Essays on ERISA

The Airline Pilots Association or ALPA have entered a collective bargaining agreement with Northwest Airlines in behalf of the latter’s pilots. ALPA representing the pilots of Northwest in the bargaining agreement filed suit against the latter and brought in to the District Court claims for monetary relief and declaratory assertion of breach by Northwest on certain provisions of the pension plan and Employee’s Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29, U.S.C. §§ 1001 (law.cornell.edu, N.D., a). For twenty years Northwest Airlines Inc. had made arrangements on the collective bargaining agreement of its pilots through ALPA. Prior to August ...

The debates on civil unions and same sex marriages have generated controversy among various groups in the United States of America. The lobbyists for same sex marriages argue that these marriages support individuality; according to them, individuals express themselves through same sex marriages. The opponents of the same cite social problems such moral decay. Several sociological forces such as morality, family laws, and traditional beliefs have generated these controversies. Same- sex marriages and civil unions also have several ramifications on the society. A ramification refers to an effect caused by a given occurrence. These ramifications include the disregard of family ...

Healthcare is one of the most important or essential needs that often, an individual has to pay a steep price for, especially in developed or highly industrialized countries such as the United States. In this country, the United States, for example, roughly 46 million Americans have been considered as insurance holders in 2006 alone. As more reforms are set to take place in the U.S. healthcare coverage and policies in the next years to come, that number is set and expected to increase as well. Estimates suggest that by 2016, more than 20 percent of the American population will already ...

- Introduction Employment laws meant to cushion the employees against any form of oppression they may face at their workplaces (Cabrelli 2010). In UK, these employment laws differed in that workers and employees enjoyed different protection, the employees enjoys greater rights than workers. Despite the difference, every person working for an employer is entitled to national minimum wage, protection from discrimination and right not to work for more than 48 hours per week. The employment laws apply universally whether the employees and workers are permanent or working on a temporary basis (Langley 2011). Employment regulations reviewed each year particularly ...

Abstract

In leiu of the various reforms and proposals being undertaken to rehabilitate the ailing health care industry in the United States and elsewhere, this paper presents the benefits and advantages of succumbing to one excellently managed system of health care delivery – through a managed care health insurance plan. It is the best proposal to reform the already cost-burdened health care system of the country. This is due to the fact that with the insurance system, the government is able to reduce its spending and save trillions of money through the unification of the government sponsored Medicare and Medicaid with the ...

Introduction

Good employment and happy workers is one of the pillars of a good economy. It is a happy workforce and a healthy population that will ensure the future and the growth of the country. The United States Governments in the past have understood this assertion and have taken steps to enact employment laws that protect the interests of the workers. These laws cover aspects regarding rights of the employees as well as the obligation of the employees to the employer to bring a harmonious employer-employee relation. Because employment and fields of practice vary in terms of place, industry, security and hardship, the ...