Sixth Circuit: Reservation of Rights Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreement Enables Employer To Modify Retiree Health Care Benefits

Recently, the Sixth Circuit, in Witmer v. Acument Global Technologies, Inc.,Case No. No. 11-1793, concluded that the specific reservation of rights clause preserving the employer’s right to terminate the plan that was found in the Appendix to the collective bargaining agreement that provided retiree medical benefits enabled Acument to reduce and then terminate retirees’ health care benefits.

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