Employee Benefits

Multiemployer Plans and Taft-Hartley Trusts

Littler regularly works with employers who participate in collectively bargained plans. We currently serve as counsel to trustees for several multi-employer health and benefits funds with over $4 billion in assets. Littler offers solutions for minimizing withdrawal liability prior to the negotiation of a transaction. Littler attorneys can review any assessment made with an experienced eye, negotiate and, if necessary, challenge, litigate, or arbitrate an amenable settlement. We are often involved in fund audits and defend employers. The Firm advises employers on proper employee contributions curtailing future delinquency claims, discovers funding deficiencies before they occur, and helps obtain the best settlement or outcome, if and when a dispute arises. Most importantly, Littler attorneys are well-versed in contract, ERISA, labor management relations, and trust issues that arise under collectively bargained plans.