The phrase 'weak pension' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when discussing the amount of money received from a pension or retirement plan. For example: "I'm struggling to make ends meet because my weak pension isn't enough to cover all of my expenses."
"Many people have got a very weak pension position.
One is West Virginia, which has a chronically weak pension fund.
Standard & Poor's said it lowered the rating a notch because of "weak pension funding levels and lack of action on reform measures".
Charges aside, Boeing attributed its decrease in operating income to a slump in aircraft deliveries -- it had 71 in the quarter, below expectations -- and weak pension income.
A separate provision grants an estimated $1.6 billion in savings to airlines and steel companies with weak pension plans by allowing them to pay only 20percentt of what they would have to provide under requirements to bolster their pension funds.
It is true that Chinese over the age of 50 often save 50% or more of what they make, because they worry about soaring medical costs and weak pension systems.
Bush administration officials have warned, though, that some proposals being considered could doom weaker pension plans.
The island has the weakest pension fund in America and by some estimates could run out of money as soon as 2014.
Illinois, which still faces large backlogs of unpaid bills, the weakest pension system of any state and the lowest credit rating of any state, failed to approve an overhaul of its pension system this week.
Administration officials have warned that such an approach would allow the weakest pension plans to get even weaker for the next two years, however, and their warnings appeared to convince at least a few senators yesterday.
Some of the weakest pension plans would be likely to fail if the rule were rolled back for two years, because their sponsoring companies might still be unable to come up with the needed cash when the two-year reprieve expired.
