U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment
Jun. 9, 2017
ERISA ruling is a win for church-affiliated organizations
The issue before the Supreme Court was a seemingly simple one: whether a church must have established a pension plan in order for the plan to qualify as a church plan under ERISA.
Michelle L. Roberts
Partner
Kantor & Kantor, LLP
Labor & Employment
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UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Kantor & Kantor is a California-based law firm that represents insureds in ERISA-governed disability, life, health, and pension claims.
On Monday, in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, 2017 DJDAR 5290 (June 5, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held in an 8-0 opinion (Justice Neil Gorsuch abstaining) that for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), a "church plan" that is exempt from ERISA's funding, reporting and disclosure requirements includes the pension plans of church-affiliated organizations regardless of whether a church established the plans. This decision reverses the ...
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