... in unemployment benefits in Fiscal Year 1997. In this same period, some 6.3 million employers paid $22.2 billion in state unemployment compensation taxes (www.wdsc.org). In an average year, American business process over 17 million claims for unemployment benefits, and make over $22 billion in UI payments. Yet...

...Beverley Peltier‐Labadie; Brian H. Kleiner Provides a brief history of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Briefly covers the four main issues of employee benefits protection, IRS rules, jurisdiction and termination insurance. Outlines the position of pension and then goes...

... the healthcare issues and potential conflicts between federal and state responsibilities. Concludes that ERISA is too vague and open to dispute and needs to be refined over the coming decades. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Retirement Legislation Pensions Benefits Health care New Developments Concerning...