This pamphlet is intended to provide Employers and Employees with general information about their employment rights and responsibilities in New York State. ERISA was enacted into federal law to protect employee benefits from unscrupulous companies.Funded arrangement to provide health benefits to employees covering the corporation and all of its subsidiaries constitute a MEWA? ERISA is a federal law that sets minimum standards for voluntarily established pension and health plans. Essentially, the law is designed to protect people who are participating in retirement and health insurance plans through their employer. Got in an accident while door dashing but not on a active dash.