Advisory Opinions

Requests for interpretations and other rulings under Title 1 of ERISA are handled by the Office of Regulations and Interpretations under the provisions established by ERISA Procedure 76-1. The office answers inquiries from individuals and organizations in the form of advisory opinions, which apply the law to a specific set of facts, or information letters, which merely call attention to well established principles or interpretations.

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**1975**
AO/ Date/ Reference	Recipient	Description of Request
1975-01 01/22/1975 3(1)	Anonymous	Whether a collectively bargained vacation fund is an employee welfare benefit plan, as defined in section 3(1) of ERISA.

**1974**
AO/ Date/ Reference	Recipient	Description of Request
1974-03 10/21/1974	Anonymous	Whether ERISA will in any way discriminate women as a class.
1974-01 11/05/1974 401 3(2)	Anonymous	Whether a severance pay plan that pays benefits full-time, salaried officers, agents, and dispatchers of a council and participating locals upon termination of employment is covered under ERISA.

**1978**
AO/ Date/ Reference	Recipient	Description of Request
	Mr. Gil McCarty Deputy Commissioner Life & Health Division Department of Insurance Second Floor Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, Kentucky 40601	Whether the Department of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Kentucky may require group health insurance contracts issued in the State to include a guaranteed conversion privilege.

**1979**
AO/ Date/ Reference	Recipient	Description of Request
	Mr. Michael B. Himmel Special Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Newark, New Jersey 07102	Whether Teamsters Local 945 is an "employee organization" in terms of coverage of its severance and welfare funds under ERISA and its predecessor, the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act.