Administrators of ERISA-covered welfare benefit plans are required to file an annual Form 5500, unless a reporting exemption applies.
Contact your regional EBSA office to file a complaint or an appeal after exhausting your insurance appeals process. You can also find ERISA information through the U.S. Department of Labor online at .dol/ebsa.
ERISA also does not cover plans maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of nonresident aliens or unfunded excess benefit plans.
(Under ERISA, states can regulate “the business of insurance.”) As a result, when issues arise with their health coverage, residents of California, like those in other states, may or may not have recourse to state regulatory agencies, depending on whether their employers have purchased fully insured products or have ...
ERISA requires plans to provide participants with plan information including important information about plan features and funding; sets minimum standards for participation, vesting, benefit accrual and funding; provides fiduciary responsibilities for those who manage and control plan assets; requires plans to ...
The employer maintaining the plan or the plan administrator of a Pension or Welfare benefit plan covered by ERISA. File Form 5500 to report information on the qualification of the plan, its financial condition, investments and the operations of the plan.
A reportable event occurs when the Secretary of the Treasury issues notice that a plan has ceased to be a plan described in section 4021(a)(2) of ERISA, or when the Secretary of Labor determines that a plan is not in compliance with title I of ERISA.
ERISA and the Code require each retirement plan to file Form 5500 by the end of the seventh month after the end of each plan year (extensions of time are available) unless the DOL and the IRS have granted an exemption to this requirement.
Examples of non-ERISA health insurance plans can include: Churches or religious organizations. School systems. Government entities.
Government Plans: Plans established or maintained by federal, state, or local governments for their employees are generally exempt from ERISA. This includes plans for public school employees, state university staff, and municipal workers.