8th Circuit: Contributions Owed Despite Direct Payment Of Benefits To Nonunion Workers

Mealey's (August 10, 2021, 8:57 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An employer’s direct payment of fringe benefits to nonunion employees following an audit by a state agency did not relieve the employer from making contributions to a multiemployer welfare fund on behalf of those nonunion employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed Aug. 5....