On November 20th, two Republican Senators issued a Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan via a white paper summarizing proposals for the US multiemployer defined-benefit pension system accompanied by a more thorough technical explanation. While we prepare a more thorough summary of the latter, which we will post here, highlights Read more…
PBGC proposes additional methods for reporting “orphaned” participants on Form 5500 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) is proposing changes to how multiemployer defined-benefit pension funds report orphaned participants beginning with Schedules R (Form 5500) for 2020 plan years. Under current rules, such funds must report the number of participants Read more…
JUST THE FACTS is prepared by First Actuarial Consulting, Inc. for general informational purposes only. It does not offer legal advice and does not claim to give all information regarding any given topic. As always, how these issues affect your plan specifically should be discussed with fund counsel before any Read more…
DOL Proposed Rule – Retirement Plan Disclosures Online The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule on October 22, 2019, to permit retirement plan disclosures to be posted online. The proposed rule is in part a response to an August 2018 Executive Order requesting the DOL to find Read more…