United States First Circuit
Bonneau v. Plumbers and Pipefitters Local, 13-1515
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, a group of now-retired union employees, in a dispute over certain "banked hour" benefits which defendant-union Pension Trust wants to eliminate, is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiffs' benefits are in fact "accrued;" and 2) defendant-trust's proposed elimination would violate the anti-cutback provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which prohibits the decrease by amendment of any accrued benefit of a participant in an ERISA plan.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/15/2013
- Published 11/15/2013
Judges
- LYNCH
Court
- United States First Circuit