[DOWNLOAD] "Schweitzer v. Teamsters Local 100" by United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Schweitzer v. Teamsters Local 100
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Release Date : January 21, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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Plaintiff Thomas Schweitzer ("Schweitzer") alleges that Defendant Teamsters Local 100 ("Local 100") terminated his employment with the union in an effort to avoid the payment of his pension, health, and welfare benefits, in violation of Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. 1140. Though Local 100 may have considered the cost of pension and health insurance premiums in deciding whether to lay off employees, we find that the union exhibited no desire to avoid pension liability through Schweitzers termination. Local 100s evidence sufficiently indicates that any desire to avoid the payment of benefits was not central to their decision to terminate Schweitzer, and Schweitzer fails to rebut their assertion. We therefore find it reasonable to conclude that Local 100 did not violate Section 510 of ERISA, and AFFIRM the district courts grant of summary judgment for Local 100 in this regard.