Multiemployer

PBGC will not insure annuities purchased by a terminated multiemployer plan and PBGC is not authorized to pay benefits when a non-insolvent multiemployer plan terminates.

Addresses how to reduce withdrawal liability for liability already assessed for a previous partial withdrawal. PBGC subsequently adopted a rule addressing the issue. (See 29 CFR part 4206.)

Addresses calculation of partial withdrawal credit using the "modified presumptive method" where contributions are averaged over a 10-year period.

Addresses the relevance of events occurring after a plan’s reallocation record date on the reallocation liability calculation.

Under presumptive method, if a plan is fully funded because the value of plan assets never falls below liabilities, the plan would record a zero change in the value of unfunded vested benefits despite fluctuations in unfunded vested benefits.

Addresses whether a qualified preretirement survivor annuity is a nonforfeitable benefit where the participant had not died as of the date of plan termination. Under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014, a qualified preretirement survivor annuity is not to be treated as forfeitable solely because the participant is alive on the date of multiemployer plan insolvency or termination.

Discusses the definition of “employer” in the context of withdrawal liability and how it applies to a group of trades or businesses under common control; addresses the rules governing partial withdrawals.

Addresses the transfer of surplus assets to another trust after plan termination.

Addresses whether an employer may contractually modify its statutory withdrawal liability obligation to a multiemployer plan by assuming "additional liability", and the limitations of such a modification.

PBGC must be given a multiemployer plan’s notice of merger.