Restaurant Group Backs DOL’s Health Plan Rule

The Restaurant Law Center joined other industry groups supporting the Labor Department’s new rule expanding the ability of small businesses and self-employed individuals to form associations to obtain health insurance.

The center supports the DOL’s request to dismiss a challenge to its health plan rule brought by attorneys general of 11 states and the District of Columbia, according to its Nov. 30 request to file a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The center wants to clarify the challenges faced by small businesses in the health coverage marketplace. The group also seeks to ...