Department Of Labor In Amicus Brief To 9th Circuit: ERISA Preempts CalSavers

Mealey's (June 30, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The California-mandated auto-enrollment retirement savings program known as CalSavers makes improper references and connections to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and fails to fall within government exceptions, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) argues in a June 19 amicus curiae brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, et al. v. California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, et al., No. 20-15591, 9th Cir.)....