November 03, 2023
The D.C. Circuit on Friday backed a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Rite Aid violated federal labor law by switching Northern California workers off a union health care fund and onto a private fund, saying the company cut off talks while it still had room to move.
September 08, 2023
The D.C. Circuit examined Friday whether the National Labor Relations Board properly ordered Rite Aid to contribute to a union's health care benefits fund, with judges posing questions about the fund's financial state and the company's ability to challenge the remedy in compliance proceedings.
September 01, 2023
In September, federal appeals courts have set oral arguments on several important employee benefits disputes from workers claiming violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and a D.C. Circuit panel will be asked to determine whether Rite Aid violated labor law when changing union retirees' health benefits.
May 18, 2023
Rite Aid has urged the D.C. Circuit to scrap the National Labor Relations Board's finding that the company violated labor law when changing workers' health care benefits without their union's consent, saying Thursday that if it hadn't made the changes, "wholesale chaos" would have ensued.
February 22, 2023
The D.C. Circuit should uphold the National Labor Relations Board's finding that Rite Aid changed workers' health care benefits without negotiating in good faith with their union, the union argued, saying the evidence put forth in the case record supports the board's decision.
February 15, 2023
The D.C. Circuit should uphold an NLRB decision finding Rite Aid didn't bargain with a United Food and Commercial Workers local before changing health care insurance benefits for workers, agency prosecutors argued, saying the board correctly determined the parties weren't at an impasse.
November 17, 2022
Rite Aid is challenging a National Labor Relations Board decision in the D.C. Circuit, telling the appeals court that the board ignored evidence when concluding the company had illegally changed health insurance benefits for workers without bargaining with a union.