Employment
Boston College Retirement Plans High Costs, Low Returns ERISA Class Action
Boston College has two retirement plans, the Boston College 401(k) Retirement Plan I and the Boston College 401(k) Retirement Plan II. The complaint for this class action alleges that those responsible for the plans—the Trustees of Boston College and the Plan Investment Committee—have breach their fiduciary duties and mismanaged the plans in a way that Read moreEmployment
MSCS, Matrix Prohibited Transactions in Retirement Plans ERISA Class Action
This class action is about prohibited transactions involving mutual fund fees taken from two retirement plans, the MBA Engineering, Inc. Employees 401(k) Plan and the MBA Engineering, Inc. Cash Balance Plan. The complaint alleges that the fees removed from the plan total at least $40 million and possibly as much as $400 million and that Read moreEmployment
WB Mason Commissions Reduced Retroactively Class Action
W.B. Mason Co. sells office supplies and related items, in part through account executives (AEs) or salespeople who sell or distribute the products. But the complaint alleges that the company has violated the New York Labor Laws (NYLL) and committed breach of contract and common-law fraud by retroactively reducing wages and commissions already earned by Read moreEmployment
Adventist Health Plan Must Meet ERISA Requirements, Says Class Action
When is a company’s employee health plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)? Adventist Health System West (AHW), which does business as Adventist Health offers the Adventist Health Employee Medical Plan—Engaged!, which it claims is a church plan and does not fall under ERISA. The complaint brings suit against the complaint, the Read moreEmployment
WBBQ Employee Stock Ownership Plan Prohibited Transactions ERISA Class Action
This class action concerns a company retirement plan, the WBBQ Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) that owns stock in W BBQ Holdings, Inc. The complaint alleges that the ESOP trustee, Argent Trust Company, and the company’s controlling managers and shareholders, Herbert, Gregor, and Stuart Wetanson, have violated ERISA by engaging in prohibited transactions and breaching Read moreEmployment
UPS Retirement Plan JSA Payment Calculation Class Action
This class action against United Parcel Service of American, Inc. (UPS) concerns its UPS Retirement Plan and UPS Pension Plan and the calculation of benefits. The complaint alleges that joint and survivor (JSA) benefits are not actuarially equivalent to single life annuities (SLAs), as required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). It brings Read moreEmployment
Allied Universal Benefits to Domestic Partners Massachusetts Class Action
Who may be included in a domestic partnership? This unusual pro-se class action brings suit against Allied Universal and its subsidiary Universal Protection Service, LLC, alleging that Allied Universal must extend employee medical insurance benefits to all three wives of a Muslim man if they can be registered as domestic partners. The company insists that Read moreEmployment
Language Line Employment Violations Ohio and California Class Action
This employment class action bring suit against Language Line Services, Inc. (LLS) on behalf of a employees grouped under the approximate job title “Interpreter.” The complaint alleges that the company has violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as well as state employment laws for Ohio and California, by failing to pay earned minimum Read moreEmployment
Sedgwick Claims Management Unpaid Overtime Class Action
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is the defendant in a class and collective action brought by current and former employees. The complaint alleges that the company did not pay overtime wages for hours worked over forty per week, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It also claims the company did not pay Read moreEmployment
Russelectric ESOP Shares Sold at Less Than Fair Market Value ERISA Class Action
Towards the end of his life, the founder of Russelectric, Inc., Raymond Russell, gave 30% of his company stock to its employees as a retirement benefit, through the Russelectric Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). However, the complaint alleges, after Russell died, “the company, at the direction and for the benefit of the founder’s heirs, Read moreEmployment