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Faced with the complex new funding rules for defined benefit plans, many community banks are considering a choice between offering employee retirement benefit security and plan cost containment. Some have been forced to terminate their defined benefit plans to control costs, in turn jeopardizing their ability to retain talented, long-term employees. Defined benefit plans remain one of the best ways to attract and retain a talented workforce, which is critical to the success of any financial institution. Despite the decline While the investment environment has a direct effect on funding requirements, pension investing is not an arbitrary process of chasing market returns. The framework for investing pension assets changed significantly with the implementation of the Pension Protection Ac...
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Provisions added to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the PPA), which went into effect on August 17, 2006, c...
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Lawrence J. Fox (argued), Paul R. Fitzmaurice, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee.
Susan Katz Hoffman (argued), Richard S. Schleg...
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The sponsor of a defined benefit plan is legally obliged to ensure that the pension plan is funded over time. Minimum contributions must be made as sp...
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As financial executives are well aware, the recent economy showed that managing risk can be a devilish proposition. Although defined benefit (DB) pens...
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Despite a fairly positive report on the stability of the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) earlier this year, a major business group with no direct involvement in the fund is expressing serious concern.
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, none of whose member firms has employees enrolled in a public pension plan, is calling for a major overhaul of ASRS to radically change how benefits are calculated for future retirees.
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Five-Year Agreement Includes Wage Increases, Improved Time Off Benefits, New Patient Care Protections and a Commitment to Union/ Management Cooperation to Improve Quality
CANTON, Mass., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the state's largest union of registered nurses and Caritas Christi Health Care, the state's second largest health care network, have announced today the ratification of a landmark master agreement, involving nearly 1,700 registered nurses working at four Caritas facilities including Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Norwood Hospital in Norwood, and St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton. The centerpiece of the agreement is the creation of a Taft Hartley, multiemployer defined benefit pensi...
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