Erisa Rules For Electronic Delivery In Wake
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Electronic delivery of notice The safe harbor notice may be delivered electronically. The requirements for electronic delivery are set forth in Reg. Section 1.401(a)-21.
All electronic disclosures must meet the following general criteria: The timing and content rules that otherwise apply to the notice, election, or consent must be met. The electronic system must be designed to provide information in a manner that is no less understandable than if provided on a written paper document.
Including the SAR in a company-wide publication or newsletter. Mailing the SAR to employee's residences. Emailing or otherwise sending electronically. ○ Caveat: participants have to have opted-in to electronic distribution, and they still have the right to request a paper copy at any time.
The IRS rules outline two methods for providing electronic notices: (1) affirmative consent, and (2) “effective ability to access.” This second rule requires (a) the electronic medium must be a medium that the recipient has effective ability to access, and (b) at the time the notice is provided, the recipient is ...
The DOL's E-Delivery Rule allows retirement plan administrators to satisfy their information disclosure requirements under ERISA by distributing documents to employees electronically under a “notice-and-access” method.
The preamble states, to satisfy the notice requirement through electronic distribution, the plan would need to “rely on either guidance issued by the Department of Labor at 29 CFR §2520.104b-1(c) or the guidance issued by the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service at 26 CFR §1.401(a)-21 relating to the ...
The 2002 safe harbor, which is set forth in paragraph (c) of § 2520.104b-1, applies only to two categories of participants and beneficiaries: First, employees who are “wired at work”—those with the ability to effectively access electronic disclosures at any location where they are reasonably expected to perform their ...
Electronic delivery of notice The safe harbor notice may be delivered electronically. The requirements for electronic delivery are set forth in Reg. Section 1.401(a)-21.
A consent to receive plan disclosures electronically must explain what documents will be distributed electronically, that the consent can be withdrawn at any time, the procedures for withdrawing consent, the right to request paper copies of the document (and any applicable fees), and what software may be required to ...
For example, notices could be emailed to those who are actively employed, using their company email addresses, while hard copy notices are mailed to former employees who still have balances in the plan. Regardless of the method selected, it must be designed to ensure actual receipt by all participants.
