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Multiemployer Pension Reform Update

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

23 Apr 201926 Jul 2019

Wondering about the latest multiemployer pension reform updates? You can always check the International Foundation Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) page for updates, but here are four things I have on my radar—including the very latest on the Butch Lewis Act. 1. […]

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What You Need to Know About the New DBplus and OPTrust Pension Plans

Guest Contributor

24 Oct 2018

“Secure, predictable, pensions for life”—Something that was, until recently, only accorded to civil servants and those few in the private sector with a defined benefit (DB) pension plan is now on offer to all working Canadians through two new pension plan programs: […]

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Alternative Withdrawal Liability Payment Guidance—What Does It Mean?

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

16 Apr 201817 Apr 2018

In April, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) released a policy statement titled “Requests to Review Multiemployer Plan Alternative Terms and Conditions to Satisfy Withdrawal Liability.” I’ll share my takeaways from reading it and attending a media call with Tom Reeder, Director […]

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Potential Impact on Employee Benefits

Lois Gleason, CEBS

09 Nov 201710 Nov 2017

Employee benefits professionals scoured the House Republicans’ proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with some trepidation after its release on November 2, 2017. While many were relieved to find no changes in this draft to the tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care […]

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Reacquired: Pension Plan Considerations for Returning Retirees

Robbie Hartman, CEBS

24 Oct 2017

“I’ll be back.” More and more retirees are uttering the line Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous and deciding to return to work. For pension plan administrators, this plot twist can create very different visions of the future. Some will picture the organizational benefits […]

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Not Your Father’s Solvency Funding

Bryan Zoran, CEBS

07 Jun 2017

The International Foundation has been closely monitoring the significant provincial and federal funding changes for pension plans over the last few years. Target benefit plan legislation in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as federal legislation in Bill C-27, have certainly garnered a […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 5: Washington Strikes Again

Staff

04 May 201730 May 2017

It’s May 4th and, to some, it just means you’re one day closer to the weekend. But for Star Wars fans like Talking Benefits host, Julie Stich, add one little preposition to that date and it becomes an unofficial, international holiday. May […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 4: Benefits Curveballs

Staff

11 Apr 201730 May 2017

Spring is in the air. Birds singing, temperatures rising, baseball season in full swing . . . and a whole new crop of benefits developments have been popping up. International Foundation resident benefits gurus Julie, Kelli and Justin are back to talk […]

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Does Your Benefit Appeal Process Need a Tune Up?

Anne Patterson

28 Feb 201728 Feb 2017

Does your benefit appeal process feel like it’s on cruise control? It might be time for a tune up. In light of an increase in participant litigation and heightened DOL enforcement efforts, it is imperative that plans ensure their procedures and policies […]

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Report Highlights Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plans Successes and Challenges

Staff

21 Feb 201721 Feb 2017

For the fourth year, the International Foundation and Horizon Actuarial Services have partnered together to release an annual report analyzing key trends in demographics, cash flows and investments for multiemployer defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Released today, this latest report Multiemployer […]