---
type: threshold
id: form-5500
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "Form 5500 — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/
source_quote: "Employee Benefit Plans (Form 5500)"
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "Form 5500"
full_name: "Employee Benefit Plans (Form 5500)"
employee_threshold: "50"
requirement: "required for any employer who sponsors a pension or welfare benefit plan covered by ERISA"
---
**Law:** Form 5500

**Full name:** Employee Benefit Plans (Form 5500)

**Employee threshold:** 50

**Requirement:** required for any employer who sponsors a pension or welfare benefit plan covered by ERISA

> Employee Benefit Plans (Form 5500)

Source: <https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/>