The ERISA Industry Committee v. City of Seattle
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2:18-cv-01188
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May 29, 2020
ERISA Group Takes Seattle Benefits Law Fight To 9th Circ.
The ERISA Industry Committee is taking its challenge of a Seattle ordinance regarding health care coverage for hotel workers to the Ninth Circuit, after a Washington federal judge ruled the Employee Retirement Income Security Act doesn't trump the state law.
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May 11, 2020
ERISA Challenge To Seattle Hotel Benefits Law Thrown Out
A Washington federal judge has held that a Seattle ordinance meant to ensure hotel workers have access to affordable health care isn't trumped by ERISA, throwing out an employer advocacy group's challenge to the city law.
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March 24, 2020
ERISA Group Rips Seattle's Bid To End Benefits Law Dispute
A group that represents large employers has asked a Washington federal judge not to toss its suit that claims ERISA trumps a Seattle ordinance governing hotel workers' health benefits, saying the city statute wasn't akin to a San Francisco law that survived a preemption challenge.
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February 21, 2020
ERISA Doesn't Preempt Hotel Benefits Ordinance, Seattle Says
The city of Seattle has urged a Washington federal judge to throw out the ERISA Industry Committee's challenge to a city ordinance meant to ensure hotel workers have access to affordable health care, saying the group was trying to use ERISA "for its own ends."
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January 22, 2020
ERISA Industry Group Slams New Seattle Hotel Benefits Law
The ERISA Industry Committee is challenging Seattle's latest attempt to improve hotel workers' access to medical care through legislation, telling a Washington federal judge that a city ordinance requiring employers to pay certain health care costs is trumped by ERISA.
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January 02, 2019
Seattle Hotel Benefits Suit Stayed After State Court Nixes Law
A Washington federal judge has paused the ERISA Industry Commitee's challenge to a section of Seattle's municipal code governing hotel employee health benefits after a state appeals court found that the ordinance as a whole lacks coherence and violates the city's charter and state law.
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December 07, 2018
ERISA Industry Group Wants Seattle Hotel Benefits Law Nixed
The ERISA Industry Committee again asked for a quick win in its challenge to a recently revised section of Seattle's municipal code governing hotel employee health benefits, asking a Washington federal judge to reject the city's assertion that the ordinance wasn't preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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November 13, 2018
Seattle Says Industry Group's ERISA Suit Is Off The Mark
The city of Seattle has further urged a federal judge to toss the ERISA Industry Committee's attempt to scrap a revised section of the city's municipal code governing hotel employee health benefits, hitting back at the argument that the ordinance is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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October 26, 2018
Seattle Hotel Benefits Law Preempted By ERISA, Judge Told
The ERISA Industry Committee has urged a Washington federal judge to a block a recently revised section of Seattle's municipal code governing hotel employee health benefits, arguing that the city wrongly asserted that the ordinance wasn't preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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October 05, 2018
Seattle Says Hotel Benefits Law Isn't Barred By ERISA
The city of Seattle has urged a Washington federal court to toss a suit challenging a recently revised section of the city's municipal code governing hotel employee health benefits, arguing that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act doesn't preempt the ordinance.