Silvio ha scritto:@ crimp : ma non dovrebbero essere risarciti, in parte con i soldi delle multe ???
SOno in causa a quanto pare...
"Q: What happened to the Enron employees?
A: Enron, which had 20,000 employees, barred them from selling Enron shares from their retirement accounts last fall as the stock price plunged, saying the accounts were being switched to a new plan administrator. Many longtime employees, including those who worked for energy and utility companies that Enron acquired,
had their life savings wiped out.
I loro risparmi dii una vita cancellati.
Testifying at a Senate hearing last month, several employees disputed a company assertion that they were locked out of their Enron-heavy 401(k) accounts for 10 business days, saying it was much longer.
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Q: Are there any protections under law for those employees?
A: Apparently not, since pension benefit protections under the federal Employee Retirement Income and Security Act do not apply to 401(k) retirement investment plans.
Non rientrano sotto la legge ERISA
Many Enron employees and retirees have joined in lawsuits against current and former company executives and directors and against auditor Andersen.
SOno in causa....
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Q: What about the company executives and directors? Did they also lose money from their Enron stock?
A: Top Enron executives cashed out more than $1-billion in company stock when it was near its peak, lawmakers have noted. In addition, nearly 600 employees deemed critical to Enron's operations received more than $100-million in bonuses in November.
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Q: What did Bush administration officials know about Enron's financial situation?
A: The White House disclosed Thursday that Enron chairman Kenneth L. Lay telephoned Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill last fall "to advise him about his concern about the obligations of Enron and whether they would be able to meet those obligations." Lay also told O'Neill that Enron "was heading to bankruptcy."
In a separate phone call to Commerce Secretary Don Evans, Lay similarly worried that the company might have to default on its obligations "and he was worried about its impact on the energy sector."
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