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…
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…
89 FR 34106 — Definition of “Employer”-Association Health Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 30, 2024
…p. 17-33.
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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 …
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…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
(a) (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and in sections 1051, 1081, and 1101 of this title, this subchapter shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained—
(a)(1) (1) by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; or
(a)(2) (2) …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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—
85 FR 40834 — Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 7, 2020related by meaning
…al and a Retirement Investor and it does not believe the exemption would do so.[59] As noted above, ERISA section 502(a) provides a cause of action for fiduciary breaches and prohibited transactions with respect to ERISA-covered Plans (but not IRAs). Code section 4975 imposes a tax on disqualified persons participating…
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…
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.
ERISACode / StatuteJan 4, 1995related by meaning
(a)(6) (6) such other matter as any of the committees referred to in section 1221 of this title may refer to it.
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 …
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…
PBGCRegulationsJul 1, 2010
The following terms are defined in § 4001.1 of this chapter: annuity, ERISA, insurer, IRS, mass withdrawal, multiemployer plan, nonforfeitable benefit, PBGC, plan, and plan year. In addition, for purposes of this part: Available resources means, for a plan year, available resources as described in section 4245(b)(3) of…
78 FR 13797 — Ex Parte Cease and Desist and Summary Seizure Orders-Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Mar 1, 2013
Paragraph (b) contains key definitions. ERISA section 521 applies the Secretary's cease and desist and seizure order authority to MEWAs, as defined under section 3(40) of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. 1002(40). As stated in the proposed regulations, Congress did not limit the Secretary's authority to issue orders to MEWAs that are …
PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
(c) (c) Repealed. Pub. L. 112–141, div. D, title II, §40234(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 858
85 FR 10279 — Administrative Review of Agency Decisions PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Feb 24, 2020
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 terminating under section 4041(b) of ERISA or with respect to the distribution of residual assets under section 4044(d) of ER…