Summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Summarizes the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, which provides protection and guarantees for employees covered by private pension and welfare benefit plans. Provides background on pension laws prior to ERISA. Discusses various types of employee benefit plans governed by ERISA...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Administrative law. Employee fringe benefits. Financial disclosure. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Summarizes the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, which provides protection and guarantees for employees covered by private pension and welfare benefit plans. Provides background on pension laws prior to ERISA. Discusses various types of employee benefit plans governed by ERISA; and provides overview of ERISA, including requirements relating to reporting and disclosure, participation, vesting, and benefit accrual, as well as plan funding. Includes glossary.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.