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Government Plans are Exempt from ERISA… But What is the Definition of “Government”?

By Mike Reilly on May 15, 2013
Posted in ERISA

You already know that an employee benefit plan qualified as a “government plan” is exempt from ERISA’s framework.

But what is the definition of “government”? Some employers may not actually be government entities, and public private partnership may inject ERISA back into the framework.

This new case gives you the tests to apply to determine…

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