Posted by Tally_ho_us on 06 December 2000 at 20:06:19:
In Reply to: Thank you to people posting. posted by Brian Marks on 02 December 2000 at 10:05:45:
I don't know why you don't investigate to see if the same people are
in both the c-plan and the other plan. It seems to me you have a
stronger case to say that IBM may look at the two as the same plan
but different sections however each plan is to the benefit of a
different group of people therefore one group of people are "paying"
for the benfit of a totally different group of people. This is not
a matter of just changing terms of a "plan" this change also effect
totally different "classes" of people therefore it can not be the same
since each plan is to the benefit of a different group of employees/retirees.
How can a plan be the same if it has different people in it and thoses
people can not change between the two plans.
I don't know British law but this seems like common sense to me. Law
usually is based (though not always) common sense.
If the groups of beneficiaries are different then the plans should be
considered different - in my way of thinking anyway. I would at
least ask a lawyer about this thought process - if you think it valid.