---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 4281.41"
title: "29"
number: "4281.41"
heading: "Benefit suspensions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/4281.41"
---

# §4281.41. Benefit suspensions.


If the plan sponsor determines that the plan is or is expected to be insolvent for a plan year, the plan sponsor shall suspend benefits to the extent necessary to reduce the benefits to the greater of the resource benefit level or the level of guaranteed benefits.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), 1341(a), 1399(c)(1)(D), 1431, and 1441.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 34118, July 1, 1996, unless otherwise noted.