Under provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), employees that are part of a pension program are entitled to certain information and/or access to certain information regarding their individual accounts and the entire fund or plan. Generally, employees are entitled to the following:

• a copy of the plan within 90 days of enrollment
• notice regarding any changes in the plan (an updated version must be furnished every five years
• an accounting of the total benefit to which the employee is entitled at any given point
• notification of the specific vesting schedule being used
• final statement of account upon leaving employment with the company