Manager, Reference/Research Services at the International Foundation
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Benefits Topics That Interest Her Most: Mental health and retirement security
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On September 20, 2021, PBGC released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Projections Report and a Five-Year Multiemployer Program Report. The reports show a substantial improvement in the outlook for PBGC’s… Read more >
September 28, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S. 2 Read more >
During a webcast on August 10, 2021 titled Financial Assistance Program Overview for Financially Troubled Multiemployer Pension Plans, speakers shared insights on the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) special financial… Read more >
August 30, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S. 0 Read more >
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and Treasury officials have delivered a new briefing on the special financial assistance (SFA) program for financially troubled multiemployer plans under the American Rescue… Read more >
August 12, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
July 15, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Employee Benefits, MPRA, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2021-31 which provides guidance for multiemployer plans and plan administrators regarding the new credit available to them for providing continuation health coverage… Read more >
June 9, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer, Regulatory, U.S. 0 Read more >
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 >
April 29, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, PBGC, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement, U.S. 0 Read more >
Thirty-five years ago this month, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) was signed into law. COBRA provides a way for workers and their families to temporarily maintain… Read more >
April 27, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S. 0 Read more >
Listen to this post here. After years of debate on the topic of funding relief for multiemployer pension funds, Congress acted this week with the passage of the American Rescue… Read more >
March 10, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Legislative, Multiemployer, PBGC, Retirement, U.S. 5 Read more >
As fall begins, the International Foundation Information Center typically sees an uptick in requests about year-end or new year planning for calendar year plans. Flexible spending account (FSA) participants need… Read more >
November 12, 2020 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), U.S. 0 Read more >
The relationship between benefits and tax may be deeper than most benefits professionals realize. In a recent International Foundation webcast, New and Ongoing Tax Relief to Employers and Employees, speakers… Read more >
October 6, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Legislative, U.S. 0 Read more >