ERISA and employee benefit law
Subtitle: the essentials
By: David A. Pratt and Sharon Reece
Contributors: Reece, Sharon
Publisher: American Bar Association, Senior Lawyers Division; American Bar Association
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 570
ISBN-13: 9781616320904
Subjects: Pension trusts; Law and legislation; Taxation; Postemployment benefits
Other titles: Employee Retirement Income Security Act and employee benefit law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Employer-sponsored plans : the legal background; title: Tax-qualified retirement plans; title: Other tax-favored retirement arrangements; title: Important provisions of retirement plans; title: Additional rights and protections under ERISA and the code; title: Claiming benefits under a retirement plan; title: Pension rights in divorce; title: Individual retirement arrangements; title: Social security; title: Pension reform proposals; title: Employee welfare benefit plans; title: Medicare; title: Taxation of retirement plan benefits; title: Taxation of welfare benefit plans; title: Litigation and enforcement under ERISA; title: Bankruptcy and retirement plans; title: Making the money last; title: Some estate-planning issues for retirement benefits.