Setting up benefit plans is easier with Employee Fringe and Welfare Benefit Plans' coverage of employee benefits, antidiscrimination laws, and ERISA basics. Published as a companion to Qualified Retirement Plans, this book discusses: How ERISA applies to different plans The effect of ERISA application Fiduciary requirements under ERISA Other statutes that affect plans, such as those pertaining to discrimination It includes samples of: A deferred compensation agreement A combination stock option, stock appreciation right, and performance unit plan Health and life insurance plans A model cafeteria plan A Rabbi Trust deferred compensation plan Golden parachute agreements Resolutions and transmittal letters This publication also: Provides complete coverage of all current changes Helps you implement your client's plan easily using the sample plans as your guide Contains numerous statutory and case citations Gives understandable explanations and examples while not presuming existing knowledge of the plans discussed Serves as an excellent practice and training tool for students and beginning practitioners (lawyers, CPAs, benefit plan consultants, and personnel administrators)