News & Analysis as of

Retirement Plan Employee Benefits Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

You Say It’s Your Birthday?! Well, It’s ERISA’s Birthday, Too!

Employee benefits law is mostly drawn from two federal sources—the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. Just what is “ERISA,” though? Its official reference is the “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.” That means the...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Newly Released 2023 Form 5500s Reflect Significant Changes

The Department of Labor (“DOL”), Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) (collectively, “Agencies”) recently released the 2023 Form 5500s containing significant reporting changes...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Recent Updates Regarding the Special Financial Assistance Program

Recent action taken by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the US Department of Labor (DOL) will affect plans that are eligible for, or have received, special financial assistance (SFA). SFA-eligible plans...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

PBGC Update: 4010 Reporting Waivers & Benefit Payment Regulations

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) recently issued Technical Update Number 23-1 to provide for certain underfunded pension plans a limited waiver from the reporting requirements under ERISA section 4010 due to...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Window of Opportunity Available for Reducing 2023 PBGC Premiums

Single-employer defined benefit pension plans that have elected to use the “alternative method” for determining Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums have a window to take action that may significantly reduce...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Final Changes Announced to Forms 5500 and 5500-SF

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it has finalized, together with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), the third and final round of revisions to the Form 5500 Annual...more

Polsinelli

New Form 5500 Rules Permit More Plans to Qualify for Audit Exemption

Polsinelli on

The Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation recently issued final rules on employee benefit plan annual reporting requirements that are effective for plan years beginning on or...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Diving Into SECURE 2.0: Changes for Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Foley & Lardner LLP on

...Cash Balance Plan Compliance with Back-Loading Requirements - The rate at which a participant accrues benefits under a defined benefit pension plan must satisfy certain rules designed to ensure that the participant has...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

SECURE 2.0 Series Part 4: Good News for Sponsors of Pension Plans

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) provides welcome relief to private sector single employer sponsors of defined benefit pension plans (Pension Plan(s)). Effective for plan years beginning on and after January 1, 2024,...more

Littler

PBGC Issues Proposed Rule on Withdrawal Liability Actuarial Interest Rate Assumptions

Littler on

On October 14, 2022, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the federal agency that insures and regulates private-sector defined benefit pension plans under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

What Employers That Contribute to Multiemployer Plans Receiving 'Special Financial Assistance' Need to Know

Fox Rothschild LLP on

In a prior alert, we detailed how the Interim Final Rule (IFR) from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) regarding the special financial assistance (SFA) provided under American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) would...more

Venable LLP

PBGC Issues Final Rules Regarding Special Financial Assistance Program: What Contributing Employers Should Know

Venable LLP on

On July 6, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued the Final Rules (Final Rules) implementing the Special Financial Assistance Program (SFA) enacted by Congress as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

PBGC Finally Publishes Final Rule On Special Financial Assistance Program

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 8, 2022, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) published its final rule (“Final Rule”) on the Special Financial Assistance (“SFA”) Program established under the American Rescue Plan Act...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

PBGC Issues Final Rule on Special Financial Assistance Program for Troubled Multiemployer Pension Plans

On July 8, 2022, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) published its much anticipated final rule on the special financial assistance (“SFA”) available to certain troubled multiemployer plans under the American...more

Dickinson Wright

It’s Form 5500 Season: Five Common Mistakes that Plan Sponsors Should Avoid

Dickinson Wright on

We are just past the “official” start of summer, which means it is time for sponsors of retirement plans and many health and welfare plans to think about preparing and submitting Form 5500. In this post on the All Things HR...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Ready for a Sale? Part 3: Retirement Plans

This is the third in a series of blog posts aimed at getting the human resources, benefits, and executive compensation functions of your organization ready for a potential sale or similar corporate transaction. Part I...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Last Call: Don’t Forget Your Retirement Plan’s Required Year-End Amendments for 2021

As 2021 winds down, retirement plan sponsors should confirm that their plan documents are amended by December 31, 2021, to comply with certain plan changes: • Hardship Distributions. 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans must be...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

2022 Cost of Living Adjustments for Retirement Plans

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations on benefits and contributions for retirement plans generally effective for Tax Year 2022 (see IRS Notice...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

[Podcast]: Special Financial Assistance for Multi-employer Pension Plans (Part 2)

This episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief is the second of our three-part series analyzing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guidance on the new special financial assistance program for troubled multiemployer...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

[Podcast]: Special Financial Assistance for Multiemployer Pension Plans (Part 1)

This episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief is the first of our three-part series analyzing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guidance on the new special financial assistance program for troubled multiemployer...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

PBGC Issues Guidance on New Special Financial Assistance Program for Troubled Multiemployer Pension Plans

Proskauer Rose LLP on

As we previously reported, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) created a special financial assistance program that is administered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) and intended to extend the...more

Fisher Phillips

Mixed News for Employers as PBGC Releases Multiemployer Bailout Plan Rule

Fisher Phillips on

The federal agency overseeing voluntary private defined benefit pension plans just issued its Interim Final Rule on how withdrawal liability will be impacted by the billions of dollars that will be paid to failing...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

PBGC Issues Interim Regulations on Special Financial Assistance for Multiemployer Pension Plans

Multiemployer pension plans are collectively bargained defined-benefit employee benefit plans that are funded by several unrelated employers for the benefit of unionized employees. In recent years, the crisis of significantly...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Pension Reform Forces Employers to Consider Their Future Participation in Multiemployer Plans

Many employers in the retail, construction, service, entertainment, manufacturing and transportation industries contribute to multiemployer defined benefit pension plans (MEPs) on behalf of their unionized employees. A large...more

Epstein Becker & Green

ARPA’s Impact on Multiemployer Pension Plans and Contributing Employers

Epstein Becker & Green on

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”). ARPA is the latest COVID-19-related stimulus legislation passed by Congress, but, unlike prior legislation, ARPA provides expansive...more

71 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide