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· 8/10/2006

Guiragoss v. Khoury

Citations

  • 444 F. Supp. 2d 649
  • 39 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1672
  • 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56446
  • 2006 WL 2347396

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that a top hat plan exemption requires \some well established basis for designating eligible Plan members as 'high level' employees.\
  • declining to find a top hat exemption where, among other things, \[t]here is no clear evidence indicating who was offered enrollment in the Plan\
  • finding that a salesclerk is not a high-ranking employee
  • declining to find a top hat exemption where employer \cannot even rely on the Plan documents to support their top hat argument because the documents contain no reference to selective member requirements\
  • “[N]ot every member of a top hat plan must be highly compensated or in a management position....”
  • \A review of the published cases reflects that there is no existing authority that affirms top hat status for a plan representing more than 16% of the total workforce.\

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Judges: Ellis

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