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  2. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Wikipedia

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    The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Pub. L. 93–406, 88 Stat. 829, enacted September 2, 1974, codified in part at 29 U.S.C. ch. 18) is a U.S. federal tax and labor law that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry. It contains rules on the federal income tax effects of transactions associated ...

  3. Employee compensation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many employer-provided cash benefits (below a certain income level) are tax-deductible to the employer and non-taxable to the employee. Some fringe benefits (for example, accident and health plans, and group-term life insurance coverage (up to US$50,000) (and employer-provided meals and lodging in-kind, [22]) may be excluded from the employee's ...

  4. Workers' compensation (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Workers' compensation (which formerly was known as workmen's compensation until the name was changed to make it gender neutral) in the United States is a primarily state-based [1] system of workers' compensation. In the United States, some form of workers compensation is typically compulsory for almost all employers in most states (depending ...

  5. Primary and Secondary Payers: How Do They Work with Medicare?

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    If your primary payer was Medicare, Medicare Part B would pay 80% of the cost and cover $80. Typically, you’d be responsible for the remaining $20. If you have a secondary payer, they’d pay ...

  6. Federal Insurance Contributions Act - Wikipedia

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    United States portal. v. t. e. The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA / ˈfaɪkə /) is a United States federal payroll (or employment) tax payable by both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare [1] —federal programs that provide benefits for retirees, people with disabilities, and children of deceased workers.

  7. Voluntary employees' beneficiary association - Wikipedia

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    A voluntary employees' beneficiary association ( VEBA) is a form of trust fund permitted under United States federal tax law, whose sole purpose must be to provide employee benefits. [ 1] Among the types of benefits which a VEBA may provide are accident insurance benefits, childcare costs, employee continuing education, the cost of legal ...

  8. Employee benefits - Wikipedia

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    Employee benefits in the United States include relocation assistance; medical, prescription, vision and dental plans; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; retirement benefit plans (pension, 401 (k), 403 (b)); group term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans; income protection plans (also known as ...

  9. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Lincoln, First Annual Message (1861) Like slavery, common law repression of labor unions was slow to be undone. In 1806, Commonwealth v. Pullis held that a Philadelphia shoemakers union striking for higher wages was an illegal "conspiracy", even though corporations —combinations of employers—were lawful. Unions still formed and acted. The first federation of unions, the National ...