The ERISA Industry Committee v. City of Seattle

  1. July 23, 2021

    Biz Group Fights For Redo Of Seattle Benefits Law Case

    A business lobbying group wants another chance to challenge a Seattle law that expanded hotel workers' access to health care, saying the Ninth Circuit's decision to hand the organization a loss in the case places the court in conflict with the First and Fourth circuits.

  2. July 16, 2021

    9th Circ. Urged To Keep Hotel Worker Health Mandate Ruling

    The city of Seattle asked the Ninth Circuit to reject a business advocacy organization's request for an en banc rehearing in the group's unsuccessful challenge to a city law intended to expand hotel workers' access to health care, arguing that this decision doesn't merit a second look.

  3. May 27, 2021

    9th Circ. Signals It May Rehear Seattle Benefits Law Case

    A Ninth Circuit panel has asked Seattle to respond to a business advocacy organization's request for a rehearing in the group's unsuccessful challenge to a city law intended to expand hotel workers' access to health care, signaling that it may take up the case again.

  4. May 03, 2021

    Biz Group Wants Another Stab At Axing Seattle Benefit Law

    An employer advocacy group asked the Ninth Circuit to rethink tossing its challenge to a Seattle ordinance that expanded hotel workers' access to health care, arguing the full appeals court should strike down a 2008 decision that doomed its lawsuit.

  5. March 17, 2021

    9th Circ. Backs Seattle Hotel Worker Health Mandate

    Seattle has won a court battle over its decision to require hotels to enroll workers in an employee health plan or give them money to buy their own health insurance, with a Ninth Circuit panel ruling Wednesday that the ordinance doesn't tread on territory reserved for ERISA.

  6. March 01, 2021

    ERISA Group Asks 9th Circ. To Scrap Seattle Benefits Law

    The ERISA Industry Committee urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to find that a Seattle ordinance requiring large hotels to pay workers for health care coverage is preempted by federal law, arguing that the ordinance isn't merely "wage-like" because it requires a new system to dole out differing payment amounts based on marital status and family size.

  7. February 19, 2021

    High Court Ruling May Be A Boon For Benefits Access

    A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the scope of ERISA's preemption clause will likely clear the way for more cities and states to require employers to boost workers' access to health care and retirement programs, experts say.

  8. December 18, 2020

    Seattle Leans On High Court To KO Health Care Challenge

    A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling should be the knockout blow for an employer group's challenge to a Seattle ordinance aimed at bolstering hotel workers' access to health care, the city has told the Ninth Circuit.

  9. November 05, 2020

    Cities Back Seattle Hotel Health Care Ordinance At 9th Circ.

    Seven U.S. cities urged the Ninth Circuit to reject a business group's push to invalidate a Seattle ordinance meant to help hotel workers get health care, saying the appeals court has already ruled that federal benefits law doesn't preempt local ordinances like the Emerald City's.

  10. August 28, 2020

    Biz Group Looks To Revive Fight Against Seattle Benefits Law

    An advocacy group for large employers has asked the Ninth Circuit for another shot at challenging a Seattle ordinance to improve hotel workers' access to affordable health care, arguing a lower court should have found the ordinance was trumped by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.