ERISA
What is the full name for ERISA?
For ERISA, full name is Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; size rule is no employee-count threshold; what triggers coverage instead is any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; requirement is The administrator of each employee benefit plan shall cause to be furnished in accordance with section 1024(b) of this title to each participant covered under the plan and to each beneficiary who is receiving benefits under the plan- (1) a summary plan description described in section 1022(a)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-09-29; source re-checked 2026-11-01.
Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and in sections 1051, 1081, and 1101 of this title, this subchapter shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained- (1) by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; or
— uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
- Law
- ERISA our reading
- Full name
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 verified
- Size rule
- no employee-count threshold our reading
- What triggers coverage instead
- any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce verified
- Requirement
- The administrator of each employee benefit plan shall cause to be furnished in accordance with section 1024(b) of this title to each participant covered under the plan and to each beneficiary who is receiving benefits under the plan- (1) a summary plan description described in section 1022(a)(1) verified
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Law and Full name
may be cited as the 'Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974'.
Size rule and What triggers coverage instead
Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and in sections 1051, 1081, and 1101 of this title, this subchapter shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained- (1) by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; or
Requirement
The administrator of each employee benefit plan shall cause to be furnished in accordance with section 1024(b) of this title to each participant covered under the plan and to each beneficiary who is receiving benefits under the plan- (1) a summary plan description described in section 1022(a)(1)
— all from uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
Sources
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1003&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1021&num=0&edition=prelim