June 06, 2019
A Missouri federal judge gave final approval Thursday to a $60 million settlement between SSM Health and a class of workers who accused the hospital system of exaggerating its connection to the Catholic Church to score a "church plan" exemption from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
January 17, 2019
A Missouri federal judge granted preliminary approval on Thursday to a $60 million deal to resolve a proposed class action claiming SSM Health Care Corp. misused an Employee Retirement Income Security Act exemption intended for churches and their affiliates.
October 29, 2018
SSM Health Care Corp. and its former employees have agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the hospital system of flouting the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by wrongly classifying its pension plans as "church plans" exempt from the law's requirements, according to filings in Missouri federal court Monday.
August 22, 2018
Honeywell International Inc. retirees seeking health care benefits and workers at a Missouri hospital looking to stop SSM Health Care Corp. from allegedly misusing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's church exemption are challenging July losses in proposed ERISA class actions.
July 24, 2018
A nonprofit hospital system won't have to face claims that it flouted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by wrongly classifying its pension plans as "church plans" exempt from the law's requirements, after a Missouri federal judge found the plans' participants could not show an actual injury.
April 25, 2018
A Missouri federal judge said the exemption granted to certain religious institutions from regulations aimed at protecting benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act is constitutional, tossing a claim brought by plan participants who said a nonprofit hospital is violating the act's rules.