Multiemployer Plans – A Proposal to Spread the Pain
The brief’s key findings are: *A small, but significant, number of multiemployer pension plans face insolvency in the next 20 years – despite actions to reduce benefits and raise contributions. *To avoid insolvency, a Commission with representatives from plans, employers, and unions has proposed allowing plans to cut accrued benefits of current workers and retirees. *Critics are concerned that such a tool is unnecessary and would unfairly hurt plan participants, particularly retirees. *Our analysis of one large plan suggests that the proposal would improve overall participant welfare, but leave the plan operating largely on a pay-as-you-go basis. *Thus, before approving the use of such a tool, regulators should have access to detailed plan data to ensure not only solvency, but also a reasonable level of funding.
Year of publication: |
2014-10
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Authors: | Munnell, Alicia H. ; Aubry, Jean-Pierre ; Hao, Wenliang ; Webb, Anthony |
Institutions: | Center for Retirement Research (CRR), Boston College |
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