Supplemental FAQs on Apprenticeship and Training Plan Expenses - Skills Competitions

This document is a Field Assistance Bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration. It provides supplemental guidance on the use of plan assets by apprenticeship and training plans to pay for expenses associated with skills contests or competitions for plan participants. The bulletin addresses permissible and impermissible expenses, as well as fiduciary considerations, when using plan assets for these purposes.