On July 9, 2021, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued an interim final rule implementing its new program providing special financial assistance (SFA) to certain underfunded multi-employer pension plans...more
In Trustees of the Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund v. The E Company, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 29, 2019, affirmed a district court’s judgment ordering a group of closely held...more
Pension funding obligations for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) pension plans are not limited to the immediate employer and sponsor of the pension plan. A recent decision from the 6th U.S Circuit Court of...more
In Bakery and Confectionery Union Fund v. Just Born II, Inc., the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on April 26, 2018, affirmed the district court’s judgment requiring Just Born to pay delinquent contributions into the Bakery...more
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of an action brought by several multi-employer funds against owners and officers of a Nevada glass and glazing corporation in Glazing Health & Welfare Fund...more
On Sept. 15, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued a technical update providing interim guidance under its final rule on reportable events for defined benefit pension plans and their sponsors.
This...more
In a victory for religiously affiliated hospitals sponsoring defined benefit (DB) plans, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 5 that such plans need not have been originally established by churches to be exempt from ERISA....more
On Sept. 25, 2015, the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plan (Central States), submitted to the Department of the Treasury a plan for reducing benefits under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014...more
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Earlier this month, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued final regulations on reportable events under ERISA in connection with defined benefit pension plans and their sponsors (the Final Regulations). The...more
Earlier this week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed and temporary regulations (collectively, the Guidance) under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA). As discussed in an earlier WorkCite...more
The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (the so-called “Cromnibus Act”), enacted into law last week, is not just a $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps most of the federal government open through...more