A small benefit can be cashed out without the member's consent below a de minimis threshold

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Cost-of-living adjustments on a pension are granted by the plan sponsor and are never automatic Disability retirement usually requires a permanent impairment that ends your ability to do the job Cliff vesting at five years means leaving at four years and eleven months pays nothing from the employer side Pension income is taxed when it is paid so deferral only helps if your rate is lower by then Converting the pension to a lump sum uses the plan's own rate which is rarely the annuity you could buy outside Benefit formulas that use career average earnings pay less than final salary ones for the same years of service A plan freeze stops accruals for new hires and sometimes for everyone already enrolled A defined benefit formula multiplies final average salary by years of service and an accrual rate Vesting requirements decide whether you leave with a benefit at all or only with your own contributions A transfer value is priced on assumptions that favour the scheme rather than the member leaving it