Compliance | April 30th, 2009 Multiemployer Plans Get 60 More Days on WRERA Decisions April 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has given multiemployer plans another 60 days to make election...
Administration | April 20th, 2009 SEIU Launches Incentive Pay Initiative April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A union pension plan has hired a law firm to coordinate its campaign to pressure...
Deals and People | March 27th, 2009 MassMutual Expands Sales Team March 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual has announced the addition of two sales managers for its defined contribution and Taft-Hartley...
Compliance | March 26th, 2009 Union Officers Indicted for Embezzling Pension Funds March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal grand jury indicted the former president and recording secretary of the Waterfront Guard...
Deals and People | March 17th, 2009 Ex Putnam Exec Joins New York Life Taft-Hartley Team March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Retirement Plan Services announced that ex Putnam executive Thomas M. Mitchell has...
Benefits | February 17th, 2009 Union Membership on the Rise February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union members accounted for 12.4% of employed wage and salary workers in 2008, up from...
Administration | February 13th, 2009 Union Sues Over Madoff Pension Losses February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Philadelphia-area union pension fund has filed a federal court lawsuit against Austin Capital Management...
Administration | January 8th, 2009 List of Pension Funds Claiming Madoff Losses Grows January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As investors and regulators sort through the assets affected by a $50-billion Ponzi scheme orchestrated...
Compliance | December 30th, 2008 PBGC Publishes Multiemployer Plan Rule Changes December 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced it will publish a final rule that...
Products | November 13th, 2008 MassMutual Unveils Seven Taft-Hartley Investment Options November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual announced it has added seven investment options to its platform for Taft-Hartley plans.
Deals and People | November 13th, 2008 MassMutual Beefs Up Taft-Hartley Team November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kenneth Pouch has been promoted to national practice leader for MassMutual Retirement Service's Taft-Hartley business...
Products | July 21st, 2008 New York Life Offers Taft-Hartley Plan Solution July 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Retirement Plan Services has introduced an integrated, bundled plan solution for union...
Compliance | March 24th, 2008 DoL Issues Model Notice for Multiemployer Plans in Critical Status March 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) announced it will publish a proposed regulation providing a...
Compliance | March 18th, 2008 PBGC to Publish Multiemployer Plan PPA Rule Changes March 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer announced on Tuesday that it will publish a proposed new...
Compliance | November 21st, 2007 DoL Announces Union-Related Indictments, Convictions November 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A unit of the U.S. Labor Department says it obtained 16 indictments and five convictions...
Investing | November 13th, 2007 Endowments Top Performing Plan Type in 3Q07 November 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median plan for the 443 corporate, foundation, endowment, public, Taft-Hartley, and health care funds...
Benefits | October 12th, 2007 UAW Members Ratify GM Contract Changing Retiree Health Care October 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the United Auto Workers have ratified a contract with General Motors Corp. that...
Compliance | September 13th, 2007 DoL Proposes Guidelines Requesting Documents from Multi-Employer Plans September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor proposed rules on Thursday that give multi-employer plan participants, their...
Compliance | August 9th, 2007 EBSA Seems to be Cracking Down on Multiemployer Plan Service Provider Gifts August 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) has reported on what appears to be...
Compliance | July 18th, 2007 Employer Benefit Payments to Union Plan Required Regardless of Union Coverage July 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has ruled that a highway striping company must make...