Erisa Section 3 1

The amendments made by subsection a amending this section shall take effect on july 8 1997 except that the requirement of section 3 38 b ii of the employee retirement income security act of 1974 section 1002 38 b ii of this title as amended by this act for filing with the secretary of labor of a copy of a registration form.

Erisa section 3 1. 1 this letter constitutes an advisory opinion under erisa procedure 76 1 41 fed. Employee retirement income security act of 1974 erisa 1. 2 the notice satisfies erisa section 609 a 3 a by including the necessary identifying information described in 2590 609 2 b.

2 the terms employee welfare benefit plan and welfare plan are defined in section 3 1 of the act to include plans providing i medical surgical or hospital care or benefits or benefits in the event of sickness accident disability death or unemployment or vacation benefits apprenticeship or other training programs or day care centers scholarship funds or prepaid legal services or ii any benefit described in section 302 c of the labor management relations act. The employee retirement income security act of 1974 erisa is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans. It contains rules on the federal income tax effects of transactions associated with employee benefit plans.

Erisa requires plans to provide participants with plan information including important information about plan features and funding. Protects the interests of participants and beneficiaries in private sector employee benefit plans. Sets minimum standards.

Erisa 502 a 1 b and 502 a 3 claims in the same case jeremy l. 829 enacted september 2 1974 codified in part at 29 u s c. 18 is a federal united states tax and labor law that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry.

Download pdf version erisa section 502 is the civil enforcement section of the erisa law. Section 609 a 3 c of erisa requires that the order specify the period to which such order applies. It is the section which describes all of the causes of action which may be brought by plans or participants to enforce any part of the erisa law.

3 in computing an employee s period of service for purposes of subsection a 1 of this section in the case of any participant who has any 1 year break in service as defined in section 1053 b 3 a of this title service before such break shall not be required to be taken into account under the plan until he has completed a year of service as defined in subsection a 3 of this section after his return. Summary of the employee retirement income security act erisa introduction. 1002 for the different types of welfare benefit plans.