Compliance | June 13th, 2024 $8M Repayment of Excess SFA Money Coming From Illinois Multiemployer Pension The refund is the second such settlement related to overpayment of Special Financial Assistance due to the inclusion of deceased...
Data and Research | February 22nd, 2024 Multiemployer Pension Funding Jumps 10 Points From 2022 to 2023 Improvement is primarily due to SFA grants and asset performance, Milliman finds.
Compliance | April 25th, 2023 DOL Offers Guidance for Multiemployer Plans Bulletin provides FAQ to help plans that received Special Financial Assistance meet notice requirements.
Benefits | December 8th, 2022 Central States Teamsters Pension Fund Becomes the Largest SFA Rescue The multiemployer plan will receive $35.8 billion in assistance, making it the largest bailout under the Special Financial Assistance program...
Benefits | August 9th, 2022 PBGC to Provide Nearly $800 Million to Rescue 2 Pension Plans The agency has so far approved $7.4 billion under the Special Financial Assistance Program to pension funds covering more than...
Compliance | July 8th, 2022 Experts Analyze the Finalized Union Pension Relief Funding Framework A handful of important changes were made this week to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s Special Financial Assistance program for...
Compliance | July 6th, 2022 Final Stressed Union Pension Assistance Rule Issued by PBGC After months of operating on an interim basis, the Special Financial Assistance program for multiemployer pensions has been formally finalized...
Compliance | January 19th, 2022 Second Struggling Union Pension Wins PBGC Financial Support Alongside confirming that the payment has now gone out to Local 138, PBGC this week announced it has approved a...
Compliance | April 13th, 2021 Potential Pitfalls in Union Pension Relief Program The relief included in the latest stimulus program is a major win for stressed union pensions, but sources say there...
Data and Research | January 22nd, 2021 The Argument to Save Pensions by Saving Unions Some sources say growing union membership to previous levels could go a long way toward solving many of the most...
Compliance | January 19th, 2021 Stars Have Aligned for Union Pension Funding Action Sources hopeful for Congressional action say arguments about saving union pensions should be linked to the broader social and economic...
Compliance | December 16th, 2020 A Conversation With a Union Pension Funding Advocate One outspoken advocate for the Butch Lewis Act says the time is ripe for addressing the funding challenges faced by...
Compliance | October 6th, 2020 Supreme Court Denies Review of PE Firm Withdrawal Liability Case The denial lets stand an appellate court decision that two entities of Sun Capital Partners, which bought a firm that...
Compliance | August 26th, 2020 Supreme Court Asked to Weigh in on Multiemployer Plan Withdrawal Liability for PE Firms A multiemployer pension fund argues that an appellate court decision shields private equity firms that take on a withdrawing employer...
Compliance | July 21st, 2020 Senator Portman Presses Congress on Multiemployer Plan Reform In an opinion piece, the senator offers three principles he believes bipartisan efforts should follow to solve the union pension...
Data and Research | June 16th, 2020 Group Says Data From Central States Pension Fund Shows Urgent Need for Legislation Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is calling for more pressure for the Senate to pass the latest relief package...
Compliance | May 18th, 2020 Partitions May Be the Union Pension Funding Crisis Solution There is bipartisan support building around the idea of allowing the most stressed union pensions to enact “partitions” in order...
Compliance | August 7th, 2019 Lawmakers Demand Help for Union Pensions The former Republican Speaker of the House has teamed up with former Representative Joe Crowley to advocate for a solution...
Compliance | July 10th, 2019 House Committee Advances Bill to Establish Union Pension Lifeline Program The legislation aims to establish a 30-year loan program and new financial assistance for financially troubled multiemployer pension plans.
Compliance | May 15th, 2019 Congress Urged to Act Soon on Union Pension Funding Crisis Members of the Senate Finance Committee voiced frustration that lawmakers have not yet come to a solution to the multiemployer...