Pension data for David Emerson Enterprises include the following:    ($ in millions) Discount rate, 12%   Projected benefit obligation, January 1 $300 Projected benefit obligation, December 31 470 Accumulated benefit obligation, January 1 305 Accumulated benefit obligation, December 31 420 Cash contributions to pension fund, December 31 155 Benefit payments to retirees, December 31 55  Required:Assuming no change in actuarial assumptions and estimates, determine the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31.

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Employee Benefits

In an organization employees are the most important resource and most important asset. They can lead an organization to the sky or can be the reason for unsuccessful of business. Therefore, it is very much important that employees of an organization should be satisfied by the environment of the organization and most importantly with the salary, wages incentives, etc.