LAW 5330: Employee Benefits - 2164

Employee Benefits
Class Term:
Spring Term 2015-2016
Catalog Number:
5330
Class Number:
29259
Class Schedule:
Monday, Wednesday
2:00 pm -
3:15 pm
Room:
LAW G46
Professor(s):

Professor

Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
General Enrollment Course
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

No mid-term and an in-class final examination of 3 hours. Graded solely on final examination.

Prerequisites

Description

This course examines the law of employee retirement benefits as well as welfare benefits, chiefly health care benefits. The course will focus on the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Close attention will be paid to the statute and the case law that has developed to explain and apply that statute. Classes will feature detailed discussions of the relevant statutory provisions and the resulting case law. Students will be expected to discuss the statute, cases and the problems in the assigned case book. The course is designed to make students understand how federal law governs and protects pensions, retirement benefits such as 401(k) plans, and health care benefits for employees, retirees and their spouses and dependents.

Employee Benefits