True or false: Many companies are discontinuing defined-benefit plans and moving toward defined-contribution plans, which shifts more responsibility to the company for providing retirement benefits.

False

Explanation:

A defined benefit pension plan is a type of pension plan where the employer gives a promise with respect to the particular pension payment that could be lumpsum for the retirement basis

Since in the question it is mentioned that the companies would not continue with the defined benefit plan and they move to the defined-contribution plans that save for the retirement so that it would create the more responsibility over the company due to this they would provide the retirement benefit but this statement is false as it is better to received the lumpsum amount

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