As we discussed in a prior alert, in September 2015 the Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund submitted a proposed “rescue plan” to the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury). The Central States Pension Fund is severely underfunded and the rescue plan would have allowed the fund to reduce participant benefits in order to avoid insolvency.

On September 25, the Central States Pension Fund (one of the largest multiemployer/union pension funds in the country) submitted to the U.S. Department of Treasury a proposed “rescue plan,” which would allow the fund to reduce participant benefits in order to stave off the fund’s potential insolvency.