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Although short in length, Section 3608 of the CARES Act is a powerful tool for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension plans. Congress recognized that in these uncertain times, employers were facing a dilemma: make pension contributions (for obligations that won’t be due in years) or make payroll and other short term costs. To help, Congress included Section 3608 in the CARES Act which allows plan sponsors to delay any required 2020 contributions to their defined benefit plans until January 1, 2021.
Together We Are Stronger
https://www.uschamber.com/article/together-we-are-stronger
“The most threatening issue to our company’s survival beyond 2020 may not be the pandemic, oil shocks, or civil unrest, but the failure to support and reform the multiemployer pension system.”
Congressional Inaction Costs Our Businesses and Our Jobs
https://www.uschamber.com/article/congressional-inaction-costs-our-businesses-and-our-jobs
Many small business owners struggle to provide retirement savings plans. With MEPs, small business employees can secure healthy retirements.
Quick Take: Your Primer on Small Business Retirement Plans
https://www.uschamber.com/series/above-the-fold/quick-take-your-primer-small-business-retirement-plans
As the multiemployer pension funding crisis looms, its now up to the Senate to act.
House vote on multiemployer pension funding recognizes there is a problem, but more is needed
https://www.uschamber.com/article/house-vote-multiemployer-pension-funding-recognizes-there-problem-more-needed
In a politically divided nation, the Senate has the rare opportunity to pass the SECURE Act to secure Americans' retirement.
Senate Can Secure Americans’ Retirement with the SECURE Act
https://www.uschamber.com/senate-can-secure-americans-retirement-the-secure-act
Why the Senate Should Act on the SECURE Act
https://www.uschamber.com/article/why-the-senate-should-act-the-secure-act
On May 23, the House voted 417 to 3 in favor of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act), the basis of which was the Retirement Enhancement Savings Act (RESA).
House passage of the SECURE Act clears the way for Senate action
https://www.uschamber.com/article/house-passage-of-the-secure-act-clears-the-way-senate-action
Open multiple employer plans: a concept as easy as child’s play
https://www.uschamber.com/article/open-multiple-employer-plans-concept-easy-child-s-play
On April 2, 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee favorably reported out H.R. 1994, the SECURE Act of 2019...
The SECURE Act: A Way Forward on Retirement Security
https://www.uschamber.com/article/the-secure-act-way-forward-retirement-security
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