22.06.2018 10.46 GMT+0000
Over 20 million Americans are employed by state and local governments, including teachers, police officers, and social workers. ERISA, and the fiduciary protections of ERISA, do not apply to these governmental employees. This represents a risk to the retirement security of these employees - a risk that is likely to become more significant in the future.
Governmental employee retirement savings do not have the same protections as employees in the private sector.
ERISA’s fiduciary protections do not apply to governmental plans and participants in governmental plans do not receive the same fiduciary protections as employees in corporate or private, non-profit plans. This gap places governmental employee retirement savings at risk and as the role of defined contribution plans in the governmental sector expands, it becomes increasingly important that these risks are addressed.
