Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
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n.
An act of Congress that sets guidelines for employee benefit plans.
abbrv.
ERISA
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
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