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NRECA to restore $27 million to retirement plans

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association agrees to restore $27 million to three employee benefit plans after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation showed it was in violation of ERISA.

By Paula Aven Gladych | Updated on July 06, 2012

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association has agreed to restore more than $27 million to three association-sponsored employee benefit plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.  The agreement came on the heels of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration that found the association selected itself as a service provider to the plans, determined its own compensation and made payments to itself that exceeded the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s direct expenses in providing services to the plans, in violation of ERISA.

“Workers should be able to have confidence that their hard-earned retirement savings are being properly managed,” said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “This settlement benefits tens of thousands of NRECA plan participants by reducing their plan administration costs.”

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