Glendale, CA Institutes Hotel Worker Protections

Over the past few years, cities and counties have gotten into the business of regulating the workplace, an area previously reserved to federal and state governments. Many local jurisdictions have focused particular attention on the hospitality industry, which often is one of the primary drivers of a local economy.¹

At the start of the trend, local ordinances focused on pushing for "panic buttons" for housekeeping staff. More recently, the scope of local regulations has expanded to include limits on workload, the right to recall, and training. New local laws governing the hospitality industry are in effect in such locations as Washington State, Chicago, Illinois, Miami Beach, Florida, and Oakland, Los Angeles,² West Hollywood, and Long Beach, California. We can now add Glendale, California to that list.