Michigan Panel: 'Handbooks' Were Not Contracts For Fixed Retirement Benefits

(August 27, 2020, 3:05 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — A Michigan appellate panel on Aug. 13 reversed a trial court's denial of summary disposition and ruled that a group of non-union retirees from a Flint-area hospital could not rely on employee handbooks in arguing that their former employer breached a contract when it altered their retirement health plans (Dean Frick v. Hurley Medical Center, No. 346747, Mary Bland, et al., v. Board Of Hospital Managers Of Hurley Medical Center, No. 347533, Mich. App., 2020 Mich. App. LEXIS 5267)....

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