Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor.
Notice on the Availability of the Year 2002 Form M–1.
This document announces the availability of the Year 2002 Form M–1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Entities Claiming Exception. A copy of this new form is attached.
Amy J. Turner, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, at (202) 693–8335.
The Form M–1 is required to be filed under section 101(g) and section 734 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and 29 CFR 2520.101–2.
This document announces the availability of the Year 2002 Form M–1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and Certain Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs). A copy of the new form is attached. This year's Form M–1 is substantively identical to the Year 2001 Form M–1. In addition, the filing deadlines for the Year 2002 Form M–1 parallel those for last year's form. Specifically, the Year 2002 Form M–1 is generally due March 1, 2003, with an extension until May 1, 2003 available. These Year 2002 deadlines were also previously published; they are included in the Department of Labor's regulations implementing the Form M–1 filing requirement and they were set forth in last year's Form M–1.
PWBA is committed to working together with administrators to help them comply with this filing requirement. Additional copies of the Form M–1 are available on the Internet at:
Sec. 29 U.S.C. 1024, 1027, 1059, 1132(c)(5), 1135, 1181–1183, 1185, 1185a, 1185b, 1191, 1191a, 1191b, 1191c; Sec. 101, Pub. L. 104–191, 101 Stat. 1936 (29 U.S.C. 1181); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1–87, 52 FR 13139, April 21, 1987.