ERIC today filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the City of Seattle for obstructing the federal law that enables large employers to administer health and retirement benefits uniformly across the country. ERIC is requesting an injunction and a declaration from the court that federal law supersedes and preempts the health coverage and payment mandates in Part 3 of the Seattle Hotel Employees Health and Safety Initiative - SMC 14.25; ERIC hopes to work with the City and negotiate a temporary nonenforcement agreement, at least until a decision in the case is reached… More

ERIC has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the City of Seattle for obstructing the federal law that enables large employers to administer health and retirement benefits uniformly across the country… More

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in CNH Industrial v. Reese asking the court to reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s decision that required life-time vesting of retiree health benefits under a collective bargaining agreement that did not stipulate the duration of the benefit… More

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and the American Benefits Council (ABC), have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Meiners v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al in support of the District Court’s ruling that dismissed the allegations against Wells Fargo & Company… More

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the American Benefits Council (ABC), and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Meiners v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al in support of the District Court’s ruling that dismissed the allegations against Wells Fargo & Company… More