March 23, 2020
An Illinois federal judge has axed a suit claiming a multiemployer pension plan flouted ERISA by ignoring an offer from Kroger that would have preserved the benefits of workers at the grocery store chain, which was allowed to pull out for $467 million.
March 25, 2019
A multiemployer pension plan has asked a federal judge to let it escape the remainder of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit from Kroger workers accusing the plan of wrongly ignoring a proposal that would preserve their benefits, saying a settlement requiring Kroger pay the plan $467 million benefited the workers.
January 15, 2019
An Illinois federal judge tossed a retaliation claim from Kroger workers' Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit accusing their multiemployer pension plan of wrongly ignoring a proposal that would preserve their benefits, finding that the grocery store workers didn't show that the plan treated them differently after they filed the suit.