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Other Retirement Plans
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Other Retirement Plans
Note 10 – Other Retirement Plans
Multiemployer Plans
As discussed in Note 1 - Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies, certain of MasTec’s subsidiaries are party to various collective bargaining agreements with unions representing certain of their employees, which require the Company to pay specified wages, provide certain benefits to their union employees and contribute certain amounts to MEPPs. The PPA defines the funding rules for defined benefit pension plans and establishes funding classifications for U.S.-registered multiemployer pension plans. Under the PPA, plans are classified into one of the following five categories, based on multiple factors, also referred to as a plan’s “zone status”: Green (safe), Yellow (endangered), Orange (seriously endangered), and Red (critical or critical and declining). Factors included in the determination of a plan’s zone status include: funded percentage, cash flow position and whether the plan is projecting a minimum funding deficiency.
A multiemployer plan that is so underfunded as to be in “endangered,” “seriously endangered,” “critical,” or “critical and declining” status (as determined under the PPA) is required to adopt a funding improvement plan (“FIP”) or a rehabilitation plan (“RP”), which, among other actions, could include decreased benefits and increased employer contributions, which could take the form of a surcharge on benefit contributions. These
actions are intended to improve their funding status over a period of years. If a pension fund is in critical status, a participating employer must pay an automatic surcharge in addition to contributions otherwise required under the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). With some exceptions, the surcharge is equal to 5% of required contributions for the initial critical year and 10% for each succeeding plan year in which the plan remains in critical status. The surcharge ceases on the effective date of a CBA (or other agreement) that includes contribution and benefit terms consistent with the rehabilitation plan. Certain plans in which the Company participates are in “endangered,” “seriously endangered,” “critical,” or “critical and declining” status. The amount of additional funds, if any, that the Company may be obligated to contribute to these plans in the future cannot be estimated due to the uncertainty of the future levels of work that could be required of the union employees covered by these plans, as well as the required future contribution rates and possible surcharges applicable to these plans. See Note 14 - Commitments and Contingencies for additional information.
Details of significant multiemployer pension plans as of and for the periods indicated, based upon information available to the Company from plan administrators as well as publicly available information on the U.S. Department of Labor website, are provided in the following table:
Contributions
(in millions)
For the Years Ended December 31,		Pension Protection Act Zone Status
Multiemployer Pension PlanEmployer Identification NumberPlan Number202020192018Expiration Date of CBA2020As of2019As ofFIP/RP StatusSurcharge
Central Pension Fund of the IUOE & Participating Employers366052390001$5.6 $12.6 $20.4 5/31/2023Green1/31/2020Green1/31/2019NANo
IBEW Local 1249 Pension Plan1560351610013.7 3.2 2.2 5/2/2021Green12/31/2019Green12/31/2018NANo
Pipeline Industry Pension Fund7361464330012.6 9.6 20.7 5/31/2023Green12/31/2019(a)Green12/31/2018(a)NANo
Teamsters National Pipe Line Pension Plan4611028510011.8 4.5 7.4 5/31/2023Green12/31/2019(a)Green12/31/2018(a)NANo
Laborers' District Council of Western Pennsylvania Pension Fund2561355760011.8 1.9 1.4 5/31/2023Yellow12/31/2019Yellow12/31/2018ImplementedNo
National Electrical Benefit Fund5301816570011.6 1.2 1.4 Varies through 12/31/2023Green12/31/2019Green12/31/2018NANo
West Virginia Laborers' Pension Trust Fund5560267750011.4 4.9 4.5 5/31/2023Green3/31/2020(a)Green3/31/2019(a)NANo
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 132 Pension Fund5560153640011.2 5.0 5.6 5/31/2023Green3/31/2020(a)Green3/31/2019(a)NANo
Midwest Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund3661400970011.1 1.8 1.5 5/31/2023Green3/31/2020(b)Yellow3/31/2019(b)NANo
Laborers' Local Union No. 158 Pension Plan2365803230010.9 1.5 1.5 5/31/2023Green12/31/2019(a)Green12/31/2018(a)NANo
Central Laborers' Pension Fund3760523790010.8 1.3 0.9 5/31/2023Yellow12/31/2019(b)Yellow12/31/2018(b)ImplementedNo
Laborers' National Pension Fund7512808270010.8 3.0 4.1 5/31/2023Red12/31/2019Red12/31/2018(a)ImplementedNo
Employer - Teamsters Local Nos. 175 & 505 Pension Trust Fund5560218500010.6 1.7 1.5 5/31/2023Red12/31/2019(a), (b)Red12/31/2018(a), (b)ImplementedNo
Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio3161299640010.4 1.4 1.8 5/31/2023Green12/31/2019Green12/31/2018NANo
Michigan Laborers' Pension Plan3862339760010.4 1.1 1.5 5/31/2023Yellow8/31/2020Yellow8/31/2019(b)ImplementedNo
Laborers' Pension Fund of Roanoke, Virginia5461110150010.3 1.5 2.5 5/31/2023Green9/30/2019(a)Green9/30/2018(a)NANo
Other funds5.0 10.7 13.5 
Total multiemployer pension plan contributions$30.0 $66.9 $92.4 
(a)The Company’s contributions to this plan represent greater than 5% of the plan’s total contributions.
(b)This plan has utilized extended amortization provisions, which provide plans with extensions of time to amortize pension funding shortfalls.
The number of union employees employed at a given time, and the plans in which they participate, vary depending upon the location and number of ongoing projects and the need for union resources in connection with those projects. Total contributions to multiemployer plans and the related number of employees covered by these plans were as follows:
Multiemployer Plans
Covered Employees
Contributions
(in millions)
For the Years Ended December 31:LowHighPensionOther MultiemployerTotal
20201,119 2,412 $30.0 $7.5 $37.5 
20191,119 5,349 $66.9 $5.7 $72.6 
20181,626 6,336 $92.4 $7.3 $99.7 

The fluctuations in the number of employees covered under multiemployer plans and related contributions in the table above related primarily to timing of activity for the Company’s union resource-based projects, the majority of which are within its oil and gas operations.