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- Funding Our Future: A Safe and Sound Approach to Defined Benefit Pension Plan Funding Reform
- This paper outlines proposals for funding reform for defined benefit pension plans other than multiemployer plans. There is a threshold question as to whether reform should be based on modifications of current law or whether the current-law rules should be replaced in their entirety with a new structure. This would...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Pensions at the Precipice: The Multiple Threats Facing Our Nation's Defined Benefit Pension System
- Today defined benefit pensions face an unprecedented series of policy and legal threats that endanger their continued existence. These threats have reluctantly pushed many employers to the precipice of outright abandonment of these programs. In order to preserve these plans - and the retirement security they deliver to American families...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Employee Benefits And Flexible Workers
- Flexible work arrangements are an important part of today’s employment marketplace. They accommodate a wide range of practices and lifestyles, including temporary work, employee leasing, self-employment, contracting, home based work and part-time work. A large majority of employers use some form of nontraditional staffing arrangement. They do so in order...
- White papers 2002-03-11
- Retirement Policy Recommendations
- Bipartisan retirement savings legislation enjoyed truly overwhelming bipartisan support from members of the congress and was endorsed by more than 90 organizations representing groups as diverse as schoolteachers, small and large employers, organized labor, the financial service industry and state officials. Retirement savings legislation was introduced in the House by...
- White papers 2001-01-11
- United State Court Of Appeals
- The panel's decision will discourage the establishment and continuation of private pension plans. The Panel has created grave concerns for the many APPWP members with cash balance pension plans in finding that lump sum payments under cash balance plans must be calculated by applying the appropriate discount rate to the...
- White papers 2000-10-24
- Shaping The World Of Corporate Benefits Policy
- The American Benefits Council (the Council) is recognized as the preeminent advocate of employer-sponsored benefit programs in Washington, D.C. The Council's Board of Directors provides overall direction to the staff on retirement and health policy issues. Members enjoy many opportunities to weigh in and shape Council policy initiatives by providing...
- White papers 2000-09-29
- The Association Of Private Pension And Welfare Plans
- Assuring the retirement security of America’s workers cannot be deferred indefinitely. APPWP, as a public policy organization representing principally Fortune 500 companies and other organizations assisting employers of all sizes in providing benefits to employees, remains concerned those practical resolutions To the funding issues faced by this vital government program...
- White papers 2000-03-22
- Inproving US Retirement Security By pension Plans II
- Providing retirement security for the large baby boom generation has become a major concern in the United States, not only because of Social Security’s imbalances but also because private savings, both by individuals and by their employers through pension arrangements, may not be adequate. This paper focuses especially on employer-sponsored...
- White papers 1999-08-09
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- Case Study City of Plymouth Council: Successfully Purchased Green Power
- The Council of the City of Plymouth has committed to an environmental strategy and therefore sees the purchasing of renewables sourced electricity, in combination with energy efficiency measures, as being key activities in support of the strategy. The energy section of the EPAP identifies a five-year plan for the Council...
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- Court Sides Against Saskatchewan Safety Council
- This paper describes the case of the former employee of the Saskatchewan Safety Council (SSC) who was awarded seven months worth of compensation after a court found that he was dismissed without cause. The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench said the SSC had no cause to terminate Randy Poole and...
- White papers 2005-08-15
- More Cheese, Please
- The paper reveals that the National Dairy Council is hoping to convince consumers to make cheese and other dairy products a larger part of a healthy diet. The council recently launched a major advertising campaign ? "Healthy Weight with Dairy" ? that touts the role of dairy in weight loss....
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- The Top 10 Drivers for Innovation
- Several members of the CIO Executive Council were asked to talk about how they foster innovation inside their own companies. Contrary to popular belief, innovation doesn't have to result in business transformation or a huge expense. As members of the Council demonstrate in this paper, innovation can be subtle, manageable...
- White papers 2004-04-15
- Case Study Bristol City Council: Successfully Purchased Green Power
- Bristol City Council has successfully purchased green energy for the CREATE Centre and Records Office Complex and Amelia Court Council Tax Office through competitively contracting in the above -100kW market. Meeting the Council's target of sourcing 15% of its electricity from renewable supplies by 2010 will be a challenge. To...
- Case studies
- Are American Multinationals Still "American?"
- Are American Multinationals Still "American?"dichotomyI think that is the price of globalisation and to give confidence to others to do likewise.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Demo Slab of Pervious Concrete Replaces Ice-Prone Asphalt at High School
- The Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association (ORMCA) and the Concrete Promotion Council of Southwest Ohio (promotion council) hosted a short seminar and demonstration of pervious concrete paving this summer. The demonstration slab will serve as a trial crosswalk at the Lakota East High School in Butler County, Ohio, where the...
- Case studies
- Employer’s Benefits And Alternatives To Worker’s Compensation
- The Research Council for the Texas Worker’s Compensation Commission indicates that the actual percentage of employees that are not covered by worker’s compensation insurance in Texas is something less than 20%. Texas is the only state in the nation that allows an employer the option of not carrying worker’s compensation...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Consolidation of HR, Payroll and Benefits Processes and PeopleSoft Upgrade for the North American Division of a Global Automotive OEM
- The client is the North American division of a global automotive OEM headquartered in Japan, with operations in multiple locations across USA, Canada and Mexico and over 25,000+ employees. As a part of its global workforce integration program, the client intends to provide a robust and unified HRMS system. HR...
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- Case Study Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion County Councils: Unsuccessful in Purchasing Green Power
- Carmarthenshire County Council (CaCC) tried, but was unsuccessful in its attempt to purchase green energy for three sites on behalf of Ceredigion County Council (CeCC). The key reason why the green electricity option was not adopted by Ceredigion County Council was because of the very high premium price. Whilst it...
- Case studies
- Labor-Management Council For Economic Renewal
- The Labor-Management Council for Economic Renewal (LMCER) is a sector-focused, multi-union, labor-management partnership made up of small and mid-sized firms. LMCER promotes inter-firm cooperation and constructive labor-management relations and helps provide employees with a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect their lives. The council has developed advanced programs for...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- Native American Entrepreneurship
- Over 2 million Native Americans live in the United States, according to the Seven Fires Council. Relatively few of these persons are entrepreneurs - according to the most recent U.S. Census data, "Native Americans owned and started the fewest small businesses of all minority groups in the United States," with...
- White papers 2003-02-01
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