81 FR 43430 — Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2016
…he authority citation for part 2560 is revised to read as follows:
Authority:
29 U.S.C. 1002, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, and Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (January 9, 2012). Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by section 31001(s) of Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-373, and sect…
80 FR 72006 — Savings Arrangements Established by States for Non-Governmental Employees ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 18, 2015★ strong match
se in ERISA), which are primarily enforced through imposition of excise taxes against IRA fiduciaries by the Internal Revenue Service. 26 U.S.C. 4975. In other contexts, the Department has provided guidance to help employers determine whether their involvement in voluntary payroll deduction arrangements for sending emp…
84 FR 37508 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 31, 2019★ strong match
dividual employers would not each have had to act as plan administrators under ERISA section 3(16) or as named fiduciaries under section 402 of ERISA. The Proposed Rule provided that an employer group or association or PEO could act as the “employer” sponsoring the plan within the meaning of section 3(5) of ERISA. This…
85 FR 31884 — Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 27, 2020★ strong match
… of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012). Section 2560.503-1 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1133. Section 2560.502c-7 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(7). Section 2560.502c-4 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(4). Section 2560.502c-8 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(8).
6. Amend § 2560.503-1 by revising …
80 FR 71936 — Interpretive Bulletin Relating to State Savings Programs That Sponsor or Facilitate Plans Covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Nov 18, 2015
e as any other prototype plan provider or employer sponsor of any ERISA-covered plan, and the arrangement would be fully and equally subject to ERISA. This conclusion is supported by the Department's position regarding state governmental participation in ERISA plans in another context. Pursuant to section 4(b)(1) of ER…
76 FR 76222 — Filings Required of Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Other Related Entities ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Dec 6, 2011★ strong match
…e Act provision to MEWAs and ECEs alike. Paragraph (a) of the proposal sets forth section 101(g) of ERISA that directs MEWAs that provide benefits consisting of medical care (within the meaning of section 733(a)(2) of ERISA) to register with the Secretary prior to operating in a State, and to report annually regarding …
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
(37)(G)(v)(III) (III) A plan administrator's failure to provide the notice required under this subparagraph shall be treated for purposes of section 1132(c)(2) of this title as a failure or refusal by the plan administrator to file the annual report required to be filed with the Secretary under section 1021(b)(1) of th…
80 FR 72014 — Claims Procedure for Plans Providing Disability Benefits ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 18, 2015
… of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012). Section 2560.503-1 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1133. Section 2560.502c-7 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c) (7). Section 2560.502c-4 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(4). Section 2560.502c-8 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(8).
2. Section 2560.503-1 is amended …
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
(c)(2)(C) (C) If a contribution is conditioned upon the deductibility of the contribution under section 404 of title 26, then, to the extent the deduction is disallowed, paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the return to the employer of such contribution (to the extent disallowed) within one year after the disallowance of …
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025★ strong match
…res of the plan that made the overpayment to the extent such procedures are consistent with section 1133 of this title and in the case of an inadvertent benefit overpayment from a plan to which paragraph (1) applies that is transferred to an eligible retirement plan (as defined in section 402(c)(8)(B) of title 26) by o…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
(e)(3)(B)(ii) (ii) the participant has a reasonable period of time, after receipt of the notice described in clause (i) and before the first elective contribution is made, to make such election, and
(e)(3)(B)(iii) (iii) the notice explains how contributions made under the arrangement will be invested in the absence of …
81 FR 59464 — Savings Arrangements Established by States for Non-Governmental Employees ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Aug 30, 2016related by meaning
…., 463 U.S. 85, 96-97 (1983) (footnote omitted). In various decisions, the Court has concluded that ERISA preempts state laws that: (1) mandate employee benefit structures or their administration; (2) provide alternative enforcement mechanisms; or (3) bind employers or plan fiduciaries to particular choices or preclude…
91 FR 46602 — Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 23, 2026
… of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012). Section 2560.503-1 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1133. Section 2560.502c-7 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(7). Section 2560.502c-4 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(4). Section 2560.502c-8 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(8).
5. Section 2560.503-1 is amended b…
81 FR 21089 — Class Exemption for Principal Transactions in Certain Assets Between Investment Advice Fiduciaries and Employee Benefit Plans and IRAs ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016
…by applicable law. Additionally, although the policies and procedure requirement applies equally to ERISA plans, the final exemption does not require Financial Institutions to make a warranty with respect to ERISA plans, just as it does not require the execution of a contract with respect to ERISA plans. For these plan…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
(e) (e) Cross references For regulations respecting coordination of reports to the Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury, see section 1204 of this title.
ERISARegulationsSep 21, 2021
… with the authority of sections 503 and 505 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act), 29 U.S.C. 1133, 1135, this section sets forth minimum requirements for employee benefit plan procedures pertaining to claims for benefits by participants and beneficiaries (hereinafter referred to as c…
78 FR 13797 — Ex Parte Cease and Desist and Summary Seizure Orders-Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Mar 1, 2013
…uthority citation for part 2560 is revised to read as follows:
Authority:
29 U.S.C. 1002(40), 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, and 1151; and Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012).
2. Sections 2560.521-1 through 2560.521-4 are added to read as follows:
§ 2560.521-1
Cease and desist and seizure orders under…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
(h)(4)(D) (D) Election An employer may elect not to have this subparagraph apply. Such an election, once made, may be revoked only with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury.
ERISACourt RulingsSep 29, 2026
…s period. See Mirza v. Ins. Adm’r of Am. Inc. , 800 F.3d 129, 136 (3d Cir. 2015) (setting aside the ERISA plan’s period of limitations
because the plan administrators’ letters denying benefits hadn’t notified
the claimants of the time-limits to bring civil action s ); Moyer v. Metro .
Life Ins. Co. , 762 F.3d 503, 507 …
ERISACode / StatuteJan 8, 2008related by meaning
(b) (b) Omitted.