a. A corporation may, in the manner prescribed in section 15A:8-2, establish and carry out wholly or partly at its expense, any one or more of the following plans for the benefit of some or all employees, as hereinafter defined, and their families, dependents or beneficiaries:

(1) Plans providing for payments solely in cash or property including salary, bonus, savings, pension, retirement, deferred compensation and other plans of similar nature; and

(2) Plans for the furnishing of medical services, life, sickness, accident, disability or unemployment insurance or benefits, education, housing, social and recreational services, and other similar aids and services.

b. The term “employees” as used in this chapter means employees, officers, and agents including any of the foregoing who may also be trustees of the corporation, or other persons who are or have been actively engaged in the conduct of the activities of the corporation, including any who have retired, become disabled or died prior to the establishment of any plan heretofore or hereafter adopted.

L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:8-1, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.