---
kind: "unit"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
key: "ch18/schI/stB/pt2"
level: "part"
label: "Part 2"
heading: "participation and vesting"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/ch18-schI-stB-pt2"
sections_count: 11
---

# Part 2 — participation and vesting

Title 29 — Labor › Chapter 18 — Employee Retirement Income Security Program › Subchapter I — Protection of Employee Benefit Rights › Subtitle B — Regulatory Provisions

## Sections

- [§1051. Coverage](/usc/29/1051.md)
- [§1052. Minimum participation standards](/usc/29/1052.md)
- [§1053. Minimum vesting standards](/usc/29/1053.md)
- [§1054. Benefit accrual requirements](/usc/29/1054.md)
- [§1055. Requirement of joint and survivor annuity and preretirement survivor annuity](/usc/29/1055.md)
- [§1056. Form and payment of benefits](/usc/29/1056.md)
- [§1057. Repealed.](/usc/29/1057.md)
- [§1058. Mergers and consolidations of plans or transfers of plan assets](/usc/29/1058.md)
- [§1059. Recordkeeping and reporting requirements](/usc/29/1059.md)
- [§1060. Multiple employer plans and other special rules](/usc/29/1060.md)
- [§1061. Effective dates](/usc/29/1061.md)