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Employees participating in retirement plans are granted several
important rights by the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Among them are the right to
disclosure of important plan information and a
timely and fair process for benefit claims. It is important for employees and
their families to know their benefit rights to make their benefits work for
them.
DOL Web Pages on This
Topic
Consumer Information
on Pension Plans
Publications and other materials providing information
about your rights as pension plan participants under federal pension law.
How to File a
Claim for Your Benefits
Explains the steps you may take to file a claim
and what to do if you are denied benefits.
How to
Obtain Employee Benefit Plan Documents from the Department of
Labor
Describes the documents and materials available through the EBSA
public disclosure room and how you can obtain the documents from them.
Pension and Health Care Coverage: Questions and Answers for Dislocated
Workers
Provides answers to commonly asked questions from dislocated
workers about their pension and health plan benefits.
Protect
Your Pension: A Quick Reference Guide
Provides an overview of the
federal rules that protect pension plans, including 10 warning signs that your
401(k) contributions are being misused.
What You Should Know
About Your Pension Rights
Provides information to help answer many of
the most common questions about pension plans.
Your Employer's
Bankruptcy: How Will it Affect Your Employee Benefit?
Provides
information on bankruptcy’s effect on pension plans and group health
plans.
Top 10 Ways to
Make Your Health Benefits Work for You (Español)
Provides 10 tips to help
make your health benefits work better for you.
Work Changes
Require Health Choices (Español)
Provides information on
making health care decisions when your work life changes.
Life Changes
Require Health Choices (Español)
Provides guidance on
making health benefit decisions following key life events such as marriage or
the birth or adoption of a child.
Frequently Asked Questions for
Participants & Beneficiaries Related to the Events of September
11th
Provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions by
workers and their families whose pension and/or health plan benefits were
impacted by the events of September 11, 2001.
Frequently Asked Questions for
Reservists Being Called to Active Duty Related to their Pension and Health
Benefits
Provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about
pension and health plan benefits by National Guard and reserve members being
called to active duty as a result of the events of September 11, 2001.
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