Another Circuit Court Holds Retirement Plan Established by a Church-Affiliated Organization Does Not Qualify as an ERISA Church Plan: Seventh Circuit | Practical Law
In Stapleton v. Advocate Health Care Network, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit followed a recent Third Circuit decision and held that a retirement plan established by a church-affiliated organization was not a church plan qualifying for an exemption under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) because it was not established by a church.