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Peer reviewedThompson, William N. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Summarizes a report noting that although federal regulations require that summary plan descriptions (SPDs) of pensions must be written at low readability levels, both the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) regulating such plans and a mandatory statement for inclusion in SPDs are written at an exceptionally difficult college level.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Readability, Retirement Benefits
