Your Plan Fiduciary Must-Do and Should-Do Lists
When you’re a plan fiduciary, you are, of course, prioritizing what ERISA law requires of you. You have a checklist of Must-Dos. But there is also a list of things that you can do proactively that will keep the plan, and plan fiduciaries, out of trouble. These tasks aren’t required by law, but they are certainly worth deciding whether you want them to be on your Should-Do list.
So here are some things to remember that you must do and some related things to consider whether you could do as a plan fiduciary and the reasons we think they are worth considering.