Texas Employee Benefits and ERISA ERISA, properly known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, covers employer-provided benefits such as life insurance, accidental death insurance, long and short-term disability insurance, health insurance and retirement plans such as 401K plans.
Under ERISA, each fund is subject to additional requirements and obligations once more than 25 percent of the fund's assets under management (AUM) are subject to ERISA (the 25 percent threshold).
§ 1052). Health insurance benefits - if an employer has a health insurance plan, Section 1501.002(3) of the Texas Insurance Code provides that an "eligible employee" is anyone who usually works at least 30 hours per week.
What IS an Expense Account, also known as an ERISA Account, ERISA Budgets Account, or Revenue- Sharing Account? Simply put, it's an account to which your plan provider/recordkeeper deposits the excess revenue sharing dollars they collect from the investment products used by your plan.
ERISA stands for Employee Retirement Income Security Act, which is a federal law that sets minimum standards for retirement plans in the private sector. Non-ERISA plans, on the other hand, are not governed by ERISA and are not subject to its regulations.
For example, if your employer maintains a retirement plan, ERISA specifies when you must be allowed to become a participant, how long you have to work before you have a non-forfeitable interest in your benefit, how long you can be away from your job before it might affect your benefit, and whether your spouse has a ...
Further, the 25 percent threshold is calculated on each class of partners' capital. Thus, if there are multiple classes of capital, any one of which has more than 25 percent ERISA investors, then the whole fund is considered a plan asset fund and ERISA compliance rules will need to be met.
The rule is triggered if you raise enough dollars through retirement accounts. Generally speaking, it is wise to stay below 25% of retirement plan assets unless you qualify for an exception. For "fund of funds", the fund acts as an ERISA investor.