Title I of ERISA
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Title I of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes key protections, fiduciary standards, and disclosure requirements for private-sector employee benefit plans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Title I of ERISA canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7847132 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title I of ERISA Context triple: [Title IV – Plan Termination Insurance, relatedTo, Title I of ERISA]
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Title IV of ERISA
Title IV of ERISA is the section of U.S. federal pension law that establishes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the framework for insuring and handling the termination of defined benefit pension plans.
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ERISA
ERISA is a U.S. federal law that sets minimum standards and protections for most voluntarily established retirement and health benefit plans in private industry.
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C.
Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations
Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations is the section of U.S. federal labor law that guarantees union members basic democratic rights within their unions, such as free speech, fair elections, and protection from improper disciplinary actions.
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D.
Title I, Part A
Title I, Part A is the primary federal program that provides financial assistance to schools and districts with high numbers or percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure all students meet challenging academic standards.
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E.
Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title I of ERISA Target entity description: Title I of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes key protections, fiduciary standards, and disclosure requirements for private-sector employee benefit plans.
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A.
Title IV of ERISA
Title IV of ERISA is the section of U.S. federal pension law that establishes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the framework for insuring and handling the termination of defined benefit pension plans.
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B.
ERISA
ERISA is a U.S. federal law that sets minimum standards and protections for most voluntarily established retirement and health benefit plans in private industry.
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C.
Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations
Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations is the section of U.S. federal labor law that guarantees union members basic democratic rights within their unions, such as free speech, fair elections, and protection from improper disciplinary actions.
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D.
Title I, Part A
Title I, Part A is the primary federal program that provides financial assistance to schools and districts with high numbers or percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure all students meet challenging academic standards.
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E.
Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Title of a United States federal statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
private-sector employee benefit plans
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private-sector pension plans ⓘ private-sector welfare benefit plans ⓘ |
| authorizes |
participants and beneficiaries to bring civil actions to recover benefits due under the plan
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participants and beneficiaries to clarify rights to future benefits ⓘ participants and beneficiaries to enforce rights under the plan ⓘ the Secretary of Labor to assess civil penalties for certain violations ⓘ the Secretary of Labor to bring civil actions for fiduciary breaches ⓘ |
| citation | 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1191c (substantive provisions generally within this range) ⓘ |
| contains | preemption provisions affecting state laws relating to employee benefit plans ⓘ |
| defines | fiduciary based on functions performed ⓘ |
| effectiveSince | 1974 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishes |
civil enforcement mechanisms for plan participants and beneficiaries
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claims procedure requirements for benefit plans ⓘ fiduciary responsibility standards for plan fiduciaries ⓘ funding standards for pension plans ⓘ prohibited transaction rules ⓘ reporting and disclosure requirements for employee benefit plans ⓘ rules governing plan termination insurance interface with PBGC ⓘ standards for participation and vesting in pension plans ⓘ standards for plan fiduciary bonding ⓘ |
| excludes |
church plans (unless electing ERISA coverage)
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governmental plans ⓘ plans maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens ⓘ plans maintained solely to comply with workers’ compensation, unemployment, or disability laws ⓘ |
| governs |
employers sponsoring employee benefit plans
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plan administrators ⓘ plan fiduciaries ⓘ |
| includes |
Section 3 (definitions)
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Section 404 (fiduciary duties) ⓘ Section 406 (prohibited transactions) ⓘ Section 502 (civil enforcement) ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| partOf | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preempts | state laws that relate to employee benefit plans, subject to savings and deemer clauses ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | to protect participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries ⓘ |
| requires |
fiduciaries to act for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits and defraying reasonable plan expenses
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fiduciaries to act solely in the interest of plan participants and beneficiaries ⓘ fiduciaries to act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence of a prudent person ⓘ fiduciaries to diversify plan investments to minimize risk of large losses ⓘ fiduciaries to follow plan documents insofar as they are consistent with ERISA ⓘ plans to establish and maintain reasonable claims and appeals procedures ⓘ plans to furnish benefit statements to participants in certain plans ⓘ plans to provide annual reports (Form 5500) to the Department of Labor ⓘ plans to provide summaries of material modifications ⓘ plans to provide summary plan descriptions to participants ⓘ |
| shortName | Title I ⓘ |
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Subject: Title I of ERISA Description of subject: Title I of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes key protections, fiduciary standards, and disclosure requirements for private-sector employee benefit plans.
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