Section 12 Penalties

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

“Although an ‘employer’s good faith and the absence of harm are relevant in deciding whether to award a statutory penalty,’ ‘neither [a defendant’s] good faith nor the absence of actual injury to [the plaintiff] precludes the award of a statutory penalty.’” Brown v. Aventis Pharms., Inc., 341 F.3d 822, 825 (8^th Cir. 2003) (quoting Chesnut v. Montgomery, 307 F.3d 698, 704 (8^th Cir. 2002)) (citation omitted). Further:

Under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(c)(1)(A), an ERISA plan administrator “may in the court’s...