With Stay Lifted, Seattle Seeks Dismissal Of ERISA Preemption Allegations

Mealey's (March 4, 2020, 12:24 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — In a Feb. 20 motion to dismiss allegations that it violated the express preemption provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a), the city of Seattle tells a Washington federal judge that its ordinance requiring hotels to provide benefits to employees represents a “proper and essential exercise of its police powers protecting and enhancing its citizens’ health and safety” (ERISA Industry Committee v. Seattle, No. 18-1188, W.D. Wash.)....