Naturally, we love to talk benefits here at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. So when a couple of our resident benefits gurus started presenting a monthly benefits update… Read more >
February 10, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cadillac Tax, Compliance, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Care, Insurance, Legislative, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
On May 6, 2016, the Treasury Department announced that it—along with the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—was rejecting the application the Central States Teamsters filed for… Read more >
May 13, 2016 Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement 0 Read more >
A new report, The Multiemployer Retirement Plan Landscape: A Ten-Year Look (2004-2013), reveals by the end of 2013 multiemployer pension plan funding levels had nearly recovered from the 2008 Great… Read more >
December 2, 2015 Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions 0 Read more >
If you’re starting to lose sleep over the impending Cadillac tax, you’re not alone. Here at the International Foundation, we’ve been hearing our members discuss how the Affordable Care Act (ACA)… Read more >
October 1, 2015 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cadillac Tax, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer, Regulatory 3 Read more >
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,… Read more >
August 14, 2015 Canada, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
July 23, 2015 Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
July 13, 2015 Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
July 10, 2015 Canada, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer 0 Read more >
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…. Read more >
May 21, 2015 Employee Benefits, ERISA, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement 1 Read more >
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… Read more >
March 26, 2015 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer, Regulatory 13 Read more >