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401k Rules: Retirement Plans Introduction
401k Plan 401k Rules and Regulations:
What You Should Know About Your Retirement Plan - 401k Rules and regulations
Participants in retirement plans have certain rights that are governed by Federal law. They also have responsibilities. Similarly, the people who sponsor your retirement plan also have rights and responsibilities. Most are spelled out by a law called the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). This booklet explains some of the important features of this law.
For example, the booklet outlines the role of different Federal agencies in regulating plans. It describes the obligations of your employer (or other appropriate plan official) to provide you with information about the plan, and tells you what information must be made available automatically, at regular intervals, and, in many cases, at no cost to you. It also points out the importance of keeping informed of any changes in your plans rules of operation.
This information tells you what is generally required to become eligible for your plan, including how long you may have to be an employee before becoming a participant. Important concepts such as accruing benefits and becoming vested in your benefits are explained.
401k Rules (Part 1):
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401k Rules (Part 6):
Benefits Claims and Filing Suit
401k Rules (Part 7):
Dividing Benefit for Family Support
401k Rules (Part 8):
Inadequate Plan Funding Protections
401k Rules (Part 9):
The booklet also answers common questions about how changes in your employee status might affect your retirement benefits, such as termination or returning to your job after an interruption of employment. And it discusses the potential impact on your plan of mergers, acquisitions and plant shut downs.
A description of your plan fiduciaries duties to invest your money prudently and the sanctions against fiduciaries who misuse or mismanage your money.