ERISA Principles
ERISA Principles

Author: Peter J. Wiedenbeck

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-02-29

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 1316733262

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ERISA, the detailed and technical amalgam of labor law, trust law, and tax law, directly governs trillions of dollars spent on retirement savings, health care, and other important benefits for more than 100 million Americans. Despite playing this central role in the US economy and social insurance systems, the complexities of ERISA are often understood by only a few specialists. ERISA Principles elucidates employee benefit law from a policy perspective, concisely explaining how common themes apply across a wide range of benefit plans and factual contexts. The book's non-technical language and cross-cutting conceptual organization reveal latent similarities and rationalize differences between the regulatory treatment of apparently disparate programs, including traditional pensions, 401(k), and health care plans. Important legal developments - whether statutory, judicial, or administrative - are framed and analyzed in an accessible, principles-centric manner, explaining how ERISA functions as a coherent whole.

ERISA Law Answer Book
ERISA Law Answer Book

Author: John F. Buckley

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1304

ISBN-13:

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Taking a practical how to approach, ERISA Law Answer Book places an emphasis on decision making as it focuses on questions commonly asked of pension and health plan advisors in connection with the administration of retirement programs. Rather than merely citing the Code and Regulations for authority and identifying cases which support the proposition or answer given, this work sets forth a discussion of case authorities which have dealt with the relevant situation at hand, and provides a careful analysis of how those cases apply. Key topics covered include: - Benefit arrangements subject to ERISA - Construing and interpreting ERISA plans - Notice, reporting, and disclosure - Plan funding - Plan distribution - Benefit accrual and vesting - Fiduciary duties and liabilities - Preemption - Standard of review - Bankruptcy.