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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHobby Lobby 401(k) employee retirement plan-INCLUDES companies that produce emergency contraceptive
Here is how firm Hobby Lobby is about their religious beliefs. They have their pension funds invested in companies that produce contraceptive pills and more questionable investments that should have thrown doubt on their sincerity. This is how thoroughly SOCTUS investigated and reviewed their lawsuit. I wonder if this was brought to their attention?
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Documents filed with the Department of Labor and dated December 2012three months after the company's owners filed their lawsuitshow that the Hobby Lobby 401(k) employee retirement plan held more than $73 million in mutual funds with investments in companies that produce emergency contraceptive pills, intrauterine devices, and drugs commonly used in abortions. Hobby Lobby makes large matching contributions to this company-sponsored 401(k).
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/hobby-lobby-retirement-plan-invested-emergency-contraception-and-abortion-drug-makers
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)Time to hold them accountable for their hypocrisy!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)...Hobby Lobby appears to be a massive abortion retailer.
I will pray for their mortal sinned souls.
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)Ashleigh Banfield on CNN skewering Hobby Lobby for investments
I'm glad to see documentation that the information was publicly available long before the SCOTUS opinion came down. I knew I had read it here long ago so have been amused at the shock of the M$M.
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)I know I know...it's their kind of tea. But the info IS out there and the court should be skewered too!
TheFarseer
(9,321 posts)A 401k plan invests in mutual funds made up by guys from t row price or vanguard, not guys from Hobby Lobby. Even if you go out of your way to only make available for 401k investors funds that do not have contraceptive manufacturers - and this would be absolutely ridiculous - fund managers could change the composition of the fund without notice.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)It is done very often for groups that want to avoid classes of investments and is not at all unusual. If Hobby Lobby owners really have religious objections to abortifacients they could do that.
joeglow3
(6,228 posts)Any 401(k) worth its salt would be primarily index funds, meaning there is no say, as the investment is really in the overall index (Large Cap, Small Cap, Growth, Income, foreign, domestic, etc.). Additionally, any single employer's plan is a blip on the radar of the overall fund, so they would have little to no say.
Or, they could argue they want an investment in the companies so they can have legal standing to attend shareholder meetings and voice their concerns. There are groups that buy shares in food companies so they can attend the annual meeting to push for changes in how processed foods are prepared. I would not say these groups are hypocritical to their views for taking this approach.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)From the link in the OP, "In 2012, Hobby Lobby contributed $3.8 million to its employee savings plans, which had 13,400 employee participants at the beginning of that year."
If my math is right, HL dumped a huge $283.58 average for each of those 13,400 employees. Major addition of matching contributions, there Hobby Lobby!
joeglow3
(6,228 posts)Most companies match as a means to encourage employees to invest in their retirement. As such, if you donate nothing, you get no match.
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)tanyev
(42,550 posts)asked them to be a plaintiff in a case challenging the ACA. Especially since their employee insurance prior to the ACA was already covering all types of contraception.