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In establishing an ERISA plan, is an employer an ERISA fiduciary?

A certain class of discretionary activities involves only the formation, and not the management, of plans. These so-called "settlor" functions include decisions relating to the establishment, termination and design of plans which are not fiduciary activities. Courts have utilized this analysis when reviewing a decision to terminate a plan. Absent violation of the pension agreement itself or affirmative misrepresentations to participants and beneficiaries, an employer terminating a plan acts solely as an employer, not as a fiduciary.





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