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1/23/2020
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

NELA NITE: ESSENTIAL ERISA BASICS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT LAWYER or Even Though You Don’t Do Windows Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Fall Out of One!
2 CLE Credits (Light Dinner will be provided) 
Video conference will be available as well!
 
Has your client been terminated right before her pension vests?
Have you waived your client’s rights to any ERISA benefits in a settlement agreement?
Has an employer created an enforceable ERISA plan through its severance practices?
How do you find out what benefits your client is entitled to and whether she is eligible?
How, where, and when does your client challenge the denial of his benefits?
 
WILLIAM FRUMKIN and ELIZABETH HUNTER, partners at Frumkin & Hunter LLP, will provide an overview of ERISA basics: types of employee benefit plans covered by ERISA, formal and informal ERISA plans, types of documents employees are entitled to obtain from an ERISA plan, primary types of ERISA claims, common procedural issues, and ways to utilize potential ERISA claims to enhance other employment claims.