Tag: Church pension plans|Court decisions|ERISA|IRS|Lawsuit|Pension Rights Center|Traditional (defined benefit) pensions
Challenges to 2 church plans move forward
On Monday, a U.S. District Court in New Jersey dismissed a motion by Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, New Brunswick, N.J., to stop a lawsuit by pension plan participants challenging a recent ruling by the IRS that it was a church plan exempt from ERISA. The IRS determination, wrote Judge Michael Shipp, “conflicts with the plain […]