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 …
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) (1) The terms "employee welfare benefit plan" and "welfare plan" mean any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that such plan, fund, or program was established o…
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…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
(a) (a) Scope of coverage This part shall apply to any employee benefit plan described in section 1003(a) of this title (and not exempted under section 1003(b) of this title), other than—
(a)(1) (1) a plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation fo…
83 FR 28912 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Health Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jun 21, 2018
…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…
PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
(a) (a) In general Any person who is with respect to a single-employer plan a fiduciary, contributing sponsor, member of a contributing sponsor's controlled group, participant, or beneficiary, and is adversely affected by an act or practice of any party (other than the corporation) in violation of any provision of sect…
86 FR 1256 — Methods for Computing Withdrawal Liability, Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Jan 8, 2021
… this action is based on 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; section 305(g) [1]
of ERISA, which provides the statutory requirements for changes to withdrawal liability; section 4001 …
81 FR 36229 — Mergers and Transfers Between Multiemployer Plans PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jun 6, 2016
… the transaction.
Endangered status has the same meaning as the term has under section 305(b)(1) of ERISA and section 432(b)(1) of the Code, and includes “seriously endangered status” as described in section 305(b)(1) of ERISA and section 432(b)(1) of the Code.
Facilitated merger
means a merger of two or more multiempl…
80 FR 21928 — Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Apr 20, 2015related by meaning
… Labor, 2014.
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As discussed below in Section E. Coverage of IRAs and Other Non-ERISA Plans, in recognition of differences among the various types of non-ERISA plan arrangements described in Code section 4975(e)(1)(B) through (F), the Department solicits comments on whether it is appropriate for the…
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…
84 FR 2075 — Methods for Computing Withdrawal Liability, Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Feb 6, 2019
ent Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which authorizes PBGC to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA; section 305(g) [1] of ERISA, which provides the statutory requirements for changes to withdrawal liability; section 4001 of ERISA (Definitions); section 4204 of ERISA (Sale of Assets); sec…
PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
(e) (e) Arrangements by corporation with private insurers for implementation of program; election of coverage by participating plans with private insurers The corporation may enter into arrangements with private insurers to carry out in whole or in part the program authorized by this section and may require plans which…
76 FR 76222 — Filings Required of Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Other Related Entities ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Dec 6, 2011
…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 …
ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 22, 2010related by meaning
e meaning of section 3(21)(A)(i) of ERISA.
See
Advisory Opinion 97-16A (May 22, 1997).
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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…
90 FR 28004 — Removal of Interpretive Bulletins Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
…TARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Discussion The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a comprehensive Federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established employee benefit plans in private industry. Title I of ERISA protects the interests of participants and their beneficiari…
IRCCourt RulingsJul 24, 1991
…ctment of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as ERISA), Pub. L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829, attachments of a participant’s interest in a tax-qualified plan were not prohibited by the Internal Revenue Code. Section 1021(a) of ERISA added Code section 401(a)(13), which requir…
Notice 2012-46 — This notice provides guidance in the form of questions and answers with respect to the notice requirements of section 101(j) of the Employee Retirement Income … IRCNoticesJul 23, 2012
plans imposed under section 206(g) of ERISA,[1] as added by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA ’06), P.L. 109-280, 120 Stat. 780.
II. Background Section 101(j) of ERISA requires the plan administrator of a single-employer defined benefit plan to provide a written notice to plan participants and beneficiaries, gen…
IRCCourt RulingsAug 3, 1979related by meaning
…n 2002 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as ERISA), Pub. L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 958. Examination of the legislative history makes it clear that the Congress was concerned about strengthening employee benefit arrangements, largely to be sure that benefits that appeare…
PBGCRegulationsJan 1, 2017
…o which the plan is maintained. Original plan means an eligible multiemployer plan under 4233(b) of ERISA that is partitioned upon the issuance of a partition order under section 4233(c) of ERISA. Partition order means a formal PBGC order of partition under section 4233 of ERISA and § 4233.14. Proposed partition means …