| The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
| The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) was passed in order to protect the retirement assets of employees that were accrued through employer-sponsored pension plans. In defined contribution plans, retirement assets are invested and will increase or decrease as the investments increase or decrease. With defined benefit plans, the retirement plan sponsor promises to pay a certain amount to a plan participant upon retirement, whether a stated dollar figure or an amount that is calculated from the participant's salary and time of service to the employer. More... |
| ERISA-Exempt Benefit Plans |
| The Employee Retirement Income Security Act imposes responsibilities on employers who offer benefit plans to their employees and provides certain rules and regulations concerning the administration of the plans. The rules that govern plans differ depending on the type of plan offered by the employer. Some plans, however, are not governed by ERISA and are called "exempt plans."More... |
| Arbitration -- Labor Agreements -- General Evidentiary Issues |
| Arbitration vs. LitigationMore... |
| The Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Act |
| In 1992, Congress determined that two of three new entrants into the job market would be women but that women faced serious barriers to taking up apprenticeable and nontraditional occupations. Accordingly, to help prepare the business community to remove the barriers facing women and successfully integrate women into the work force, Congress passed the Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Act (WANTO).More... |
| The Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BackgroundMore... |
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