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Taming the Tariffs: Employee Benefit Issues for Employers During Times of Economic Uncertainty – Group Employee Terminations

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Many companies are scrambling to quickly assess how to reduce the business impact of the upheaval to U.S. manufacturing and trading with the recent onslaught of tariffs threatened or imposed by the United States and the...more

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Union Pension Fund Can’t Have It Both Ways: Federal Appeals Court Orders Fund to Repay Employer $2 Million

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In a classic man-bites-dog turnaround, a federal appeals court ordered a Teamsters pension fund to return approximately $2 million in withdrawal liability payments to an employer that had stopped contributing in 2005. The...more

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Court Orders Employer to Jail Unless He Complies with Union Fringe Benefit Fund Audit Request

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Employers are far behind the eight ball when union fringe benefit funds come knocking to audit or collect claimed delinquent contributions – and a recent decision from an Oregon federal judge means that employers could face...more

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Understanding This Pension Rule May Help Contractors Avoid Costly Liability Assessments

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If you use union employees in your projects, you may contribute to a multiemployer pension plan—perhaps a few cents or few dollars per hour worked. However, some employers are surprised to learn they could be assessed with...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Are Employers Required to Make Contributions to Union Pension Fund for “Bonus” Payments?

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Hammering Nails Construction has a CBA (collective bargaining agreement) with Local 1 of the United Brotherhood of Widgetmakers (“Union”). After a pension fund audit, Hammering Nails received a letter claiming it owed...more

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