section 1201 of this title29 U.S.C. 301section 1132 of this titleIt shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of an employee benefit plan, this subchapter, , or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act [ et seq.], or for the purpose of interfering with the attainment of any right to which such participant may become entitled under the plan, this subchapter, or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, or discriminate against any person because he has given information or has testified or is about to testify in any inquiry or proceeding relating to this chapter or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act. In the case of a multiemployer plan, it shall be unlawful for the plan sponsor or any other person to discriminate against any contributing employer for exercising rights under this chapter or for giving information or testifying in any inquiry or proceeding relating to this chapter before Congress. The provisions of shall be applicable in the enforcement of this section.
Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 51088 Stat. 895Pub. L. 109–280, title II, § 205120 Stat. 889(, , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 85–83672 Stat. 997Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 111(a)(1)88 Stat. 851section 1031 of this titleThe Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act, referred to in text, is , , , which was classified generally to chapter 10 (§ 301 et seq.) of this title, and was repealed by , , (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), effective . Such section 111(a)(1) also provided that the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act should continue to apply to any conduct and events which occurred before (see ). For complete classification of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act to the Code prior to such repeal, see Tables.
Pub. L. 93–406section 1001 of this titleThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
Amendments
Pub. L. 109–2802006— inserted before last sentence “In the case of a multiemployer plan, it shall be unlawful for the plan sponsor or any other person to discriminate against any contributing employer for exercising rights under this chapter or for giving information or testifying in any inquiry or proceeding relating to this chapter before Congress.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Regulations
section 1031 of this titleSecretary authorized, effective , to promulgate regulations wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of regulations, see .