Via BenefitsPro
By Alan Vorchheimer
September 2019 marks the 45th anniversary of President Gerald Ford signing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, commonly called ERISA. Of course, the issue of retirement income security is as relevant as ever, particularly given questions about the long-term sustainability of current Social Security benefit levels.
We can use this occasion to review the issues that the legislation was intended to address, how the environment has changed over the past 45 years, and potential changes to bolster retirement security for the next 45 years.