[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2530.202-1]

[Page 450]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XXV--PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                  LABOR
 
PART 2530--RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYEE PENSION BENEFIT PLANS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B--Participation, Vesting and Benefit Accrual
 
Sec. 2530.202-1  Eligibility to participate; general.


    (a) Section 202 of the Act and section 410 of the Code contain 
minimum participation standards relating to certain employee pension 
benefit plans. In general, an employee pension benefit plan may not 
require, as a condition of participation in the plan, that an employee 
complete a period of service with the employer or employers maintaining 
the plan in excess of limits established by section 202 of the Act and 
section 410 of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder. Service 
for this purpose is measured in units of years of service. Section 
2530.202-2 sets forth rules relating to the computation periods which a 
plan must use to determine whether an employee has completed a year of 
service for purposes of eligibility to participate (``eligibility 
computation periods'').
    (b) For rules relating to ``service with the employer or employers 
maintaining the plan'', see Sec. 2530.210.