This employer has been advised by their benefits broker to install a voluntary benefits program. employees will be offered the chance to purchase various types of cancer insurance and dread disease policies. the broker will be responsible for all marketing, advertising and enrollment of employees. this broker receives commissions from the insurers underwriting the voluntary benefits [as is traditionally done]. the broker has offered to share a substantial portion of these commissions with the employer. the question you have to answer or consider is as follows: if this employer sets up this voluntary plan under the terms described above, have they created an erisa plan? explain carefully

David and darlene jasper have one child, sam, who is 6 years old (birthdate july 1, 2011). the jaspers reside at 4639 honeysuckle lane, los angeles, ca 90248. david's social security number is 577-11-3311, darlene's is 477-98-4731, and sam's is 589-22-1142. david's birthdate is may 29, 1984 and darlene's birthday is january 31, 1986. david and darlene's earnings and withholdings for 2017 are:

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is

If the economy were in the contracting phase of the business cycle, how might that affect your ability to find work?