Description: In this 1981 discussion session, the panelists express their views on the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980.

Description: Panelists examine the basic structure and current actuarial issues relating to multi-employer pension plans, including the interface of the collective bargaining environment and the operations of the plan and trust under the Taft-Hartley Act. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 7, No. 1.

Description: Attendees gain an understanding of common practices, differences between industries and the role of the actuary in the bargaining process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 10PD

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses the criteria used to judge adequacy of contributions to support benefits, for Taft-Hartley pension plans with fixed benefits and fixed contributions. The panelists also address Internal Revenue Service tests of adequacy in PS 64.

Description: Topics include rising minimum funding in the face of fixed contractual contribution rates improving the lines of communication between professional advisers, the board of trustees and the fund administrator and late-breaking developments related to multi-employer plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 86pd.