2nd Circuit Vacates Ruling Against Union In Benefits Row Involving Expired CBA

( February 10, 2025, 11:19 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — Saying in part that language incorporated by reference in an expired collective bargaining agreement (CBA) “can be reasonably understood as guaranteeing benefits beyond the contract’s expiration or as constituting deferred compensation,” a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel vacated and remanded a ruling that a dispute over Xerox Corp.’s termination of certain retiree health benefits was not arbitrable....