NEW JERSEY BUILDING LABORERS STATEWIDE BENEFIT FUNDS AND THE TRUSTEES THEREOF v. LLANOS MAINTENANCE SERVICE

**The Dispute** The New Jersey Building Laborers Statewide Benefit Funds sued Llanos Maintenance Service over unpaid employee benefit contributions. The benefit funds claimed that Llanos failed to make required payments into worker benefit programs, which violates federal ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) laws that protect employee benefits. **The Court's Decision** The court record shows this case was filed in 2019, but the final outcome and any damages awarded are not reported in the available information. The case focused on whether Llanos properly fulfilled its obligations to contribute to employee benefit funds as required. **What This Means for Workers** This case highlights an important protection for workers in unionized industries. When employers are required to contribute to benefit funds for things like health insurance, retirement, or training programs, federal law requires them to actually make those payments. If employers skip these contributions, benefit funds can sue to recover the money owed to workers. Even though we don't know how this specific case ended, it shows that there are legal remedies available when employers fail to pay into worker benefit programs as promised.