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  1. Notice 2024-73 — Additional Guidance with Respect to Long-Term, Part-Time Employees, Including Guidance Regarding Application of Section 403(b)(12) to Long-Term, Part-Time Empl…
    IRCNoticesOct 21, 2024
    o the eligibility rules for ERISA LTPT employees under section 202(c) of ERISA apply to a section 403(b) plan that is not subject to title I of ERISA? A-1: No. Although section 125(a)(2)(B)(i) of the SECURE 2.0 Act provides a conforming amendment to section 403(b)(12)(A) of the Code that references section 202(c) of ER…
  2. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (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 …
  3. 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; 1993 1.63238 1,6…
  4. ERISACode / StatuteJan 8, 2008related by meaning
    (b) (b) Omitted.
  5. 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…
  6. ERISA § 4042(d)(2)(E) (29 U.S.C. § 1342) — Institution of termination proceedings by the corporation
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (d)(2)(E) (E) each employer who has an obligation to contribute, within the meaning of section 1392(a) of this title, under a multiemployer plan, and (d)(2)(F) (F) each employee organization which, for purposes of collective bargaining, represents plan participants employed by an employer described in subparagraph (C),…
  7. 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…
  8. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (b)(5) (5) such plan is an excess benefit plan (as defined in section 1002(36) of this title) and is unfunded.
  9. ERISA § 4219(a) (29 U.S.C. § 1399) — Notice, collection, etc., of withdrawal liability
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (a) (a) Furnishing of information by employer to plan sponsor An employer shall, within 30 days after a written request from the plan sponsor, furnish such information as the plan sponsor reasonably determines to be necessary to enable the plan sponsor to comply with the requirements of this part.
  10. 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—
  11. 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…
  12. TR 2026-01 — Technical Release 2026-01
    ERISADOL Technical ReleasesApr 1, 2026
    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…
  13. 90 FR 39320 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements
    PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Aug 15, 2025
    …arity of its rules and on statutory changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). PBGC's legal authority for this rulemaking comes from section 4002(b)(3) of ERISA which authorizes PBGC to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA. It also comes from section 4006 of ERIS…
  14. 90 FR 6894 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements
    PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 21, 2025
    …printed page 6895) and on statutory changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Legal authority for this action comes from section 4002(b)(3) of ERISA which authorizes PBGC to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA. It also comes from section 4006 of ERISA (Premium …
  15. 89 FR 48291 — Valuation Assumptions and Methods
    PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Jun 6, 2024
    …r this action comes from section 4002(b)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which authorizes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA, and section 4044 of ERISA (Allocation of Assets). It also comes from section 4…
  16. ERISA § 305A(h)(4)(D) (29 U.S.C. § 1085a) — Minimum funding standards
    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.
  17. 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…
  18. ERISACode / StatuteJan 4, 1995related by meaning
    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— (1) (1) an employee welfare benefit plan; (2) (2) a plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred com…
  19. 88 FR 56563 — Valuation Assumptions and Methods
    PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Aug 18, 2023
    …r this action comes from section 4002(b)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which authorizes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA; section 4044 of ERISA (Allocation of Assets); section 4010 of ERISA (Authority…
  20. ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (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 …