5/11/2006: SPD Must Describe Procedures for Proving Benefit Entitlement, According to 2nd Circuit (Blogging Employee Benefits)

Excerpt: If a multiemployer plan has a policy requiring an employee to prove entitlement to benefits in a situation where an employer may have underreported covered employment, then that policy must be stated in the plan's summary plan description, according to a 2nd Circuit decision vacating a district court decision on that issue. [Wilkins v. Mason Tenders District Council Pension Fund, 05-2303-cv, 4/21/06]