ERISA Compliance

For private employee health and welfare and retirement benefit plans, compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is required. Two required e-learning courses will outline the general requirements of ERISA that all plans must follow as well as identify who is a fiduciary to the plan and what this role entails. Then choose between three elective e-learning courses that drill down into how ERISA impacts group health plans, retirement plans, plan investing and vendor management.

Upon enrolling in the Certificate in ERISA Compliance, you will get access to five e-learning courses. To earn the certificate, you must complete two required courses and one elective course of your choice. You will retain access to the remaining two elective courses that you don't choose to complete if/when you want.

Take one elective course to earn the certificate, but get access to all three and complete the remaining two courses if/when you want.

Benefits of Earning Your Certificate

After successfully earning your Certificate in ERISA Compliance, you will be able to:

• Explain the purpose of ERISA and the legislative developments that led to its passage
• Detail the key ERISA requirements that a plan sponsor must satisfy to maintain a benefit plan
• Identify who are fiduciaries to an employee benefit plan and what are their responsibilities, duties and liabilities
• Understand how ERISA is enforced, including through regulatory audits
• Clarify the fiduciary status and responsibilities of various investment professionals
• Describe the fiduciary responsibilities to prudently select and monitor vendors providing services to the plan.

Who Should Enroll

• Plan administrators
• Professional service providers, including accountants and attorneys, new to the employee benefits industry
• Experienced benefits professionals that are serving a new type of plan.

Required Courses

• ERISA
• Fiduciary Responsibility for ERISA Plans

Elective Courses

• Introduction to Group Health Plans
• Overview of Retirement Plans
• Retirement Plan Investments and Vendor Management