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Aerotech Sued Over Low-Yield Investments in Employee Stock Plan

Three former Aerotech Inc. workers filed a proposed class action saying their employee stock ownership plan was mismanaged because it parked too much money in cash-like investments that paid paltry returns.

Hormel Says Challenge to 401(k) Options Omits Comparable Funds

Hormel Foods Corp. defended a pair of retirement plans covering its workforce, saying a new lawsuit challenging the plans’ fees and funds doesn’t include the details needed to move forward in court.

Boeing Leaders’ Windfall Predates New Safety Goals Tied to Pay

A pair of top Boeing Co. bosses who announced their departures as the company faced scrutiny over near-catastrophic manufacturing flaws in its 737 series jets are still poised to collect a combined $45 million in compensation based on the most recent company disclosures.

Musk to Be Deposed Monday in Twitter Arbitration Case on Layoffs

Elon Musk is set to be deposed on Monday as the first <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"S0ZABGDWX2PS","_id":"0000018f-15f1-d583-afbf-d7fd71610000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">arbitration hearings get underway involving thousands of former Twitter employees who say they were cheated out of severance pay when the billionaire bought the social media company in October 2022.

401(k) Advice, Overtime Rules Poised to Reprise Obama-Era Fights

Two signature US Labor Department policies are almost certain to face a test of whether the latest updates to the agency’s regulations can survive legal deficiencies that led to the demise of their Obama-era predecessors.

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Tesla Pushes Back on Investor’s Latest Move in Musk Pay Row

Tesla Inc. says the shareholder who won a court order in Delaware killing co-founder Elon Musk’s <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"S83XOHT1UM0W","_id":"0000018f-1754-d583-afbf-d7dc87f30002","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">$56 billion pay package is jumping the gun in asking the judge to bar the billionaire from moving the executive-compensation dispute to Texas.

Musk to Be Deposed Monday in Twitter Arbitration Case on Layoffs

Elon Musk is set to be deposed on Monday as the first <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"S0ZABGDWX2PS","_id":"0000018f-15f1-d583-afbf-d7fd71610000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">arbitration hearings get underway involving thousands of former Twitter employees who say they were cheated out of severance pay when the billionaire bought the social media company in October 2022.

Europe’s €1 Million Bankers Club Is More Than 90% Male

Fewer than one in 10 of <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/topics/EUROPE","_id":"0000018f-15b7-d583-afbf-d7ff4c170000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Europe’s best-paid bankers are female, new research shows, highlighting the wide gender pay gap in the financial services industry.

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Case: Health Care & Benefits/Unpaid Contributions (E.D. Mo.)

The court granted Greater St. Louis Construction Laborers Welfare Fund summary judgment on its ERISA action against CMT Roofing LLC., finding that the fund is entitled to a damages award of $754,891 for unpaid contributions under collective bargaining agreements. Greater St. Louis Constr. Laborers Welfare Fund v. CMT Roofing LLC, 2024 BL 137207, E.D. Mo., 4:22-cv-00047-JAR, 4/22/24

Case: Health Care & Benefits/Restitution (M.D. Ala.)

The court granted UNUM Life Insurance Company of America partial judgment on the pleadings in this ERISA action seeking restitution from an employee for overpayments under a group long-term disability insurance policy. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Reynolds, 2024 BL 138721, M.D. Ala., 3:23-cv-512-RAH-JTA [WO], 4/23/24

Case: Health Care & Benefits/Jurisdiction (E.D. Pa.)

The court granted Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Missouri and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction Abira Medical Laboratories LLC’s breach of contract suit alleging refusal to pay or underpayment of claims. Abira Med. Labs. LLC v. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Mo., 2024 BL 135165, E.D. Pa., 23-4940, 4/19/24

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