Judge:  Health Care System’s Retirement Plan Is A Church Plan Under ERISA

Mealey's (February 22, 2023, 1:41 PM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — Using a framework from Medina v. Catholic Health Initiatives in applying the test set forth in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, a New Jersey federal judge ruled that a retirement plan at the heart of a longstanding case is a church plan and therefore exempt from the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act....