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  1. ERISA § 4070(a) (29 U.S.C. § 1370) — Enforcement authority relating to terminations of single-employer plans
    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…
  2. ERISA § 204(l) (29 U.S.C. § 1054) — Benefit accrual requirements
    ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (l) (l) Cross reference For special rules relating to plan provisions adopted to preclude discrimination, see section 1053(c)(2) of this title.
  3. 76 FR 76235 — Ex Parte Cease and Desist and Summary Seizure Orders-Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements
    ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Dec 6, 2011related by meaning
    …, Department of Labor. Footnotes 1.  The term “multiple employer welfare arrangement” is defined at ERISA § 3(40), 29 U.S.C. 1002(40). Back to Citation 2.   See, e.g., Private Health Insurance: Employers and Individuals Are Vulnerable to Unauthorized or Bogus Entities Selling Coverage, February 2004, GAO-04-312. Back t…
  4. 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…
  5. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (a)(9) (9) in the event that the purchase of an insurance contract or insurance annuity in connection with termination of an individual's status as a participant covered under a pension plan with respect to all or any portion of the participant's pension benefit under such plan constitutes a violation of part 4 of this…
  6. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (f) (f) The preceding provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to amendments made to this part in provisions enacted after September 2, 1974.
  7. ERISA § 403(b) (29 U.S.C. § 1103) — Establishment of trust
    ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (b) (b) Exceptions The requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply— (b)(1) (1) to any assets of a plan which consist of insurance contracts or policies issued by an insurance company qualified to do business in a State; (b)(2) (2) to any assets of such an insurance company or any assets of a plan whi…
  8. 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 …
  9. 89 FR 32302 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024related by meaning
    …ractice, this preamble refers to the codified provisions in Title I by reference to the sections of ERISA, as amended, and not by its numbering in the U.S. Code. Back to Citation 2.   Harris Trust Sav. Bank v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 530 U.S. 238, 241-42 (2000) (citation and quotation marks omitted). Back to Citatio…
  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. 29 C.F.R. § 2570.91(f) — Definitions.
    ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017related by meaning
    (f) (f) ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;
  12. 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 …
  13. ERISA § 4402(a) (29 U.S.C. § 1461) — Effective date; special rules
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (a) (a) The provisions of this subchapter take effect on September 2, 1974.
  14. 89 FR 32260 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024related by meaning
    …number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides, in relevant part, that a person is a fiduciary with respect to a plan to the extent they render investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to any moneys or other …
  15. 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…
  16. 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.
  17. 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…
  18. 75 FR 9334 — Multiemployer Pension Plan Information Made Available on Request
    ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Mar 2, 2010related by meaning
    …: A. Background Section 101(k) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ( printed page 9335) (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1021(k), added by section 502(a)(1) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA),[1]
  19. TR 2026-02 — Technical Release 2026-02
    ERISADOL Technical ReleasesJun 17, 2026related by meaning
    …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…
  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 …