Benefits are some of the most valuable aspects of an employee’s compensation—retirement benefits in the form of traditional pension plans, 401k plans, cash balance plans, and annuities; and “welfare” benefits in the form of health care, paid vacation, disability plans, severance pay plans, and the like.
Most employee benefits are protected under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA. Mehri & Skalet lawyers have handled individual cases as well as some of the largest class actions under that law, seeking benefits on behalf of employees and to enforce the duties of fiduciaries to the ERISA plans. M&S’s litigation experience under ERISA includes:
- Benefit Accrual Requirements
- Benefit Claims
- Class Actions
- Damages/Equitable Relief
- Early Retirement Subsidies
- Fiduciary Duty/Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Nonforfeitability Requirements
- Plan Termination
- Post Normal Retirement Age Pension Accruals
- Retiree Health Care Vesting
- Section 510- Retaliation Claims
- Title IV Unfunded Benefits Liability