29 U.S.C. § 1415: Transfers pursuant to change in bargaining representative

In any case in which an employer has completely or partially withdrawn from a multiemployer plan (hereafter in this section referred to as the “old plan”) as a result of a certified change of collective bargaining representative occurring after September 25, 1980 , if participants of the old plan who are employed by the employer will, as a result of that change, participate in another multiemployer plan (hereafter in this section referred to as the “new plan”), the old plan shall transfer assets and liabilities to the new plan in accordance with this section. The employer shall notify the plan sponsor of the old plan of a change in multiemployer plan participation described in subsection (a) no later than 30 days after the employer determines that the change will occur. the amount of the employer’s withdrawal liability determined under part 1 of this subtitle with respect to the withdrawal, the old plan’s intent to transfer to the new plan the nonforfeitable benefits of the employees who are no longer working in covered service under the old plan as a result of the change of bargaining representative, and the amount of assets and liabilities which are to be transferred to the new plan, and notify the plan sponsor of the new plan of the benefits, assets, and liabilities which will be transferred to the new plan. the employer fails to object to the transfer within 60 days after receipt of the notice described in paragraph (2)(A), or fails to file such an appeal, or the corporation, pursuant to such an appeal, fails to find that the new plan would suffer substantial financial harm as a result of the transfer described in the notice under paragraph (2)(B) within 180 days after the date on which the appeal is filed, the value of the unfunded vested benefits allocable to the employer which were transferred by the plan sponsor of the old plan to the new plan, exceeds the value of the assets transferred. the new plan files an appeal with the corporation under subsection (b)(3), and the date on which the corporation finds that the new plan would not suffer substantial financial harm as a result of the transfer, or the last day of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the new plan files its appeal, the old plan is in reorganization (within the meaning of section 1421(a) 1 of this title), or 1 See References in Text note below. the transfer of assets would cause the old plan to go into reorganization (within the meaning of section 1421(a) 1 of this title). all nonforfeitable benefits described in subsection (b)(2), if the value of such benefits does not exceed the withdrawal liability of the employer with respect to such withdrawal, or such nonforfeitable benefits having a value equal to the withdrawal liability of the employer, if the value of such benefits exceeds the withdrawal liability of the employer. Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (e), the plan sponsors of the old plan and the new plan may agree to a transfer of assets and liabilities that complies with sections 1411 and 1414 of this title, rather than this section, except that the employer’s liability with respect to the withdrawal from the old plan shall be reduced under subsection (c) as if assets and liabilities had been transferred in accordance with this section. the employer’s withdrawal liability determined under part 1 of this subtitle with respect to the new plan, or the amount by which the employer’s withdrawal liability to the old plan was reduced under subsection (c), reduced by 5 percent for each 12-month period following the effective date of the transfer and ending before the date of the withdrawal from the new plan. “appropriate amount of assets” means the amount by which the value of the nonforfeitable benefits to be transferred exceeds the amount of the employer’s withdrawal liability to the old plan (determined under part 1 of this subtitle without regard to section 1391(e) of this title ), and “certified change of collective bargaining representative” means a change of collective bargaining representative certified under the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 [ 29 U.S.C. 141 et seq.], or the Railway Labor Act [ 45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.].