The Sixth Circuit has decided two new cases regarding ERISA lifetime retiree healthcare benefits under a collective bargaining agreement, continuing to put a thumb on the scale in favor of vested benefits, but recognizing that an employer may have the right to make “reasonable modifications” to those benefits.
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Collective Bargaining Agreement
An Important Reminder: Collective Bargaining Agreements Can Prevent Employers from Reducing or Terminating Retiree Medical Benefits
By Porter Wright on
In Tackett v. M&G Polymers, USA, LLC, No. 07-4515/4516 (6th Cir. Apr. 3, 2009), the Sixth Circuit reversed dismissal of a retiree class action lawsuit, finding that the language in the Collective Bargaining Agreement demonstrated an intent to vest retiree medical benefits sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss.
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