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With many union pension funds dangerously underfunded, withdrawal liability threatens the livelihood of employers contributing to those funds. Benefits attorney Shaylor Steele of Benesch law firm in Cleveland, Ohio, talked with EBA about this looming threat and how employers and their benefit advisers can address it.
EBA: Tell us about this issue of withdrawal liability. What sort of pension funds does it affect?
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