Air Transp. Assn of America v. WA Dept of Labor & Industries, et al

  1. November 02, 2021

    Airline Group Asks Justices To Bar Wash.'s Sick Leave Law

    U.S. airlines' lead lobbying group has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Ninth Circuit's rogue interpretation of a federal preemption standard improperly cleared the way for Washington state to enforce its paid sick leave law against airlines, upending flight crew staffing and overall operations.

  2. August 05, 2021

    9th Circ. Told To Halt Wash. Sick Leave Law In High Court Bid

    An airline lobbying group urged the Ninth Circuit to halt its order allowing Washington state's sick leave law to go into effect, saying it plans to seek high court review in its challenge of the law.

  3. July 29, 2021

    Full 9th Circ. Won't Hear Challenge To Wash. Sick Leave Law

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday declined to reconsider a ruling allowing Washington state to enforce its sick leave law against airlines, rejecting an air industry lobbying group's last-ditch effort to get the court to find that federal law trumped the state statute.

  4. July 06, 2021

    Full 9th Circ. Asked To Review Wash. Airline Sick Leave Ruling

    The full Ninth Circuit should review a panel's holding that Washington state can apply a paid sick leave law to airline employees because federal law doesn't preempt it, an airline lobbying group argued, saying the panel used the wrong test for determining preemption.

  5. May 24, 2021

    9th Circ. Upholds Wash. Sick Leave Law For Airline Workers

    The Ninth Circuit gave Washington state a green light to apply its state sick leave law to airline employees, backing a trial court's decision to toss a challenge from an airline lobbying group that claimed the state statute was trumped by federal law.

  6. March 05, 2021

    9th Circ. Ruling Kills Airlines' Sick Leave Appeal, Union Says

    Aspects of a recent Ninth Circuit decision "shred" an airline lobbying group's arguments that federal law preempts a Washington state sick pay law that extends to pilots and flight attendants, a flight attendants union has asserted in response to the group's appeal.

  7. November 17, 2020

    Airlines' Wash. Sick Leave Fight Faces Turbulence At 9th Circ.

    A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of an airline lobbying group's arguments that the state of Washington's paid sick leave law can't apply to airline employees, saying repeatedly she's not sure that the group can "get around" a 2014 Ninth Circuit ruling limiting preemption arguments.

  8. May 19, 2020

    19 AGs Ask 9th Circ. To OK Wash. Airline Workers' Sick Time

    Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia have urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a federal judge's ruling that the state of Washington's paid sick leave law applies to airline employees, saying the law is more important than ever during the coronavirus crisis.

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