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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Former Chief Fiduciary of Several 'Multiple Employer' Pension Plans Indicted on Charges of Misappropriation of Funds [Guidance Overview] DOL Field Assistance Bulletin Clarifies Use of Plan Assets by Employer-Sponsored Apprenticeship and Training Programs Secretary of Labor Suit for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Alleged Defendants Established ERISA Health Benefit Plan [Opinion] Comments on Proposed Rule on Filings Required of MEWAs and Certain Other Related Entities Multiple Employer Plans: Opportunities and Challenges for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Pension Plan's Choice of Interest Rate to Calculate Withdrawal Liability Not an Abuse of Discretion [Opinion] New MEWA Reporting Requirements: An Unlikely Solution to MEWA Fraud Principal Developments in Compensation & Benefits, Winter 2012 [Official Guidance] U.S. Labor Department Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rules on Filings Required by Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Recent DOL Initiatives: Questions Answered [Guidance Overview] DOL's Proposed New Rules that Will Affect Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (PDF) [Guidance Overview] 2011 Form M-1 Now Available; New Question Addresses Compliance with Health Care Reform Mandates [Official Guidance] EBSA Publishes 2011 Form M-1 for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements The Proposed MEWA Rules: Cracking Down on Health Insurance Scams [Guidance Overview] 2012 Key Administrative Dates and Deadlines for Calendar-Year Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plans (PDF) [Guidance Overview] IRS Issues Sample Amendment for Section 436 and Postpones Date for Amending Single-Employer Pension Plans [Guidance Overview] To Combat MEWA Abuses, DOL Proposes Increased Reporting and Enforcement [Guidance Overview] DOL's Proposed New Rules Affecting Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements [Guidance Overview] Proposed New Enforcement Procedures and Reporting for MEWAs (PDF) Focus on Health Care Fraud: MEWAs [Guidance Overview] DOL Proposed Regulations Target MEWA Abuses Multiple-Employer Health Plans To Face Quick Enforcement Procedures [Official Guidance] Text of EBSA Fact Sheet on Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Affordable Care Act Proposed Regulations DOL Seeks Tougher Rules on 'Multiple-Employer' Plans [Official Guidance] Text of EBSA Notice of Proposed Revision of the Form M?1 (PDF) [Official Guidance] Text of EBSA Notice of Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports Form (PDF) [Guidance Overview] MEWA Participating Employer Cannot Offset Contribution Overpayments [Guidance Overview] Federal Rate Review Rules Revised to Reach Nongrandfathered Association Health Insurance The Impact of the Recession on Employment-Based Health Benefits: The Case of Union Membership (PDF) [Opinion] Discussions of Issues on Multiple Employer Plans [Guidance Overview] FASB Modifies Proposed Multiemployer Plan Participation Disclosures [Guidance Overview] Participants May Consider Surrender Charges When Determining Taxable Value of Life Insurance Policies Distributed from Nonqualified Plan Multiple Employer Plans: An Opportunity for Expanding Retirement Plan Coverage (PDF) VEBAs, Welfare Plans & Sec. 419a(F)(6): Is the IRS Trying to Regulate or Spread Propaganda? [Guidance Overview] EBSA Adopts Technical Changes to Form 5500 Schedules MB and SB for Funding Relief [Guidance Overview] Insurer Must Be Licensed by State to Insure the Types of Benefits Offered in Order for MEWA to Be Fully Insured [Guidance Overview] IRS Issues Funding Relief Guidance for Single-Employer Plans (PDF) [Official Guidance] Multiple Employer Trust Was Not Fully Insured for Purposes of ERISA's MEWA Preemption Rule [Guidance Overview] MEWA That Was Still Not Fully Insured After Revisions to Insurance Certificate Remained Subject to State Regulation [Guidance Overview] MEWA Subject to State Laws Because It Was Not Fully Insured MEWA Is Subject to State Laws, DOL Asserts [Official Guidance] Text of EBSA Advisory Opinion 2011-01A on a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement [Guidance Overview] 2010 Form M-1: New Questions Address Compliance With GINA and Michelle's Law [Official Guidance] Text of Notice on the Availability of Year 2010 Form M?1 with Electronic Filing Option (PDF) [Official Guidance] Text of Form M-1: Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Entities (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Schedule C: A New Era in Annual Reporting (PDF) New Federal Rules Target MEWA's [Guidance Overview] IRS Final Benefit Restriction Regulations (PDF) [Guidance Overview] PowerPoint Presentation: Preparing Form 5500 Schedule C [Guidance Overview] SEC Final Enhanced Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosure Requirements GASB Issues OPEB, Bankruptcy Guidance Statements [Official Guidance] IRS Notice on the Availability of the Year 2009 Form M?1 with Electronic Filing Option (PDF) Small Employers Get a Reprieve on Huge Penalties Over Pension, Health Plans [Guidance Overview] 2008 Form M-1, Including Self-Compliance Tool, Made Available by DOL with Few Changes from Previous Year [Official Guidance] DOL Form M-1 Now Available; Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Entities Claiming Exception (PDF) [Guidance Overview] VEBAs For Non-Union Private Employers Face Unrelated Business Income Taxes [Guidance Overview] ERISA Does Not Prohibit Proposed Transfer of Assets from Terminated MEWA to Tax-Exempt Foundation [Official Guidance] Text of Advisory Opinion 2008-07A: Bend, Oregon, Chamber of Commerce on Offering Fully Insured Benefits to Employees of Member Employers [Guidance Overview] New ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Rules and Guidance Appear to Favor VCOC/REOC Compliance Over 25% Test Reliance (PDF) [Guidance Overview] IRS Issues Minimum Required Contribution Rules for Defined Benefit Plans (PDF) Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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