Kraft Heinz Food Co. Inc. violated federal law by reducing lifetime health and prescription drug insurance benefits to its retirees, a new lawsuit alleges (Beale v. Kraft Heinz Food Co. Inc., S.D. Iowa, 3:16-cv-00119, complaint filed 12/9/16).
The lawsuit, filed Dec. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, seeks class treatment for more than 500 union-represented retirees of a meat processing plant in Iowa. Kraft unilaterally reduced their health benefits by terminating their coverage, increasing their premiums and changing their benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security ...
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