context: In reaching this conclusion we do not rely exclusively on the fact that the salary adjustments were paid from the Firm's general assets; the Seventh Circuit has made clear this factor is not determinative.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: "[I]f an employer has an administrative scheme for paying benefits, it should not be able to evade the requirements of the statute merely by paying those benefits out of general assets."
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Diak, 33 F.3d at 813 (“[P]ayment of benefits out of general funds satisfies the requirement of an ascertainable source of funding.”); see also Fort Halifax Packing Co., Inc. v. Coyne, 482 U.S. 1, 18, 107 5.Ct. 2211, 96 L.Ed.2d 1 (1987) (“[I]f an employer has an administrative scheme for paying benefits, it should not be able to evade the requirements of the statute merely by paying those benefits out of general assets.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 33 F.3d 813, 813
citation_b.parenthetical: "[P]ayment of benefits out of general funds satisfies the requirement of an ascertainable source of funding."
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Diak, 33 F.3d at 813 (“[P]ayment of benefits out of general funds satisfies the requirement of an ascertainable source of funding.”); see also Fort Halifax Packing Co., Inc. v. Coyne, 482 U.S. 1, 18, 107 5.Ct. 2211, 96 L.Ed.2d 1 (1987) (“[I]f an employer has an administrative scheme for paying benefits, it should not be able to evade the requirements of the statute merely by paying those benefits out of general assets.”).