By Joshua M. Henderson, Ilana R. Morady, Brent I. Clark, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 9, 2018, the California Office of Administrative Law approved the new regulation that will require hotels and other lodging establishments (such as resorts and bed and breakfast inns) to implement new requirements to protect employees who perform housekeeping
Continue Reading California Hotel Workers Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Regulation to Take Effect July 1, 2018
Seyfarth Synopsis: This past week, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board approved a new regulation that will require hotels and other lodging establishments (such as resorts and bed and breakfast inns) to implement new requirements to protect employees who perform housekeeping tasks from any “musculoskeletal injury.”
This new regulation–“Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention”–is intended to
Continue Reading California Moves Closer to Regulating Hotels Toward Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention
By Christopher W. Kelleher, Rashal G. Baz, James L. Curtis, and Brent I. Clark,
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 11, 2017, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance that will require Chicago hotels to provide certain staff with “panic buttons” and develop enhanced anti-sexual harassment policies.
In an effort to protect hotel employees from sexual harassment
Continue Reading Click for Backup: New Ordinance Requires Chicago Hotels to Provide Staff with “Panic Buttons”