Moen, Inc. Unlawfully Terminated Retiree Health Benefits Per Collective Bargaining Agreement

Moen terminated the lifetime health care benefits of workers who retired from its Elyria, Ohio plant, along with the benefits for their spouses and eligible dependents. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio called this case an “easy” decision and found that the parties intended for the retirees’ benefits to be vested…
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All Too Common Solution to Unaffordable Union Health and Welfare Clauses

Hydro Automotive is a typical auto parts manufacturer: it has a union and its collective bargaining agreement provides benefits to retirees. As health and welfare costs continue to increase, the company announced in late 2010 that, beginning in 2011 it would no longer provide retiree health benefits to all employees who retired on or after…
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Employees Not Paid for Donning and Doffing or Walking to Work Stations OK Pursuant to Union Contract and FLSA § 203(o)

There is no definition of “work” in the FLSA. Generally, the workday runs from the first to the last “principal activity” of the day. Here, plaintiffs worked in a facility that produces frozen food. Under the terms of their collective bargaining agreement, they were required to change into a uniform after arriving at the facility…
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