For assistance with completing your application, please contact your financial advisor or. Franklin Templeton Retirement Services at (800) 527-2020. 1.For guidance on what may cause a 403(b) plan to be subject to ERISA, please consult the Department of Labor's rules. With the publication of Revenue Ruling 202023, the IRS completed a cycle of helpful guidance regarding the termination of 403(b) plans. If your 403(b) plan is a non-ERISA plan or an Optional Retirement. Plan, investments must be made in Class A or C shares. Regulatory changes require all ERISA 403(b) plans to file expanded 5500 packages to the. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL). In general, ERISA and the Code do not permit a participant to assign or alienate the participant's interest in a retirement plan to another person. A man carefully measures something out at a woodworking bench.