The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has filed lawsuits challenging two laws that require large companies to spend a certain amount toward healthcare benefits.
The group alleges that the laws unfairly single out the retail industry and discourage job creation. The group filed the lawsuits in U.S. District Courts in Baltimore and Brooklyn .
Maryland and Suffolk County, New York, have approved healthcare mandates for large companies. In Maryland, lawmakers were able to override a governor's veto in January to pass legislation that requires for-profit employers with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8 percent of payroll on healthcare benefits for employees or pay the difference into the state's health program for low-income families.
"We all agree that access to health care is vital, but these spending mandates will drive away business and discourage job creation," says Brad Anderson, RILA chairman and vice chairman & CEO of Best Buy Co., Inc.
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