PBGC Seeks Comment on ERISA Rule Change
>The section currently requires employers to provide the agency with a bond or escrow if, after the cessation of operations at a facility, more than one in five workers who participate in an ERISA plan are separated from employment, according to a press release from the PBGC. The bond is canceled – or the escrow returned – if the plan is still ongoing five years after operations are ceased.
>The proposed rule change specifies a different method of calculating the amount of bond or escrow that is based on the percentage reduction in the number of employees under the plan as a result of the operations ceasing to continue, according to the news release. The agency usually follows this method on a case-by-case basis.
>The proposed rule alteration will be published in the Federal Register on Friday.
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