International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

MAY 9, 2023

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 authorized special financial assistance (SFA) through the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to eligible severely underfunded multiemployer plans. ARPA added section 4262 to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

JULY 8, 2022

Changes to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program announced Wednesday by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will improve the ability of underfunded multiemployer defined benefit (DB) pension plans to.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A hotly debated (and litigated) issue for multiemployer pension plans in recent years has been the appropriate interest rate to determine a multiemployer pension plan’s liabilities when calculating the plan’s underfunding for withdrawal liability purposes.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 24, 2023

Finn Brennan, Aslef’s Underground organiser, said: “After a week of intense negotiations, we have made real progress in making sure our members’ working conditions and pensions are protected from the impact of the Tory government cuts to TFL funding. There will be no changes to pension benefits before the next general election.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Pre-retirement – retiring well: In the years before retirement, support should be provided to help with planning for retirement and understanding retirement income options, clearing debt, and maximising pension benefits and other savings in a tax efficient way.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 9, 2023

There were 12,693 members in total, consisting of 8,421 deferred members, 3,847 pensioner members and 425 dependant pensioners. The deal aimed to create a better outcome for the majority of members, providing pension benefits at or in excess of Pension Protection Fund (PPF) compensation levels with no reductions.

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Employee Benefits

JUNE 8, 2023

The control of staff performance and day-to-day management, and ultimate employment responsibility for the team, stays with the commissioning business, with duties such as payroll, pension, benefits and employment administration with HMRC resting with HIVE360.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Employee Benefits Pensions research 2020 report revealed that ‘uncertainty around how to make the best decisions when accessing pension benefits’ is the primary concern among employees leading up to or during retirement, and that four out of five employers want to help employees make informed decisions at retirement. .

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Money Talk

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Pension COLAs - Pension benefits for some retirees are also indexed for inflation. An example is pensions for federal government workers and military retirees and disabled veterans. a $59 increase for every $1,000 of benefits) in 2022. Their COLA, like Social Security, is 5.9% (i.e.,

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Trott has taken over responsibility for pensioner benefits including state, private and occupational provisions, as well as oversight of bodies such as The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

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Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“This is in addition to supporting the defined benefit pension scheme to meet the cost of pension benefits already earned.” The post Aston Martin staff threaten to strike in pensions row appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

AUGUST 20, 2021

This episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief is the second of our three-part series analyzing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guidance on the new special financial assistance program for troubled multiemployer pension plans that was created by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 3, 2022

The claimant requested that his average weekly wage be adjusted to include not only his hourly compensation of $36.78, plus health and welfare benefits at a rate of $8.80 per hour, plus various pension benefits that when totaled would have adjusted his AWW upward from $999.80 to $1,545.10.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

At Ashurst, we closely consider the pension and benefits we offer and focus particularly on how we engage our people in these offerings to ensure they are of maximum benefit. This means ensuring they are not only relevant but that employees are engaged with what is available to them.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 20, 2023

For example, if legislation such as the current Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 were to be amended or removed, this could result in part-time workers receiving less favourable treatment than their full-time peers when it comes to areas such as pensions , benefits, pay and leave, to name but a few.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

AUGUST 3, 2021

This episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief is the first of our three-part series analyzing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guidance on the new special financial assistance program for troubled multiemployer pension plans that was created by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Review their current situation – If they have already taken some pension benefits, they should start by looking at a current pension valuation and assessing how much of their LTA they have used. There are some options that employees should be aware of to either avoid or reduce the impact of the LTA: 1.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Many multiemployer plans and their participants, contributing employers and unions certainly hope so, as they eagerly anticipate the issuance of a Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) final rule that may answer the question for them. Fast forwarding to the year 2022, will it be a happy new year?

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As noted below, SRCs need not include any amount for pension benefits.). This calculation excludes the impact of changes to actuarial assumptions ( g. changes in interest or mortality assumptions) and compensation; and there is no adjustment for vesting conditions. (As

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 26, 2022

Then in the years before retirement, support should be provided around tax efficiency, planning for retirement and understanding retirement income options, clearing debt and maximising pension benefits and other savings.

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Kollath CPA

JUNE 27, 2022

Take stock of any pensions, benefit plans, health savings accounts and other tax-favored health plans. The return you need to file depends on the type of business you were running. Take care of employees. You’ll need to pay any final wages or compensation, making final federal tax deposits and reporting employment taxes.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This episode is the final installment of our three-part series on a new special financial assistance program created by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for troubled multiemployer plans and the interim guidance issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regarding the program.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Required annual summary: The employer is required to submit a document each year titled ‘Summary Plan Description’ where details of pension benefits, the amount of the pension, the requirements of the payments and the conditions are specified for the participants.

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HR Professionals Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

The benefits in most defined benefit plans are protected, within certain limitations, by federal insurance provided through the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Examples of. defined contribution (DC) plans include 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, employee stock ownership plans, and profit-sharing plans.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 21, 2022

There are some options that employees should be aware of to either avoid or reduce the impact of the LTA: Review current situation – If they have already taken some pension benefits, they should start by looking at a current pension valuation and assessing how much of their LTA they have used.

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Business Management Daily

MARCH 14, 2022

If an employee is at least 65, has held a high policy-making or executive position for the preceding two years, and is entitled to receive employer-financed pension benefits or other retirement benefits of at least $44,000 annually, they may be subject to mandatory retirement policies.

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Business Management Daily

APRIL 1, 2021

The award included back pay, lost pension benefits and payment for emotional distress. The jury concluded that the employer retaliated against the worker when he returned from leave. The worker also said he would take FMLA leave again. Here’s how the facts shaped up. He told HR he was having a tumor removed from his foot.

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Hppy

APRIL 27, 2023

Beyond setting all of this up, it can present confusing pension arrangements. For example, they may be required to contribute to a pension system in both their home and host country. Accessing pension benefits suddenly becomes complex, whilst in other scenarios it may actually pose an extra financial burden.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JULY 11, 2022

On July 8, 2022, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) published its much anticipated final rule on the special financial assistance (“SFA”) available to certain troubled multiemployer plans under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”).

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

AUGUST 14, 2023

ERISA Section 4010 requires a contributing sponsor of certain single-employer pension plans, as well as the sponsor’s controlled group members, to provide controlled group, financial, and actuarial information to the PBGC each year.

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The post PBGC Special Financial Assistance Final Rule: Permissible Investments appeared first on Word on Benefits. The PBGC final rule details permissible investments for SFA assets. Get key takeaways in our latest blog.

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Multiemployer pension plans that intend to apply for SFA from the PBGC should note the schedule for reviewing applications and may want to consider submitting a lock-in application. The post PBGC Special Financial Assistance “Lock-In” Application for Nonpriority Plans appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JANUARY 31, 2023

One of the many changes is an end to the annual indexing of the PBGC’s variable rate premium for single-employer pension plans, which is the portion of the single-employer plan premium that is based on a plan’s unfunded vested benefits (as determined using the PBGC’s premium funding rules). As previously discussed , the SECURE 2.0

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JANUARY 1, 2019

In that state, most workers injured on or before July 1, 2017 will see time-loss and pension benefit payments increase by 5 percent based on the change in the state's average wage. Washington State’s Department of Labor and Industries uses a different method to calculate the cost of living increase.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 27, 2021

They can be pension benefits, paid leaves, etc. They are benefits that enhance an employees' work life, such as health benefits, club benefits, etc. Although intrinsic rewards are exclusively non-financial, extrinsic rewards can be either.

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