What happens at the bargaining table may lead an employer to close a facility, exit a line of business, go non-union, or opt for an entirely different compensation...
What happens at the bargaining table may lead an employer to close a facility, exit a line of business, go non-union, or opt for an entirely different compensation mix for its employees. All of these can trigger the employer's obligation to pay withdrawal liability.
In this episode of our multi-part series on withdrawal liability, senior counsel Neil Shah and partner Josh Fox unpack the ways in which withdrawal liability surfaces in labor negotiations and what employers can do about it.
Neil Shah: Welcome to the Proskauer Benefits Brief: Legal Insight on Compensation and Benefits. I'm Neil Shah, Senior Counsel at Proskauer. This is the fifth episode in our multi-part series on withdrawal liability. Today, we're talking about how withdrawal liability comes up in collective marketing. We're joined today by Josh Fox, a Partner in Proskauer's Labor and Employment Department, and a member of our Labor Management Relations Group.
Josh, welcome. Why don't you tell us a little bit about what you do at Proskauer and the way in which withdrawal liability comes up as part of your own practice?
Josh Fox: Thanks, Neil, it's great to be here. So, I focus on what happens at the bargaining table. I'm a traditional labor lawyer, I represent employers in pretty much every type of industry, and in terms of withdrawal liability,...
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