The issue of what to do about lost or missing participants is a frustrating one for plan sponsors. These participants often have terminated participation in a plan because they took… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
July 28, 2021
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, DOL, Employee Benefits, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.defined benefit pension plan, defined contribution plans, DOL, fiduciary responsibility, missing participants, missing plan members, pension plans
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If you are a regular Talking Benefits podcast listener, you know that retirement security is a topic near and dear to the hearts of those working at the International Foundation…. Read more >
Anne Patterson
July 20, 2021
Diversity and Inclusion, Employee Benefits, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast, U.S.diversity, diversity and inclusion, employee benefit trends, employee benefits, preparing for retirement, retirement, retirement readiness, retirement security, saving for retirement, talking benefits podcast
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has released an interim final rule that focuses on special financial assistance (SFA) applications and related restrictions and conditions pursuant to the American Rescue… Read more >
Jenny Gartman, CEBS
July 15, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, MPRA, multiemployer defined benefit plans, multiemployer pension plans, multiemployer plans, PBGC
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Defined contribution (DC) plans are focused on saving for retirement. But from a plan member’s perspective, what’s missing is how to effectively manage and spend these savings during retirement. In… Read more >
Bryan Zoran, CEBS
May 26, 2021
Canada, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Wellness, RetirementDC plans, defined contribution plans, financial wellness, retirement income, variable benefits
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As the safekeeper of plan assets, custodians are among the service providers that multiemployer benefit plan trustees have a fiduciary duty to monitor. Yet plan custodians are not discussed as… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
May 24, 2021
Employee Benefits, ERISA, Investments, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement, U.S.ERISA, fiduciary, investments, multiemployer trustee boards, plan custodian, plan sponsors, retirement plans, trustee
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Federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL), have been busy issuing guidance on some of the more complex provisions of the Setting Every Community… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
May 10, 2021
401(k) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Wellness, Regulatory, Retirement, U.S.adoption benefits, benefits for part-time employees, part-time employees, retirement, retirement benefits, retirement plans, retirement security, saving for retirement, SECURE Act, Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, tax credit
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant implications for workplaces across the world, and employers and workers have needed to make difficult decisions regarding retirement, health and paid leave benefits. A new… Read more >
International Foundation Staff
May 4, 2021
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Mental Health, Prescription Drugs, Retirementcoronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, remote work, virtual mental health benefits, working from home
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It was big news back in March when the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was enacted to provide grants, called “special financial assistance,” to boost the solvency of… Read more >
Jenny Gartman, CEBS
April 29, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement, U.S.American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, multiemployer pension plans, PBGC, pension, pension plan relief
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Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) have the potential to help many single employer pension plan sponsors weather the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic while providing time… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
April 23, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Legislative, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ARPA, pension, pension assets, pension plan relief, retirement, retirement benefits, retirement security
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Retirement planning is an important exercise for everyone. And when you have only a modest retirement nest egg, there is little room for error when planning for how to make… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
April 15, 2021
401(k) Plans, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Retirement, U.S.DC plans, preparing for retirement, preretirement planning, retirement, retirement benefits, retirement plans, retirement readiness, retirement security, saving for retirement, social security
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