California Updates

In November 2018, Oakland voters approved Ballot Measure Z, which establishes workplace safety protections for hotel employees working at a hotel with 50 or more guest rooms.

By July 1, 2020 hotel employers must provide their employees with the following protections:

• Employer-provided emergency contact devices (panic buttons);
• Rights to report violent/threatening behavior; and
• Restrictions on the maximum space to be cleaned

Click here for FAQs on requirements for employers.