‘Right-Sizing’ Full-Time Employees to Reduce ACA Obligations May Lead to ERISA Class Action Exposure

By on February 24, 2016

Compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has resulted in increased health benefit costs for many employers. A recent court decision demonstrates that while programs to reduce the number of full-time employees may lower health care costs in the short run, they also may lead to ERISA class action litigation. In Marin v. Dave and Buster’s, a federal district judge in the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit claiming that the Dave and Buster’s amusement chain violated ERISA by cutting employee hours to avoid providing health care benefits to a class of employees.

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  Wilber (Bill) Boies focuses his practice on business dispute counseling and business litigation throughout the country. Bill regularly represents benefit plan sponsors and fiduciaries in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class action litigation concerning pension plan administration, fiduciary duty, responsibility for asset losses, and changes in welfare benefits. Read Bill Boies' full bio.

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