Su
Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Su
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Mueller, J.
Several California railroad employers sue the California Labor Commissioner, seeking a declaration that federal law preempts provisions of a local paid sick leave law. Before the court are three cross-motions for partial summary judgment raising the question whether the *1133 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 45 U.S.C. § 351 et seq. ("RUIA"), preempts California's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 ("California Act"). See ECF Nos. 49, 51, 53. The court heard all three motions on January 19, 2017. Hr'g Mins., ECF No. 67. As discussed below, the court finds RUIA preempts a portion of the California Act and therefore GRANTS and DENIES portions of each motion.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Parties
Plaintiffs are several railroad companies: The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, BNSF Railway Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles Junction Railway, TTX Company and Central California Traction Company. The following interested unions have intervened: The Transportation Division of The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers; Mechanical Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and…