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ERIC Appeals Seattle Employer Health Care Mandate Decision to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

ERIC is appealing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of ERIC’s challenge to a Seattle ordinance, Municipal Code (SMC) 14.28. The ordinance requires large hotel owners and ancillary hotel business to provide what are essentially City-mandated levels of health benefits through federally regulated employer health plans and, in so doing, runs afoul of federal law.

ERIC Litigation Update: NJ WARN Act Complaint Filed in Federal Court

Today, ERIC filed a complaint against the recently amended New Jersey WARN Act with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Our complaint argues that the amended Act violates federal ERISA law by imposing a series of expanded requirements that collectively force employers to implement an ongoing administrative scheme, which is the equivalent of a severance benefit plan under ERISA. Our complaint, therefore, seeks injunctive relief to halt enforcement of the amended New Jersey WARN Act.

ERIC Asks Court to Confirm DOL COBRA Regulations

ERIC has filed an amicus brief with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Bryant v. Walmart Stores, Inc. asking the Court to rule in favor of Walmart and not create new and unnecessary burdens related to COBRA plan communications.