benefits among U.S. workers.
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