Mealey's (November 13, 2018, 10:00 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A 2016 ordinance passed by the city of Seattle that requires hotel employers to provide a minimum specified level of health benefits to certain employees is preempted by federal law, a trade association representing the employers maintains in an Oct. 25 motion for summary judgment filed in a Washington federal court (ERISA Industry Committee v. Seattle, No. 18-1188, W.D. Wash.)....