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…
83 FR 53534 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 23, 2018★ strong match
…should be addressed further as part of any final rule.
C. Legal Background
1. Statutory Definitions ERISA section 4 governs the reach of ERISA and, accordingly, of the Department's authority over benefit plans. ERISA applies not to every benefit plan but only to an “employee benefit plan” sponsored “by any employer.” E…
81 FR 43430 — Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2016
…critical status under § 305(b)(3)(C) treated as failure to file annual report. 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(4)/ERISA § 502(c)(4)
Up to a $1000 per day for each:
• Failure to notify participants under ERISA § 101(j) of certain benefit restrictions and/or limitations arising under Internal Revenue Code section 436;
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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…
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Stds. Enforcement v. Dillingham Const., N.A., 519 U.S. 316, 325 (1996); or if the existence of ERISA plans is “essential to the law’s operation”, id. Applying both tests, the Supreme Court has found that ERISA preempts statutes that forbid methods of calculating pension benefits that federal law permits, require emplo…
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(a)(6) (6) such other matter as any of the committees referred to in section 1221 of this title may refer to it.
91 FR 4348 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 30, 2026
cy or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.” ERISA section 3(32); 29 U.S.C. 1002(32).
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102.
29 U.S.C. 1191b.
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103. See Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2021-03, Q&A 3 (“ERISA section 733(c)(2) provides that certain benefits are not subject to certain requirements of Part 7 of ERISA if …
83 FR 28912 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Health Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jun 21, 2018★ strong match
…ent with the Department's longtime recognition that working owners should be able to participate in ERISA-covered plans.
See Advisory Opinion 99-04A (various ERISA and Code provisions “reveal a clear Congressional design to include `working owners' within the definition of `participant' for purposes of Title I of ERISA…
76 FR 76222 — Filings Required of Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Other Related Entities ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Dec 6, 2011★ strong match
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—(1)
Civil penalties and procedures.
For information on civil penalties under section 502(c)(5) of ERISA for persons who fail to file the information required under this section, see § 2560.502c-5. For information relating to administrative hearings and appeals in connection with the assessment of civil penalties unde…
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e meaning of section 3(21)(A)(i) of ERISA.
See
Advisory Opinion 97-16A (May 22, 1997).
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20.
29 CFR 2510.3-21(c).
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21. The scope of the regulation was further limited by the Department in a 1976 advisory opinion (AO 76-65), in which it concluded that, under the facts described therein, …
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…
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(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 …
AO 2026-02A — Whether the Blue and Gold Automotive Health Trust Fund Welfare Benefit Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA tha… ERISADOL Advisory Opinions
ts to benefits under ERISA. Consequently, you assert that the plan meets the definition of a "fully insured" plan under section 514(b)(6)(D) of ERISA. The term "employee welfare benefit plan" is defined in ERISA section 3(1) to include, among other things, "any plan, fund, or program . . . established or maintained by …
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(37)(G)(vii) (vii) For purposes of this chapter and title 26, a plan making an election under this subparagraph shall be treated as maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement if a collective bargaining agreement, expressly or otherwise, provides for or permits employer contributions to the plan by one or …
87 FR 45204 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption) ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 27, 2022
…tion that is in effect unless and until this proposed amendment is finalized.
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18.
ERISA section 411 includes: robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, fraud, grand larceny,
burglary, arson, a felony violation of Federal or State law involving substances defined in section 802(6) of title 21, murder,…
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(b) (b) Omitted.
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…e whole law, and to its object and policy” in deciding what type of benefit programs are covered by ERISA). ↩ See FAB 2004-01 (April 7, 2004) and FAB 2006-02 (October 27, 2006) which came to similar conclusions regarding employers’ involvement with Health Savings Accounts. ↩
29 C.F.R. 2510.3-2(d)(1)(iii). ↩
See Interpr…
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…s title, a violation of chapter 63 of title 18, a violation of section 874, 1027, 1503, 1505, 1506, 1510, 1951, or 1954 of title 18, a violation of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 401), any felony involving abuse or misuse of such person's position or employment in a labor organizat…
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(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.
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…85a-b, 1191, and 1191a-c. Secs. 2520.104b-1 and 2520.107 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 401 note; sec. 1510, Pub. L. 105-34, 111 Stat. 1068.
§ 2520.103-14
[Amended]
2. In § 2520.103-14, redesignate paragraph (d) as paragraph (c).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of April, 2023.
Lisa M. Gomez,