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Class Action Challenges ERISA Compliance of Tobacco Cessation Program
ArentFox Schiff LLP Link to more items from this source
Nov. 26, 2025

"The class-action plaintiffs contend Meijer's smoking cessation wellness program did not satisfy ERISA Section 702 ... because participants who completed the program mid-year received only prospective relief rather than the 'same, full reward' of retroactive reimbursements for the entire plan year.... The complaint further alleges that the plan's 'Benefit Guides,' relied on by participants during enrollment, failed to include clear instructions to access the cessation program." [Trout v. Meijer, Inc., No. 25-1378 (W.D. Mich. complaint filed Nov. 5, 2025)]  MORE >>

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