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Pension challenges in bankruptcy and restructuring processes

This is an extract from Financier Worldwide's August online publication entitled "Pension challenges in bankruptcy and restructuring processes."

REFLECTING ON THE LAST FEW YEARS, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE OVERALL PENSION CHALLENGES ARISING FOR COMPANIES FACING BANKRUPTCY / INSOLVENCY AND RESTRUCTURING PROCESS? WHAT MAJOR TRENDS HAVE DEFINED THIS SPACE?

United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Macfarlanes LLP, Defined benefit pension plan, The Pensions Regulator (UK), Pension Protection Fund
H.R. 4677 attempts to increase protections for employees and retirees when their company files for bankruptcy

On September 15, 2010, the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law voted 8-4 to report H.R. 4677 to the full House Judiciary Committee. Called the “Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2010,” H.R. 4677 contains several substantial changes to federal law aimed at preserving workers’ wages and benefits during a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. The subcommittee members voted along party lines, indicating that the bill will have a difficult fight in the full committee – its fate may ultimately depend on the result of the recent election.

USA, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd, Wage, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Executive compensation, Deferred compensation, Liquidation, Administrative law, Defined benefit pension plan, Severance package, US Senate, US House of Representatives, US House Committee on the Judiciary, Trustee