The 8th Circuit has had another opportunity to review circumstances under which the corporate veil can be pierced, making, in this case, shareholders and officers potentially liable for contributions to union employees’ fringe benefit funds under ERI... More...
On January 26, 2009, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for the DuPont Savings & Investment Plan, No. 07-636. This case generated significant interest because it promised to resolve the oft... More...
This 8th Circuit (Minnesota) case is a good reminder that employee termination can be in violation of ERISA if the employee can show that the termination occurred to prevent him or her from receiving health care insurance benefits. At issue was an e... More...
Dick and Jane started work together 28 years ago. She was an administrative assistant, he a warehouse helper. They´d known each other since childhood, and their families were neighbors. She´d married young, and he had done a stint in the ... More...
The Minnesota Federal District Court has recently confirmed the standard of review that will be applied to the decisions made by a plan administrator. Anderson v. U.S. Bancorp (July 28, 2006). In this case the employer had adopted a sever... More...
Many of you offer some type of severance benefits to your employees, perhaps on a one-time basis in exchange for a release of claims by someone you've fired, to a group of employees during a layoff, or through an employment agreement to attract key e... More...
Excerpted from Oklahoma Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) was enacted by Congress to promote the interest... More...