Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 Provides Retirement Plan Relief
Author: Howard L. Clemons

The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Bush on December 23, 2008. The Act includes technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the “PPA”), some of which may be viewed as more than what would normally be thought of as “technical corrections.” The Act also provides relief to plan participants and pension plan sponsors impacted by the current economic crisis by suspending the requirement to receive minimum distributions for 2009. It also provides limited relief from the defined benefit plan funding rules enacted by the PPA for both single-employer defined benefit pension plans and multi-employer plans.

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