A Plan Participant is anyone who falls into one of the following categories:
Employees can be a Plan Participant without making any contributions.
After becoming eligible, you are considered a Participant and must be counted as such. Employees who never work 1000 hours in a “plan year” are usually not eligible to participate. Once eligible to participate, the Plan Sponsor/Employer will have responsibility to enroll that employee into the plan (if a 401(k) or be responsible to provide employer contributions when necessary.
Plan Participants often request the following services and forms:
Please go to “Resources” page to view forms.
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