Multiemployer Archives - Page 8 of 9

Insights Into Trustee Selection and Orientation in Canada

Justin Held, CEBS

14 Aug 201514 Aug 2015

What makes a good trustee? What’s the toughest part about being a trustee? What’s the motivation for becoming a trustee? These are questions members have been wanting the answers for, so we deployed a survey earlier this summer to multi-employer funds across […]

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Multiemployers Watching But Not Yet Acting on MPRA

Neil Mrkvicka

23 Jul 201523 Jul 2015

Multiemployer funds are closely monitoring and discussing in detail the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA), but the majority of funds responding to our recent survey do not plan to take the more drastic measures MPRA allows. These findings and more are revealed […]

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MPRA Guidance—What Does It Mean?

Julie Stich, CEBS

13 Jul 201515 Jul 2015

In mid-June, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) released their first round of guidance relating to the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) provisions on benefit suspensions (reductions) and pension partitions. MPRA is a complex law, and the […]

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Complying With Bill C-377

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

10 Jul 201524 Jul 2015

Now that the controversial Bill C-377 has received Royal Assent, how should benefit plan sponsors respond? The bill first must survive a potential change in majority rule following this fall’s federal election and anticipated legal challenges. If it remains intact, experts say sponsors […]

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The No. 1 Reason Multiemployer Plans Fail a DOL Audit

Julie Stich, CEBS

21 May 2015

Last fall I had the opportunity, along with a few Foundation members, to meet with Ian Dingwall, Chief Accountant for the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). Mr. Dingwall’s team is responsible for making sure employee benefit plans are operating […]

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ACA Employer Reporting: Who, What, When, Why and How

Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS

26 Mar 201518 Sep 2015

The latest reporting requirements related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seem to be a dizzying jumble of numbers and letters. Here’s the who, what, when, why and how of it: Why? Two new ACA reporting requirements are in effect for plan […]

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Your Annual Funding Notice May Need Tweaking

Lois Gleason, CEBS

19 Mar 2015

Defined benefit pension plan administrators: You might need to change your annual funding notice. The Department of Labor published a final rule in the Federal Register on February 2, 2015 clarifying the requirements under ERISA 101(f) that administrators of defined benefit plans, […]

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What the Cromnibus Law Means for Multiemployer Pension Plans

Julie Stich, CEBS

15 Dec 201411 Mar 2015

By: Julie Stich, CEBS On December 13, 2014, Congress passed the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA) as part of the federal spending “cromnibus” bill, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015. The multiemployer defined benefit pension reform provisions were introduced […]

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Who Needs Another Policy? Maybe You Do

Chris Vogel, CEBS

31 Oct 201417 Jan 2015

By: Chris Vogel, CEBS It’s too bad board policies fall under the category of “blah, blah, blah” for some folks. Like many attorneys who work with boards of trustees, Rachel R. Parisi, CEBS, must see a few stifled yawns when she mentions […]

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Aiming to Understand Target Benefit Plans

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

23 Sep 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom Target benefit plans (TBPs) remain a hot topic in the discussion around pension reform in Canada. They’ve been around for many years in the form of multi-employer pension plans, but now the federal government and many provinces are considering […]