Global Issues in Employee Benefits Law

by Secunda, Paul M.; Estreicher, Samuel; Connor, Rosalind J.

• ISBN13: 9780314194091
• ISBN10: 0314194096
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-10
• Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Summary

This book is part of the Global Issues Series. Each book in this series contains materials designed to facilitate the introduction of international, transnational and comparative law issues into basic law school courses. The goal of the series is to ensure that all law school graduates have sufficient familiarity with the growing impact of non-domestic sources of law, and the growing potential for transnational legal transactions and disputes, to function in an era of increasing globalization. In addition, introduction of international, transnational and comparative law materials can enhance the students' understanding of domestic law.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Table of Cases	p. xix
Sovereignty and Jurisdictional Issues	p. 1
U.S. Employees Working Abroad	p. 2
Maurais v. Snyder	p. 2
Notes and Questions	p. 5
Foreign Employees Working in the United States	p. 7
Foreign Employees Employed Lawfully in the United States	p. 8
Lasheen v. The Loomis Co.	p. 8
Notes and Questions	p. 12
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) Issues	p. 13
Notes and Questions	p. 14
Undocumented Workers	p. 15
Notes and Questions	p. 16
Comparative Jurisdictional Issues	p. 17
UK Pensions Act and Extraterritoriality	p. 17
Notes & Questions	p. 20
Pension Issues	p. 21
Social Security and Social Insurance Schemes	p. 23
United States	p. 23
Historical Background and Development of Social Security	p. 23
Bowen v. Public Agencies Opposed to Social Sec. Entrapment	p. 25
Notes and Questions	p. 28
United Kingdom	p. 29
Recent and Prospective Developments in Retirement Programs in the UK	p. 29
Notes and Questions	p. 31
The Variety of Social Insurance Schemes	p. 32
France	p. 32
Germany	p. 32
Schmahl, Dismantling an Earnings-Related Social Pension Scheme: Germany's New Pension Policy	p. 32
Japan	p. 33
Nagura, Setting Up Enterprises in Japan	p. 33
Yuji Horioka et al., Aging, Savings, and Public Pensions in Japan	p. 35
Notes & Questions	p. 37
Spain	p. 38
Social Security and Social Insurance Schemes-Continued
India	p. 39
Kakar, Retirement in India: Pension Benefits and Beyond	p. 39
China	p. 41
Israel	p. 41
South Africa	p. 41
Notes & Questions	p. 43
Supplementary Private Pension Arrangements	p. 45
United States	p. 45
Zelinsky, The Defined Contribution Paradigm	p. 45
Notes & Questions	p. 55
Germany	p. 56
Schmahl, Dismantling an Earnings-Related Social Pension Scheme: Germany's New Pension Policy	p. 56
Notes & Questions	p. 57
United Kingdom	p. 58
Notes & Questions	p. 59
Japan	p. 60
Nagura, Setting Up Enterprises in Japan	p. 60
Notes & Questions	p. 61
New Zealand Optional Retirement Savings Program	p. 62
Selected Issues in the Regulation of Supplementary Private Pensions	p. 63
Pension Plan Terminations	p. 63
Buschau v. Rogers Communications, Inc.	p. 64
Notes & Questions	p. 70
Successorship Obligations in Mergers and Acquisitions	p. 71
Connor et al., Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions	p. 71
The Licensing of Pension Entities	p. 74
OECD-IOPS Guidelines on the Licensing of Pension Entities	p. 74
Notes & Questions	p. 76
Toward a European Single Market	p. 77
Notes & Questions	p. 81
Fiduciary Duties/Duty of Good Faith	p. 82
Imperial Group Pension Trust Ltd & ORS v. Imperial Tobacco Ltd & ORS	p. 83
Notes & Questions	p. 88
Special Issues for the Global Employer and Employee	p. 89
Social Security Integration	p. 90
Loebl & Pianko, The Critical Elements in Navigating Social Insurance Integration for the Expat-the U.S. Perspective	p. 90
Notes & Questions	p. 96
Healthcare Issues	p. 99
Medicare and Medicaid-Type National Health Programs	p. 99
United States	p. 99
Horwitz, The Virtues of Medicare	p. 99
Rosenbaum, Medicaid At Forty: Revisiting Structure And Meaning In A Post-Deficit Reduction Act Era	p. 103
Notes & Questions	p. 104
Medicare and Medicaid-Type National Health Programs-Continued
Canada	p. 106
