After examining the "Manhart" and "Gilbert" cases, argues that unisex mortality tables delineated by job classification will be more accurate and place less of an unequal burden on either sex than tables not linked to such classifications. (IRT)

Pension plan officials may invest on the basis of perceived social benefits provided they have examined a broad range of investments and have found selections having those socially desirable features among a broad class of otherwise suitable and equally desirable investment opportunities meeting the economic objectives of the plan. (Author/IRT)