Brief Case

Search the Pension Law Library

Limit to:Advanced options
Searches the code/regs in effect on that date.
Words mode supports "quoted phrases", +required and -excluded terms.
Document types:
Go to ERISA 1 (not yet in the library — opens the official source)
87 documents · 0.24sAllIRCERISAPBGCJoint Board
  1. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (a) (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d), this part shall take effect on January 1, 1975.
  2. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (a)(11) (11) in the case of a multiemployer plan, by an employee representative, or any employer that has an obligation to contribute to the plan, (A) to enjoin any act or practice which violates subsection (k) of section 1021 of this title (or, in the case of an employer, subsection (l) of such section), or (B) to obt…
  3. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (a) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this part shall apply in the case of plan years beginning after September 2, 1974.
  4. 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). Back to Citation 102.  29 U.S.C. 1191b. Back to Citation 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 …
  5. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (a) (a) Requisite bonding of plan officials Every fiduciary of an employee benefit plan and every person who handles funds or other property of such a plan (hereafter in this section referred to as "plan official") shall be bonded as provided in this section; except that—
  6. 97 T.C. 385; 97 T.C. No. 27 — Zabolotny v. Commissioner
    IRCCourt RulingsSep 30, 1991
    … plain language of the statute does not support petitioners’ interpretation of section 407(d)(2) of ERISA. Section 407(d)(2) of ERISA provides that employer real property is property leased to an employer of employees covered by the plan. ERISA sec. 407(d)(2). Here, only the surface rights were leaséd to Farms, Inc., a…
  7. DOL Info. Ltr. 12-04-2018 — Guidance as to whether state civil laws which prohibit an employer’s implementation of an automatic enrollment arrangement in connection with a disability bene…
    ERISADOL Information Letters
    …butions to the plan, unless the employee affirmatively elects not to participate. Section 514(a) of ERISA, subject to certain exceptions, states that Title I of ERISA preempts state laws insofar as they “relate to” any ERISA-covered employee benefit plan. The U.S. Supreme Court has said that a state law has a prohibite…
  8. T.C. Memo. 1998-36 — Neil M. Baizer v. Commissioner
    IRCCourt RulingsJan 27, 1998related by meaning
    …ve occurred or in those circumstances where the Department of Labor has not undertaken a response." ERISA was enacted in 1974, setting up an administrative system for employee benefit plans. ERISA section 2(b), 88 Stat. 829, 833, provides that the policy of this Act [is] to protect interstate commerce and the interests…
  9. 89 FR 34106 — Definition of “Employer”-Association Health Plans
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 30, 2024
    …p. 17-33. Back to Citation 44.  A “MEWA” is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” as defined in ERISA section 3(40). A MEWA can be a single ERISA-covered plan (“plan MEWA”), or an arrangement comprised of multiple ERISA-covered plans, each sponsored by unrelated employer members that participate in the arrangement …
  10. 88 FR 76660 — Technical Amendments: Special Financial Assistance Withdrawal Liability Condition; SECURE 2.0 Act; and Other Updates
    PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Nov 7, 2023
    …is rulemaking comes from section 4002(b)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which authorizes PBGC to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA, and section 4262 of ERISA (Special Financial Assistance by the Corporation), which permits PBGC, in consultation with the…
  11. 84 FR 53084 — Administrative Review of Agency Decisions
    PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 4, 2019
    ERISA has not been met, (ii) A determination that the requirements for demonstrating distress under section 4041(c)(2)(B) of ERISA have not been met, (iii) A determination with respect to the sufficiency of plan assets for benefit liabilities or for guaranteed benefits, and (iv) A determination with respect to a plan …
  12. ERISA § 4241 (29 U.S.C. § 1421) — §§1421 to 1425. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–235, div. O, title I, §108(a)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2786
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 5, 2015related by meaning
    §§1421 to 1425. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–235, div. O, title I, §108(a)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2786
  13. 81 FR 21002 — Best Interest Contract Exemption
    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…
  14. 88 T.C. 1474; 88 T.C. No. 83 — Leib v. Commissioner
    IRCCourt RulingsJun 16, 1987related by meaning
    …years, and all Rule references are to the Rules of Practice and Procedure of this Court. Title I of ERISA sets forth guidelines and standards governing the establishment and operation of pension plans and also establishes general standards of conduct for plan fiduciaries. See generally ERISA sec. 2 et seq., 88 Stat. 83…
  15. ERISA § 411(a)(1) (29 U.S.C. § 1111) — Persons prohibited from holding certain positions
    ERISACode / StatuteJan 4, 1995related by meaning
    (a)(1) (1) as an administrator, fiduciary, officer, trustee, custodian, counsel, agent, employee, or representative in any capacity of any employee benefit plan, (a)(2) (2) as a consultant or adviser to an employee benefit plan, including but not limited to any entity whose activities are in whole or substantial part d…
  16. 75 FR 5410 — Interim Final Rules Under the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
    IRCFinal Rules (FR)Feb 2, 2010
    …omments concerning an ICR pertaining to the claims denial notice, because the Department of Labor's ERISA claims procedure regulation (29 CFR 2560.503-1) requires (among other things) ERISA-covered group health plans to provide such disclosures automatically to participants and beneficiaries free of charge. Although no…
  17. ERISA § 2(b) (29 U.S.C. § 1001) — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
    ERISACode / StatuteJan 4, 1995related by meaning
    (b) (b) Protection of interstate commerce and beneficiaries by requiring disclosure and reporting, setting standards of conduct, etc., for fiduciaries It is hereby declared to be the policy of this chapter to protect interstate commerce and the interests of participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries…
  18. DOL Info. Ltr. 09-07-2022 — Information letter discussing the SECURE Act amendments to ERISA relating to the bonding requirements under ERISA section 412 that apply to pooled employer pla…
    ERISADOL Information Letters
    …ing the bonding requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) applicable to a pooled employer plan (PEP). You asked about the application of ERISA’s bonding requirements to employees of employers participating in a PEP who assist in collecting and transmitting participant co…
  19. 99 T.C. 379; 99 T.C. No. 21 — Citrus Valley Estates v. Commissioner
    IRCCourt RulingsSep 29, 1992related by meaning
    …t of Actuaries (Joint Board) established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (erisa), Pub. L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829. Sections 412(c)(3), 6059, and 7701(a)(35) were added to the Internal Revenue Code by ERISA sections 1013(a), 1033(a), and 3043, 88 Stat. 914, 947, 1003, to apply for plan years begin…
  20. 29 C.F.R. § 4001.2(3) — Definitions.
    PBGCRegulationsJul 8, 2024
    ) that is not a multiemployer plan (as defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) and that is covered by title IV of ERISA. Standard termination means the voluntary termination, in accordance with section 4041(b) of ERISA and part 4041, subpart B, of this chapter, of a single-employer plan that is able to provide for all …