Nelson, a Tale of Three Systems: A Comparative Overview Of Health Care Reform In England, Canada, and the United States	p. 106
Notes & Questions	p. 108
United Kingdom and European Union	p. 109
Foubister et al., Private Medical Insurance in the United Kingdom	p. 109
Nelson, A Tale of Three Systems	p. 110
Regina (On the Application of Grogan) v. Bexley NHS Care Trust	p. 113
Regina (On the Application of Watts) v. Bedford Primary Care Trust (Case C-372/04)	p. 116
Notes & Questions	p. 122
U.S. Employer-Based Health Insurance	p. 124
State Efforts to Impose Health Care Coverage Requirements on Employers	p. 124
Retail Industry Leaders Association v. Fielder	p. 125
Notes & Questions	p. 130
Dual-Role Issues	p. 131
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn	p. 132
Notes & Questions	p. 138
National Health Insurance With a Private Overlay	p. 139
Canada	p. 139
Lapointe-Fisher Nursing Home v. United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local 175/633	p. 140
Chaoulli v. Quebec	p. 144
Notes & Questions	p. 147
United Kingdom	p. 151
Foubister et al., Private Medical Insurance in the United Kingdom	p. 151
Notes & Questions	p. 155
Japan	p. 155
Fukawa, Public Health Insurance in Japan	p. 155
Notes & Questions	p. 159
France	p. 160
Buchmueller & Couffinhal, Private Health Insurance In France	p. 161
Notes & Questions	p. 163
Note on Dutch and Swiss Models for Health Care Reform	p. 164
Australia	p. 165
White, Paying for Patients: Choice of Law, Conflicting Interests, and Evolving Standards of Health Care Remuneration	p. 165
Re Australian Association of Pathology Practices Inc.	p. 167
Notes & Questions	p. 168
Chile	p. 169
Sapelli, Risk Segmentation, Moral Hazard and Equity in a Mandatory Health Insurance System (2005)	p. 169
Notes & Questions	p. 173
Mexico	p. 175
White, Paying for Patients: Choice of Law, Conflicting Interests, and Evolving Standards of Health Care Remuneration	p. 175
Notes & Questions	p. 176
Note on Health Insurance in Developing Countries	p. 176
Discrimination Issues	p. 179
Council Directive of 27 November 2000 (2000/78/EC)	p. 179
Notes & Questions	p. 184
Age Discrimination	p. 187
United States	p. 187
Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins	p. 187
Notes & Questions	p. 190
European Union	p. 192
Council Directive of 27 November 2000 (2000/78/EC)	p. 192
Palacios De La Villa v. Cortefiel Servicios	p. 193
Notes & Questions	p. 196
United Kingdom	p. 197
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006	p. 197
Justifiable Age Classifications: The First U.K. Tribunal Decisions	p. 198
Notes & Questions	p. 200
Sex Discrimination	p. 202
United States	p. 203
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water & Power v. Manhart	p. 203
Califano v. Webster	p. 206
Notes & Questions	p. 208
European Union	p. 208
Treaty of Rome (Establishing the European Community)	p. 209
Barber v. Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group	p. 209
Notes & Questions	p. 211
United Kingdom	p. 212
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) Regulations 1995	p. 213
Notes & Questions	p. 214
Japan	p. 215
Summary of the Law on Securing of Equal Opportunity and Treatment Between Men and Women in Employment	p. 216
Notes & Questions	p. 218
Disability Discrimination	p. 218
United States	p. 219
McGann v. H & H Music Co.	p. 219
Notes & Questions	p. 222
European Union	p. 224
Waddington, When it Is Reasonable for Europeans to Be Confused: Understanding When a Disability Accommodation Is "Reasonable" From a Comparative Perspective	p. 224
Notes & Questions	p. 229
United Kingdom	p. 230
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Pensions) Regulations 2003	p. 230
Waddington, When it Is Reasonable for Europeans to Be Confused	p. 232
Notes & Questions	p. 233
Sexual Orientation and Same-Sex Benefits	p. 234
United States	p. 234
National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan	p. 234
Notes & Questions	p. 239
European Union	p. 240
Tadao Maruko v. Versorgungsanstalt Der Deutschen Buhnen	p. 240
Sexual Orientation and Same-Sex Benefits-Continued
Notes & Questions	p. 247
Note on Same-Sex Benefits in Canada and Australia	p. 248
Index	p. 251
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