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Treasury proposes curtailing ‘one bad apple’ rule for MEPs

Current rules punish all the employers in a multiple employer plan for a mistake made by just one

The Treasury Department Tuesday issued a proposed regulation to water down the "one bad apple" rule that critics claim has prevented broader uptake of certain retirement plans by employers.

The one bad apple rule applies to a type of defined-contribution plan called a multiple employer plan, which

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