Health and welfare benefit plans may be either defined benefit or defined contribution plans.
Health and welfare benefit plans include plans that provide:
Medical, dental, visual, psychiatric, or long-term health care; severance benefits; life insurance; accidental death or dismemberment benefits
Unemployment, disability, vacations or holiday benefits; and
Apprenticeships, tuition assistance, day-care, housing subsidies, or legal services benefits.
EBPAQC resources
EBPAQC Primer, Health and Welfare Employee Benefit Plans
This primer provides a general understanding of health and welfare employee benefit plans,