Hotel Failed To Show Jurisdiction Exists Under ERISA In Contribution Dispute

Mealey's (December 21, 2020, 10:42 AM EST) -- MIAMI — A hotel that was forced to lay off numerous employees after business shutdown orders were issued to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus failed to show that a Florida federal court has jurisdiction under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to hear a dispute related to the hotel’s duty to make health care contributions to a union’s welfare fund for the laid-off employees, a Florida federal judge said Dec. 16....