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[Guidance Overview] PBGC Proposed Regs Address Reallocation Liability Upon Mass Withdrawal Excerpt: "The proposed regulations clarify that for each modification to the withdrawal liability method discussed in the rule, a plan's unfunded vested benefits, determined with respect to plan years ending after the plan year designated in the plan amendment, are reduced by the value of the outstanding claims for withdrawal liability that can reasonably be expected to be collected for employers who withdrew from the plan on or before the designated plan year." (Wolters Kluwer) [Guidance Overview] PBGC Proposed Amendments to Withdrawal Liability Regulations Excerpt: "This Compliance Alert summarizes the highlights of the proposed amendments, which would generally be effective for withdrawals occurring after these proposed regulations are adopted in final form, except where they implement a PPA '06 change for which the law prescribes a different effective date." (The Segal Group, Inc.) How to Launch a Company 401(k) Plan Excerpt: "The pages that [link from the target page] will help. They contain a step-by-step guide to picking a plan, a primer on the fees you can expect to pay, questions to ask a prospective investment adviser, and resources for further inquiry." (Inc.) 3M's Defined-Benefit Pension Plan Not Sticking Around Excerpt: "Employees hired on or after January 1, 2009, will be covered by a new 401(k) plan, to which 3M will make an automatic contribution equal to 3 percent of employee pay." (Workforce Management; free registration required) Roth 401(k) vs. Regular 401(k) Calculator Schwab provides this Roth 401(k) calculator to help people make a determination about whether or not a Roth 401(k) is right for them. (Schwab Retirement Plan Services) Updated Canadian Pension Adjustment Reversal Guide Released Excerpt: "This guide provides information on how to calculate a pension adjustment reversal (PAR) amount. Registered pension plan administrators or trustees of a deferred profit sharing plans are sometimes required to calculate a PAR for plan members who terminate their membership." (International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans) Thrift Savings Plan Is a 'Benefit for Life' Excerpt: "Two of three military members who separate or retire do so without having opened a government-run Thrift Savings Plan account, a benefit that has been available since 2002. Those who depart without an account leave behind a valuable tool that they could use over and over again to dampen their costs while investing for retirement . . . ." (Stars and Stripes) Advice Efforts by Retirement Plan Providers Go Unused Excerpt: "Although retirement plan providers supply investment education materials to 56% of participants surveyed by Spectrem Group, only 12% said they refer to these materials on a regular basis and 22% never use them." (PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required) Company Stock Exclusion not Warranted by Operational Fraud Revelation Excerpt: "The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court ruling that Tribune Company did not breach its fiduciary duties by continuing to offer company stock as an investment in employee retirement plans during the time a fraud that occurred at a New York subsidiary was being revealed." (PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required) Termination Before Selloff not Intentional Benefits Interference Excerpt: "The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has found that an employer was not motivated by a desire to deprive an Employee Stock Ownership Plan participant of benefits when it terminated him to move along a sell of one of its units to another company." (PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required) Judge Rules Against New Jersey Teachers in Case Involving Pension Payments Excerpt: "A state Superior Court judge rejected a teachers' union lawsuit Wednesday aimed at forcing the state to pay $2.6 billion to make up for shortfalls in the teachers' pension system. The ruling rebuffed the New Jersey Education Association's claims that the state broke contractual promises by underfunding the teachers' retirement system in recent years. Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg wrote that there is still enough money to pay for decades of benefits, despite growing deficits." (Asbury Park Press via) [Official Guidance] April 2008 Pension Funding Segment Rates Generally for plan years beginning after 2007, the rates in the tables . . . apply for minimum funding requirements under section 430 of the Code. (Internal Revenue Service) [Official Guidance] IRS 30 Year Treasury Securities Rate Updated for March 2008 30 Year Treasury Securities Rate for March 2008: 4.39% (Internal Revenue Service) [Official Guidance] IRS Composite Corporate Bond Rate Table Updated for April 2008 Corporate Bond Weighted Average Interest Rate = 5.99 for April 2008 (Internal Revenue Service) Sponsored by: ASPPA (Click on company name or banner to learn more.)
Links to Items on Executive Comp, Benefits in General Can Your Long-Term Incentive Plan Become More Performance Based Again? (PDF) Excerpt: "A top responsibility for Compensation Committees is to ensure a strong linkage between executive compensation and company performance. Long-Term Incentive Plans (LTIPs) typically provide the largest component of senior executives' compensation, most often through one or more of three equity-based types: Stock Options, Restricted Stock, and Performance Shares. This InsightOut™ assesses the relative strength of the linkages between company performance and each type of equity when included in an LTIP." (Buck Consultants) Mandatory Clawbacks: Rep. Frank to Re-Engage on Executive Comp Oversight, Regulation Excerpt: "In the wake of the 'fire sale' of Bear Stearns & Co., House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) indicated that he may require companies to adopt 'clawback policies' to recoup executive compensation when shareholders suffer large losses." (HR Policy Association) Court Awards Restoration of Benefits to Former Westinghouse Employees Excerpt: "The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has ordered Siemens Corp. to restore separation from employment benefits to former employees of Westinghouse Electric Corp." (PLANSPONSOR.com; free registration required) Newly Posted Events 401(k) Plan Workshop in Michigan on May 9, 2008 presented by SunGard Relius 401(k) Plan Workshop in Missouri on May 9, 2008 presented by SunGard Relius 401(k) Plan Workshop in Washington on May 9, 2008 presented by SunGard Relius Form 5500 Workshop in Washington on May 8, 2008 presented by SunGard Relius Form 5500 Workshop in Michigan on May 8, 2008 presented by SunGard Relius Form 5500 Workshop in Missouri on May 8, 2008 presented by SunGard Relius Managing the Vendor/Consultant Relationship: Service, Contracts and Renewals in Illinois on April 24, 2008 presented by WEB - Chicago West Newly Posted Press Releases EBRI Testimony on Health Coverage and the Uninsured Among the "Near Elderly" Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Unum Begins Nationwide Launch of Simply Unum, a Benefits Solution to Address Needs of Small to Midsize Employers Unum U.S. Preventive Medicine and deCODE Genetics Sign Letter of Intent to Expand Personalized Medicine Platform U.S. Preventive Medicine PIMCO Launches New Target Date Funds PIMCO Newly Posted or Renewed Job Openings (Post a Job | View All Jobs | RSS Feed ) Director-Retirement Services 50058839 for MassMutual Financial Group in MA RFP Consultant for The Newport Group in FL Defined Contribution Plan Administrator for Alliance Benefit Group - Rocky Mountain in UT Senior Manager Product and Marketing Development for Charles Schwab in CA 401(k) Plan Administrator for Retirement Planners in VA Institutional Consultant for UnifiedTrust Company, N.A. in AZ, CA, OR, WA Retirement Plan Administrator for Employee Fiduciary in AL Handy Links:
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