Pension and Benefit Law — Advising pension and health and
welfare plan trustees, and conducting benefit litigation.
Not exact matches
In the employee benefits arena, we represent employers,
trustees,
plan sponsors, investment advisors and lenders to address Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) matters, employee stock ownership
plans (ESOPs), pension, health and
welfare benefit
plans and collectively bargained trust funds.
There was cause for concern across the country from employers when early last year a Human Rights Board of Inquiry decided that a health and
welfare plan's denial of coverage for medical marijuana was discriminatory in Skinner v Board of
Trustees of the Canadian Elevator Industry
Welfare Trust Fund, 2017 CanLII 3240 (NS HRC).
In addition, Michael provides advice to union boards of
trustees on health and
welfare benefit
plans, pension
plans, and other
plans.