Xerox Forced to Arbitrate Over Canceled Retiree Health Benefits

Xerox Corp. must arbitrate with its union over health benefits for retirees it eliminated in 2021, even though the contract outlining those benefits expired, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled.

The appeals court panel on Wednesday vacated a lower-court decision and remanded the case on appeal by the Workers United Rochester Regional Joint Board, Local 14A. A neutral third party must discern the parties’ intent by examining new evidence, according to the decision.

A 2018-2021 collective bargaining agreement between Xerox and Local 14A guaranteed retired workers would receive life, medical, and dental insurance in addition ...