Title I of ERISA

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Title I of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes key protections, fiduciary standards, and disclosure requirements for private-sector employee benefit plans.

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Title I of ERISA canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Title of a United States federal statute ⓘ
appliesTo private-sector employee benefit plans ⓘ
private-sector pension plans ⓘ
private-sector welfare benefit plans ⓘ
authorizes participants and beneficiaries to bring civil actions to recover benefits due under the plan ⓘ
participants and beneficiaries to clarify rights to future benefits ⓘ
participants and beneficiaries to enforce rights under the plan ⓘ
the Secretary of Labor to assess civil penalties for certain violations ⓘ
the Secretary of Labor to bring civil actions for fiduciary breaches ⓘ
citation 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1191c (substantive provisions generally within this range) ⓘ
contains preemption provisions affecting state laws relating to employee benefit plans ⓘ
defines fiduciary based on functions performed ⓘ
effectiveSince 1974 ⓘ
enforcedBy U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration ⓘ
establishes civil enforcement mechanisms for plan participants and beneficiaries ⓘ
claims procedure requirements for benefit plans ⓘ
fiduciary responsibility standards for plan fiduciaries ⓘ
funding standards for pension plans ⓘ
prohibited transaction rules ⓘ
reporting and disclosure requirements for employee benefit plans ⓘ
rules governing plan termination insurance interface with PBGC ⓘ
standards for participation and vesting in pension plans ⓘ
standards for plan fiduciary bonding ⓘ
excludes church plans (unless electing ERISA coverage) ⓘ
governmental plans ⓘ
plans maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens ⓘ
plans maintained solely to comply with workers’ compensation, unemployment, or disability laws ⓘ
governs employers sponsoring employee benefit plans ⓘ
plan administrators ⓘ
plan fiduciaries ⓘ
includes Section 3 (definitions) ⓘ
Section 404 (fiduciary duties) ⓘ
Section 406 (prohibited transactions) ⓘ
Section 502 (civil enforcement) ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
partOf Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ⓘ
preempts state laws that relate to employee benefit plans, subject to savings and deemer clauses ⓘ
primaryPurpose to protect participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries ⓘ
requires fiduciaries to act for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits and defraying reasonable plan expenses ⓘ
fiduciaries to act solely in the interest of plan participants and beneficiaries ⓘ
fiduciaries to act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence of a prudent person ⓘ
fiduciaries to diversify plan investments to minimize risk of large losses ⓘ
fiduciaries to follow plan documents insofar as they are consistent with ERISA ⓘ
plans to establish and maintain reasonable claims and appeals procedures ⓘ
plans to furnish benefit statements to participants in certain plans ⓘ
plans to provide annual reports (Form 5500) to the Department of Labor ⓘ
plans to provide summaries of material modifications ⓘ
plans to provide summary plan descriptions to participants ⓘ
shortName Title I ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Title IV of ERISA → relatedTo → Title I of ERISA ⓘ
Title II of ERISA → relatedTo → Title I of ERISA ⓘ