Multiemployer Pension Plans

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Employers with collectively bargained employees need to be aware that the costs of participating in a union sponsored benefit fund (i.e., a multiemployer plan) may be much greater than the negotiated contributions. The greatest exposure commonly comes from withdrawal liability — generally an employer’s pro rata share of a multiemployer pension plan’s unfunded vested benefits…

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Exposure Draft (the “Draft”) September 1, 2010, proposing changes to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), which, if adopted, would require participating employers in multiemployer pension plans to disclose in their financial statements additional information concerning their obligations to such plans. The Draft would apply to public companies for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2010 and to non-public companies exactly one year later.
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The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (“PPA”) created certain funding classifications for multiemployer pension plans. Seriously underfunded plans are classified as either “critical” (“red zone”) or endangered (“yellow zone”). Plans that fall in between these two levels are considered “seriously endangered” (“orange zone”) plans. Such plans must send participating employers a notice about the plan’s…