December 19, 2024
Chemical companies DuPont and Corteva Inc. violated federal benefits law when they cut hundreds of workers off from retirement benefits following a merger and subsequent spinoff, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding the companies didn't clearly explain how the transactions would impact employees' benefits.
September 24, 2024
A DuPont employee was scrutinized on the witness stand Tuesday for the way a worker learned about how the chemical company's merger with Dow would impact their benefits, with a judge calling a heavily redacted trial exhibit useless and a plaintiffs' attorney quizzing her on basic email functions.
June 18, 2024
Chemical companies DuPont and Corteva can't escape a class action claiming they illegally stripped retirement benefits from hundreds of workers following a merger and subsequent spinoff, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding factual disputes that need to be sorted out at trial.
May 03, 2024
DuPont and Corteva Inc. asked a Pennsylvania federal court Friday to undo class certification for former employees who claim they were wrongly denied an "optional retirement" when DuPont de Nemours Inc. and Corteva's parent companies merged and they were spun off, arguing that the two class representatives' claims clash with the rest of the class.
November 20, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal judge certified two classes of workers in a suit alleging chemical companies DuPont and Corteva illegally backed out of benefit promises following a merger, ruling that there are questions that are best resolved collectively.
September 05, 2023
Chemical companies DuPont and Corteva Inc. will have to face a lawsuit alleging that workers saw their early retirement benefits chopped down after a merger, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, saying their dismissal bids merely rehashed arguments the court had already rejected.
August 04, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Thursday to toss a lawsuit accusing chemical companies DuPont and Corteva Inc. of illegally taking away workers' rights to retire early with full benefits after a merger, saying it was too early to decide whether the workers behind the case qualified as "employees."
September 07, 2021
Current and former DuPont employees have lodged a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court claiming the company stripped them of their early-retirement benefits following a spinoff, in violation of federal benefits law.