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ERIC Asks Court to Rule in Favor of ERISA

ERIC filed a motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit against the City of Seattle. In the motion ERIC argues that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal law that enables employers to administer health and retirement benefits uniformly across the country, preempts Part 3 of the Seattle Hotel Employees Health and Safety Initiative

ERIC’s Comment Letter on Albany County Paid Sick Leave

The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) applauds your efforts to provide paid sick time to employees working in Albany County. Your proposed local law to provide access to paid sick time (“Local Law”), while well-intentioned, without small revisions will increase the compliance and financial burdens on large employers that already provide paid leave to employees in the county, the state, and other jurisdictions

ERIC Confident in Lawsuit Against the City of Seattle

The City of Seattle’s request to dismiss ERIC’s lawsuit against it, will not stop ERIC from fighting the health coverage and payment mandates in Part 3 of the Seattle Hotel Employees Health and Safety Initiative