Examines the whole spectrum of benefits that derive from an individual's employed status. Presents a basic theoretical foundation for evaluating the quality, cost, and desirability of mandated benefits. Views discretionary benefits as part of an employer's total package of compensation, and therefore as a cost attributable to labor. Text is designed to meet the needs of a first course with an emphasis on labor and employment problems.

Designed for use in courses that focus on deferred compensation plans and that offer a combined overview of pension and welfare benefit regulation. The organization of the chapter on health plans parallels the treatment of deferred compensation issues covered in other chapters. This structure highlights similarities and differences between ERISA's (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) limited regulation of welfare benefit plans and its far more extensive pension controls.

Hardbound - New, hardbound print book.

Hardbound - New, hardbound print book.

This casebook offers an accessible introduction to modern employee benefits and executive compensation law, with primary emphasis on clarity and comprehensibility in presenting these technically challenging subjects. It is the first casebook to cover both employee benefits and executive compensation, two closely related fields that are frequently simultaneously practiced by American lawyers. The book is suitable for use either for a single overall survey class covering both employee benefits and executive compensation law, or for a class that focuses on either topic separately.