Mealey's (March 22, 2021, 1:36 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Seattle ordinance relating to health care costs for hotel employees is not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled on March 17, affirming a trial court’s dismissal of The ERISA Industry Committee’s (ERIC) lawsuit challenging it and holding that its decision is controlled by Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco....