Benefits Digest - Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

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Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund v. M & K Employee Solutions

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · via CourtListener · 2026-07-07

The D.C. Circuit’s decision in the IAM National Pension Fund’s multiemployer withdrawal-liability suit against M&K Employee Solutions — the case in which the Supreme Court held in May that a plan’s actuary may calculate an employer’s withdrawal liability using actuarial assumptions adopted after the measurement date.

Trump Accounts Are Imminent: Employee Benefit Considerations

Trucker Huss · 2026-07-07

Trump Accounts, a new tax-advantaged individual retirement account (IRA) intended for the benefit of minor children, were established under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 530A as part of the…

Report Challenges Private Markets Push, Says 401(k) Plans Outperform Pensions

401(k) Specialist · 2026-07-07

Analysis of nearly 58,000 retirement plans over 16 years concludes that defined contribution plans without alternative investments delivered higher returns than defined benefit plans with significant…

Auto-Enrollment Is Easy—Until It Isn’t

The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C · via JD Supra · 2026-07-07

Auto-enrollment is one of those retirement plan features that sounds wonderfully simple in a sales presentation. “We’ll automatically enroll employees, boost participation, and help people save.”…

Three Jurisdictions, Three Timelines: What the DMV’s Shifting Leave Laws Mean for Employers

Offit Kurman · via JD Supra · 2026-07-08

For years, employers in the Washington metropolitan area could treat paid family and medical leave as a “somewhere else” problem, an issue for companies with workforces in California, New York, or…

Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Timing for Selection of Actuarial Assumptions to Calculate Multiemployer Pension Withdrawal Liability

Trucker Huss · 2026-07-07

The United States Supreme Court recently held in M&K Employee Solutions, LLC et al. v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)…

Recordkeepers Look to Expand with PEPs in Coming Years

401(k) Specialist · 2026-07-07

More recordkeepers are seeing pooled employer plans as a tool for future business growth

GLP-1 Drugs Survey Report: What Employers Are—and Aren’t—Covering in 2026

IFEBP — Word on Benefits · 2026-07-07

Newly released International Foundation survey data revealed key trends for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drug coverage for U.S. corporate employers.

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