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Students Jump in to Help Pension Action Center Manage Surge in Callers Seeking Help With Benefits

Can you wear out a phone? The Pension Action Center at UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute is always busy fielding calls from people seeking help to track down their pensions or investigate benefits they believe they are owed. But the pace… Continue Reading →

PAC Case Study: Defending Retiree After Pension Plan Sent Her $37,000 Bill for Error it Made Long Ago

The Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center is part of the McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston. It provides free legal assistance to low- and moderate-income workers, retirees and their survivors in the six New England states and Illinois whose pension benefits have… Continue Reading →

Few Legal Options for Workers, Retirees When Church-Affiliated Hospital Pension Plans Fall Short

Bernice Benson spent 37 years working in the business office at St. Clare’s Hospital in upstate New York before retiring in 2008. The exit interview didn’t go well. Benson learned her defined benefit pension would not be “what she had… Continue Reading →

PAC Case Study: Timing of Pension Claim Helps Former Wife Collect Survivor Benefit

The Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center is part of the McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston. It provides free legal assistance to low- and moderate-income workers, retirees and their survivors in the six New England states and Illinois whose pension benefits… Continue Reading →

Meet Anna-Marie Tabor: New Director of Pension Action Center at UMass Boston

Anna-Marie Tabor has been named the new director of the Pension Action Center at the McCormack Graduate School’s Gerontology Institute. Tabor, who joins UMass Boston from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has deep legal experience defending the rights of… Continue Reading →

PAC receives $1 Million Grant for New England Pension Counseling

A new $1 million grant will make it possible for the Pension Action Center at UMass Boston to continue providing free pension legal counseling to people across New England for the next five years. The grant was made by the… Continue Reading →

Pension Action Center Names Anna-Marie Tabor New Director

Anna-Marie Tabor, a distinguished attorney with a career dedicated to consumer protection and civil rights, has been selected as the new director of the Pension Action Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Tabor is the Deputy Fair Lending Director… Continue Reading →

Pension Action Center Forms Joint Venture to Support Counseling for Illinois Retirees

The Pension Action Center at UMass Boston and the Center for Disability & Elder Law in Chicago have formed a new joint venture to promote and support free pension counseling services to Illinois retirees whose pension benefits have been wrongfully… Continue Reading →

PAC Case Study: Tracking Down Pension Rights Awarded Long Ago in Divorce Settlement

The Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center is part of the McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston. It provides free legal assistance to low- and moderate-income workers, retirees and their survivors in the six New England states and Illinois whose pension benefits… Continue Reading →

PAC Case Study: Tracking Pensions After Records Lost Along Trail of Mergers and Bankruptcies

The Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center is part of the McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston. It provides free legal assistance to low- and moderate-income workers, retirees and their survivors in the six New England states and Illinois whose pension benefits… Continue Reading →

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