If your husband was vested before he changed companies, I don’t believe the new company can deny him that even if the money is with a different financial vendor. That’s something H.R. would have to answer. I don’t know if a new fund has to grandfather the old fund vesting rules. The new fund may have different vesting rules that make hubby ineligible with the new financial fund holder. Ask H.R. to explain that in WRITING and see what your options are from there.
Thanks--that's also what the Kansas Office for the Dept of Labor suggested.