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: Washington Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits LawU.S. Supreme Court Petition in San Francisco Health Care Benefits Case
By Donald W. Heyrich
Back in 2006, the City of San Francisco passed an ordinance requiring all businesses with 20 or more employees to pay a fee to help cover health care costs. A restaurant group successfully argued that the law was preempted by ERISA. The case is now on fast-track status in the 9th Circuit, with briefs due in April and a possible ruling next summer. Meanwhile, in a highly controversial ruling, a three-judge 9th Circuit panel ruled that the city?s law can be enforced until the 9th Circuit rules on the case. Last Thursday, the restaurant association applied to the U.S. Supreme Court for an order vacating the 9th Circuit?s ruling. More to come on this interesting case. Here is a New York Times article on the case.
Full post as published by Washington Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits Law on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).
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