Payment of Benefits Under ERISA Pension Plan

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) establishes certain responsibilities for employers who offer pension plans to their employees as well as rules for how the plans must be administered. In addition to defining who may be eligible for benefits, how such benefits accrue, and how employees become vested in certain benefits, ERISA also sets certain rules for payment of benefits upon retirement.

Modification or Termination of a Collective Bargaining Agreement

The Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA) imposes upon employers and labor unions a "mutual obligation . . . to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement or any question arising thereunder." The LMRA also imposes rules on employers and unions once a collective bargaining agreement is reached between the parties with regard to whether and how a collective bargaining agreement may be modified or terminated.

Employee Inventions -- Special Employment

When a person creates or invents something during the course of employment by another person or business, he may or may not own his creation. Typically, ownership is determined by a number of factors, including whether or not the individual was hired for the purpose of inventing and whether or not he used company time and resources to do so. Beyond these general guidelines, however, there are a number of unique employment arrangements that may play a role in determining ownership.

Appealing a General Schedule Classification

The General Schedule (GS) Classification System is the scheme under which "white collar" federal competitive civil service jobs are classified for pay purposes. Employees placed into the same "class" of employment are also entitled to be treated similarly with regard to promotion, hiring, and other personnel decisions.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Temporary Staffing Firms--General Application

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