Format:
Online-Ressource (433 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780520242739
Series Statement:
California / Milbank books on health and the public 11
Content:
This study of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) explains in detail how public officials in the executive branch and Congress overcame strong opposition from business and organized labor to pass landmark legislation regulating employer-sponsored retirement and health plans. Before Congress passed ERISA, federal law gave employers and unions great discretion in the design and operation of employee benefit plans. Most importantly, firms and unions could and often did establish pension plans that placed employees at great risk for not receiving any retirement benefits. In
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: "A MINOR MIRACLE"; 1. POLICY-MAKING FOR PRIVATE PENSIONS: THE GENESIS AND STRUCTURE OF A POLICY DOMAIN; 2. "THE MOST GLORIOUS STORY OF FAILURE IN THE BUSINESS": THE STUDEBAKER-PACKARD CORPORATION AND THE ORIGINS OF ERISA; 3. "THE 'BIBLE' IN THIS FIELD": THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CORPORATE PENSION FUNDS AND THE ORIGINS OF ERISA; 4. "A NEW LEGISLATIVE ERA IN THIS COUNTRY": PENSION REFORM FROM BLUEPRINT TO BILL; 5. "A MAJOR AMERICAN INSTITUTION . . . BUILT UPON HUMAN DISAPPOINTMENT": AGENDA-SETTING IN THE U.S. SENATE
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6. A GREEN LIGHT IN THE SENATE7. A DONNYBROOK IN THE HOUSE; 8. ENACTING ERISA; EPILOGUE; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520931398
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520242739
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 : A Political History
Language:
English
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