New research from Towers Watson finds recent federal pension funding relief will ease financial pressures employers had been facing – at least for two years.

According to analysis, employers that sponsor defined benefit (DB) pension plans have the potential to receive billions of dollars in temporary pension funding relief as a result of legislation recently signed into law. [See related: Lawmakers join businesses to call for pension relief]

But after 2011, employers face potentially larger funding obligations.

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