Pickwick Production offered employees a defined-benefit retirement plan, in which retirees received benefits calculated on the b
asis of their age, earnings, and years of service. But the company didn't keep up with technology, and its earnings fell. When the stock market dipped, the company could no longer afford to keep paying for its retirement benefits. What protection will the retirees have in this situation
Even though the company is no longer able to pay the retirees, they are still protected because <u>The </u><u>Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation</u><u> will pay a </u><u>basic benefit. </u>
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The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation:
Was created to protect the pensions of millions of Americans
Provides a basic benefit to pensioners who need pension payments when their companies no longer pay them
The basic benefit is a percentage of the benefits the retirees receive from their normal plan so it is not much. Retirees will often have to supplement this option.
In conclusion, The <u>Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation </u>will pay out something to the retirees.
Export is the sum total of goods and services sold to other countries. For example, if clothes are sold to China, it constitutes export.
Import is the sum total of goods and services bought from other countries. If a laptop manufactured in China is sold to someone in the US, this is import
Trade deficit is when a country imports more than it exports
Exit barriers are obstacles mitigates a company from leaving a market in which considerations are made in stopping operations or from which it wishes to separate from. They are things that hinders an organization from exiting a market. Barriers associated with exit barriers may include emotional barriers such as massive layoffs, desire to recoup and so on. Other exit barriers include strategic interrelationship and specialized assets and governments and social restrictions.
