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Meet the MEPs: Association Retirement Plans

DWC 08/7/19
When the Department of Labor’s new multiple employer plan regulations take effect later this year, we will have three types of MEPs:
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DWC News Update: It's Just Another MEPish Monday

DWC 07/30/19
Yesterday morning while we were all sipping our first cup of Monday morning coffee, the Department of Labor published its much-anticipated final regulations expanding the availability of multiple employer plans to associations, PEOs, and self-employed individuals.
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DWC News Update: A Bad Apple a Day Keeps the MEP Away

DWC 07/8/19
One of the drawbacks that is often cited about multiple employer plans is the so-called “one bad apple rule.” It provides that if a single participating employer in a MEP allows its part of the plan to operate in a non-compliant manner, it puts the entire plan and all of the other participating employers at risk. Although there have been numerous ...
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DWC News Update: House Passes the SECURE Act

DWC 05/24/19
-A breakdown of breaking news from DWC's Managing Partner, Keith Clark If you are reading the mainstream press, the SECURE Act being signed into law is just around the corner. While the overwhelming bi-partisan approval in the House of Representatives is an important (and increasingly rare) development, there are still a number of steps that must ...
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DWC News Update: Will Association MEPs be DOA?

DWC 04/1/19
If you followed any news outlets at all on Friday, you probably read or heard headlines like this one from CNN: “Court Blocks Another Trump Attempt to Undermine Obamacare”. While the Washington, D.C. District Court’s decision in State of New York, et. al. v. United States Department of Labor, et. al. does impact health plans, its tentacles reach ...
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Pension Pontifications | Q1 2019

DWC 03/14/19
All of us here at DWC thrive on the really geeky stuff, and some of the best discussions start with our pontifications about how different topics impact our clients and our industry. We decided to bring the best of those conversations to you, still with a touch of geekiness but also distilled into easily digested, bite-sized pieces. This is our ...
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Plan Sponsors & Fiduciaries: Here's What You Should Be Watching

DWC 10/11/18
DWC stays on top of what's trending, and our self-proclaimed pension geeks often offer their insights in industry publications. As we transition into the fourth quarter the theme has been, "What Plan Sponsors Need to Know." Get caught up with this month's round up:
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Q3 Pension Pontifications

DWC 09/13/18
All of us here at DWC thrive on the really geeky stuff, and some of the best discussions start with Adam and Keith’s pontifications about how different topics impact our clients and our industry. We decided to bring the best of those conversations to you, still with a touch of geekiness but also distilled into easily digested, bite-sized pieces. ...
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Happy MEP-morial Day From The DOL

Adam C. Pozek 05/29/12
Back in March, Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi testified before a Senate committee, expressing concern about whether open MEPs can be treated as single plans under ERISA since there is no commonality among adopters. A recording of her testimony is here, with the MEP comments beginning around the 36th and 43rd minutes. Some commentators ...
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