ERISA requires plans to provide participants with plan information including important information about plan features and funding; provides fiduciary responsibilities for those who manage and control plan assets; requires plans to establish a grievance and appeals process for participants to get benefits from their plans; and gives participants the right to sue for benefits and breaches of fiduciary duty. Attorneys may represent employees or they may represent the company in the design, preparation, and review of plan, trust, and employee communication documents to implement pension, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, fringe benefit, flexible benefit, and all types of employee welfare plans.
Westover is a town in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It was officially incorporated on January 31, 2001 and had an estimated population of 961 in 2007. Westover is located along the U.S. Highway 280 corridor in the northeastern quadrant of Shelby County. It is approximately 20 miles south of Birmingham and is part of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area.