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.
Cass City is a village in Tuscola County in the Flint/Tri-Cities area of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,643 at the 2000 census, a 16.1% increase over its 1990 population of 2,276. However, the 2008 census estimate places the population at 2,493, a 5.68% reduction from the 2000 Census. It is located along the M-81 state trunkline approximately 4 miles west of that highway's intersection with M-53. The town is named after the nearby Cass River. It is currently within Michigan's 5th congressional district.