LAW 7763 - Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Pensions and Benefits

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is the federal statute that regulates both employer provided pensions and employee welfare plans (health benefits). As questions are increasingly being pressed about the solvency of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation as well as health plans, it is important to understand how ERISA works and what about it might need to be changed. This course will be both a "nuts and bolts" examination of ERISA and a discussion of current policy concerns about pension and health benefits.