91 FR 9213 — Requirement To Provide Paper Statements in Certain Cases-Amendments to Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Feb 25, 2026★ strong match
…eir required ERISA disclosures electronically.[3]
The first electronic safe harbor was published in 2002 (the 2002 safe harbor).[4] The 2002 safe harbor establishes tailored safeguards for electronic disclosure for two categories of participants and beneficiaries. The first category is for participants whose employment…
90 FR 3667 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025★ strong match
… Labor.
ACTION:
Exemption amendment.
SUMMARY: This document amends Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-51, an exemption for certain transactions identified in the Department of Labor's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary bre…
89 FR 32260 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024related by meaning
ns
were made negligently or intentionally.”) (emphasis added);
see Mathews
v.
Chevron Corp.,
362 F.3d 1172, 1183 (9th Cir. 2004).
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37. 84 FR 33348, note 303. The Department observes that this requirement is also consistent with, for example, the requirement under section 206 of the Advisers Act, which …
88 FR 75979 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023related by meaning
y crime, however denominated by the laws of the relevant foreign or state government, that is substantially equivalent to an offense described in (A). For purposes of this section (a)(1), a person shall be deemed to have been convicted of a crime as of the “conviction date,” which is the date of the judgment of the tri…
85 FR 31884 — Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 27, 2020
ded ERISA's delivery standards in 2002 by establishing a safe harbor for the use of electronic media to furnish disclosures (the 2002 safe harbor).[3] The 2002 safe harbor was not and is not the exclusive means by which a plan administrator may use electronic media to satisfy the general standard. However, plan adminis…
90 FR 4192 — Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025★ strong match
…ther plan fiduciary.
See
sections 6.1 and 6.2.
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13.
67 FR 15062, 15068, (March 28, 2002).
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14.
71 FR 20262, 20265 (April 19, 2006).
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15.
The proposal noted that the class exemption PTE 2002-51 is generally unavailable to VFC Program applicants that have, within the pre…
91 FR 4348 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 30, 2026
…& Dana P. Goldman,
Overpaying for Prescription Drugs: The Copay Clawback,
(2018),
https://schaeffer.usc.edu/research/overpaying-for-prescription-drugs/.)
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183.
Megan Thompson (2018), W
hy a Patient Paid a $285 Copay for a $40 Drug, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-a-patient-paid-a-285-copa…
91 FR 46602 — Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 23, 2026
…for the use of electronic media by group health plan administrators at 29 CFR 2520.104b-1(c).[3]
In 2002, the Department expanded the safe harbor (2002 safe harbor) to apply to disclosures under Title I of ERISA generally, accounting for the expanded scope of required disclosures under ERISA for pension benefit plans a…
89 FR 32302 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024related by meaning
within a foreign country that is included on the Department of Commerce's list of “foreign adversaries” that is codified in 15 CFR 7.4 as amended); or (2) Found or determined in a final judgment or court-approved settlement in a Federal or State criminal or civil court proceeding brought by the Department, the Departme…
87 FR 70753 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 21, 2022★ strong match
… seq.
(1946).
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4.
5 U.S.C. 604 (1980).
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5.
67 FR 15062 (March 28, 2002); 70 FR. 17516 (April 6, 2005); 71 FR. 20262 (April 19, 2006).
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6.
5 U.S.C. App. 252 (2020).
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7.
See 29 CFR 2510.3-102.
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8.
There is an exception to the three-year…
88 FR 9408 — Amendment and Restatement of Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Feb 14, 2023★ strong match
4, as amended (ERISA), and to the proposed amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-51 (PTE 2002-51), both published in the
Federal Register on November 21, 2022. The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published the modifications to the Program and a proposed amendment to PTE 2002-51 to both sim…
89 FR 43675 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2006-06 for Services Provided in Connection With the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 17, 2024related by meaning
t
This amendment is subject to the Congressional Review Act provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) and will be transmitted to the Congress and the Comptroller General for review. The exemption is not a “major rule” as that term is defined in 5 U.S.C. 804, bec…
88 FR 76032 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128 ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023★ strong match
rm × 5.8 percent paper) + (11,000 Annual Statement × 5.8 percent paper) + (11,000 Report of Commissions Paid × 5.8 percent paper) = 1,943 disclosures. Back to Citation
52.
5 U.S.C. 601
et seq.
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53.
5 U.S.C. 601(2), 603(a); see also 5 U.S.C. 551.
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54.
Public Law 104-4, 109 Stat. 48 (Ma…
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For 502(c)(6) civil penalty proceedings, this section shall apply in lieu of § 18.14 of this title.
ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017related by meaning
For 502(c)(2) civil penalty proceedings, this section shall apply in lieu of § 18.14 of this title.
ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017related by meaning
For 502(c)(8) civil penalty proceedings, this section shall apply in lieu of § 18.14 of this title.
ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017related by meaning
[Reserved]
ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017related by meaning
For prohibited transaction penalty proceedings, this section shall apply in lieu of § 18.3 of this title.
81 FR 43430 — Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2016related by meaning
section. Such conduct shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by sections 212(n)(2)(C)(ii) or (t)(3)(C)(ii) of the INA and § 655.810(b)(2),
i.e., a fine of up to $7,251, disqualification from filing petitions under section 204 or section 214(c) of the INA for at least two years, and such further administrative rem…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
(f) (f) Biennial report Not later than the last day of the second calendar year after the calendar year including the applicability date of the final rules under section 342(e) of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, and every 2 years thereafter, so long as the Secretary has received notices and post-offer reports under subsect…