As a participant in this plan, you are entitled to certain rights and protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). In addition, ERISA provides that you, as a plan participant are entitled to:
- Receive information about your plan and benefits.
- Examine, without charge, at the office of the plan administrator and at other specified locations such as work sites, all plan documents governing the plan, including insurance contracts and copies of all documents filed by the plan with the U.S. Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
- Obtain, upon written request, copies of documents governing the operation of the plan, including insurance contracts. The plan administrator may make a reasonable charge for the copies.
- Receive a summary of the plan’s annual financial report.