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Withdrawal Liability Proposed Rule

PBGC Proposes Rule for Multiemployer Plans to Clarify Assumptions for Determining an Employer's Withdrawal Liability

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PBGC Proposes Rule for Multiemployer Plans to Clarify Assumptions for Determining an Employer’s Withdrawal Liability

Press Release

    • WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is proposing a new regulation to provide interest rate assumptions in determining a withdrawing employer’s liability to a multiemployer pension plan. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), an employer that withdraws from an underfunded multiemployer plan may...

    PBGC Approves SFA Application for Sheet Metal Workers Plan

    Press Release

    • WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Sheet Metal Workers Local Pension Plan (Sheet Metal Workers Plan). The application was submitted and approved under provisions of PBGC’s SFA interim final...

    PBGC Approves SFA Application for Freight Drivers Local 557 Plan

    Press Release

    • WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Freight Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension Plan (Freight Drivers Local 557 Plan). The application was submitted and approved under provisions...

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