On June 28, the Los Angeles City Council passed a new law requiring Los Angeles hotels to ensure their workers' safety and fair compensation. It does so by imposing on hotels sweeping new requirements, including a higher minimum wage, personal security devices for workers, limits on the square footage workers may clean in a workday and more. The Los Angeles law, called the Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance (HWPO), creates Section 182 of Article 2 of Chapter 28 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. Set to take effect on Aug. 12, the new law takes after similar laws adopted by cities across California – including Santa Monica, Long Beach and West Hollywood – and beyond. In some respects, the Los Angeles law goes even further than those of other cities.
The law applies to all of the city of Los Angeles' "hotel employers," defined as "any person who owns, controls, or operates a hotel in the City." Under the new ordinance, a hotel is responsible for not only its own violations but also for its contractors' violations. Such shared responsibility means it is incumbent on hotels to ensure not only they but also their contractors – from temporary staffing agencies to employee leasing agencies – comply with the new law's requirements.
Here are the new law's key requirements:
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