The Effects of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act on the Collective Bargaining Process. Volume II

摘要

The study was designed to examine the effects the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) has had on the collective bargaining process. Volume II contains Appendixes C and D to the body of the report, which is in Volume I. Appendix C presents the 'Theoretical Analysis of Effects of ERISA upon Collective Bargaining.' It deals with the cost factors, ERISA provisions which may narrow or widen the scope of collective bargaining. It also addresses the impact on collective bargaining where there is no pension plan, where there is a defined benefit plan, and where there is an individual account plan. The appendix looks at the affect of ERISA in relation to the size of the bargaining unit, in different industries, and tries to isolate the effects of ERISA from other factors. Appendix D looks at Pre-ERISA trends in collective bargaining. It discusses trends in bargaining about pensions before 1970, in major pension plans, and trends in both single and multiemployer plan bargaining between 1970 to 1974.