7th Circuit: Plans Don’t Lose ERISA Exemption With Charter School Inclusion

Mealey's (August 16, 2021, 2:55 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The inclusion of charter school teachers in an Illinois school district’s pension and welfare plans doesn’t eliminate the plans’ exemption from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 10, reinstating only discrimination and late payment claims brought by a public school teacher following her firing....