Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: | To provide medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, behavioral health, disability and death benefits for eligible participants and their dependents. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: | The Michigan Conference of Teamsters Welfare Fund (MCTWF) seeks to provide to its participants and their eligible dependents the highest quality of administrative services and a broad range of cost-effective health and welfare benefit package choices, utilizing provider networks that employ the highest professional standards and that provide participants and their eligible dependents with the greatest possible access. MCTWF seeks, as well, to fully accommodate the related educational and operational requirements of teamster union representatives and employers who contract to provide MCTWF coverage. In sum, MCTWF seeks to provide the best group health plan option among all available group health plans and insurers to meet the health and welfare benefit needs of teamster members and their families. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | The Fund's governing body, the Board of Trustees, provides in the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust that in the case of Employer Trustee vacancies, the remaining Employer Trustee(s), by majority vote, shall appoint successor Trustees to fill the vacancies. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Director of Financial Services and the Executive Director review and approve the Form 990 prepared by the independent auditors on behalf of the trustees. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | An annual disclosure questionnaire is distributed to the Board of Trustees, MCTWF employees, fund professionals and vendors to identify circumstances, relationships and transactions that may give rise to a conflict of interest. The questionnaires are reviewed by the human resources director, executive director and legal counsel. If conflicts are identified, measures are taken by the Executive Director to make sure that these trustees or employees would be removed from any decision making. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | An independent compensation consultant was used in establishing the Executive Director's compensation. There is a written employment contract that is reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees. An annual merit pool is reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees for other salaried employees based on a recommendation by the Executive Director that is approved by the Board of Trustees. Individual merit increases based on performance appraisals and market adjustments are determined by the Executive Director. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The trust agreement is available on MCTWF's website. The audited annual financial statements as part of the Form 5500 is available upon request and electronically available on the United States Department of Labor website. The information is made available for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC Section 6104(d). |
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