Xerox Retiree Health Benefits Cut Draws Proposed Class Action

Xerox Corp.'s 2019 decision to charge premiums to retirees receiving company-paid health insurance violates some older retirees’ vested rights under the terms of a 1986 early retirement window, according to a proposed class action filed in the Western District of New York.

Former Xerox employee Paul Vollmer says he retired under a 1986 enhanced retirement program that included the right to lifetime, company-paid health coverage for him and his spouse.

Vollmer’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, alleges Xerox breached this obligation in 2019, when it began requiring retirees to pay 50% ...