LAW 691LEC - Pensn Employee Benefit

Pensions, health insurance, and other employee benefit plans are central features of the employment relationship in the United States. The legal regulation of these plans is both an independent area of legal specialization and a subject that overlaps many other fields of law, including corporate, labor, tax, trust, employment discrimination, and domestic relations law. The course will focus primarily on private pension and health plans. The main focus will be on various bodies of regulatory law, especially the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, and its case law. After providing an overview of the main types of pension and health plans, the course will look at rules governing coverage, vesting, funding, fiduciary standards, investment distribution, claims administration, and preemption of state law.

Credits: 3