Overview of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA): Protecting Employee Benefit Plan

ISBN-10: 160741757X
ISBN-13: 9781607417576
Category: Pension trusts
Language: English
Published: 2010
Author: Terrence D. Anderson

Description

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides a comprehensive federal scheme for the regulation of employee pension and welfare benefit plans offered by employers. ERISA contains various provisions intended to protect the rights of plan participants and beneficiaries in employee benefit plans. This book provides background on the pension laws prior to ERISA, discusses various types of employee benefit plans governed by ERISA, provides an overview of ERISA's requirements, discusses breach of fiduciary duty claims under ERISA Section 502(a)(2) and the LaRue case and examines the regulation of health benefits under ERISA.

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