Advocate Health Care and Religious Exemptions to ERISA - The Atlantic

A new case on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket could potentially involve millions of American employees and lead to billions of dollars’ worth of litigation. The justices’ decision could affect the viability of religiously affiliated orphanages, hospitals, schools, and nursing homes, and it could also threaten the financial security of a generation of their workers, fast heading toward retirement.

On its face, Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton and the two other cases it’s consolidated with may seem boring—after all, they’re about federal regulations on pension plans for church-affiliated hospitals. But these cases are actually the culmination of a new, vicious fight over the rights of employers that are loosely affiliated with religious institutions, and how they should have to pay retirement benefits to their employees in accordance with federal law....
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/advocate-health-care-erisa/510218/?utm_source=feed

Hospitals Aren’t Churches: Why The Supreme Court Should Conclude As Much And Protect Hundreds Of Thousands Of Pensions

On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear three cases that could affect hundreds of thousands of employees nationwide. The cases—Dignity Health v. Rollins (Ninth Circuit), St. Peter’s Healthcare System v. Kaplan (Third Circuit), and Advocate Healthcare Network v. Stapleton (Seventh Circuit)—deal with the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, better known as ERISA. Many people’s eyes gloss over at the mere mention of ERISA, but here’s why we have been working on these cases, and why you should pay attention....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/hospitals-aren-t-churches-why-the-supreme-court-should-conclude-as-much-and