High Court Declines Appeal Of Suit Over Contributions To Multiemployer Funds

(October 3, 2017, 8:24 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 2 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by RiverStone Group Inc. asking that the high court decide whether Section 515 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires an employer to continue contributing to a Taft-Hartley fund for hours employees receive wages “under the terms of” a collective bargaining agreement, even after that agreement is terminated due to decertification of the union (RiverStone Group, Inc. v. Midwest Operating Engineers Welfare Fund, et al. , No. 16-1350, U.S. Sup.)....

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