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Workers' Compensation Academy: Pennsylvania COVID-19 Update: Layoff or Furlough from Light Duty as a Result of COVID-19
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (DMV)
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (New Jersey)
On April 2, 2025, and April 8, 2025, respectively, the Senate’s special subcommittee and House emergency committee met to receive updates on how federal layoffs and budget reductions are impacting Virginia’s residents and...more
Good Sunday morning and Happy New Year!! We are again providing a roundup of a few of the stories that we feel made the biggest impact in the online travel industry over this past year (and continuing into this year). ...more
Although the COVID-19 pandemic might feel like a thing of the past, California’s Right to Recall continues in place. In October 2023, Governor Newsom signed bill SB 723, which amended California’s Right to Recall law and...more
Governor Newsom signed into law a plethora of bills that significantly expand the rights of employees in California, although notably vetoing a bill that would have prohibited caste discrimination. Most of the new laws take...more
Employees in certain covered hospitality and service sectors, who were laid-off for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, were granted another year of extended re-hire rights through December 31, 2025 under Senate Bill...more
The Hollywood writers' strike ended last Tuesday with an agreement to manage the disruption caused by automation – a framework that likely will be repeated in other workplaces....more
This week’s Online Travel Update is below. With summer now in full swing, it is no surprise that last week was another relatively quiet week in the online travel world. Speculation continues around the Expedia / Hopper...more
In a decision of great import to the New York City hospitality industry, a federal court has held that a New York City statute mandating payment of severance benefits to certain covered hotel service employees was not...more
Under a New York City law, hotels with at least 100 rooms that either (1) experienced a mass layoff of 75% or more of their workforce or (2) were closed to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, but have not reopened to the...more
Effective as of October 5, 2021, Int. 2397-2021 requires operators of “transient hotels” (as defined by Section 12-10 of the New York City zoning resolutions) to pay their employees severance pay if: 1. the hotel closed to...more
The pandemic has hit New York City’s hotels particularly hard, leading to perhaps the industry’s worst year ever in 2020. Despite these incredibly difficult times, however, Mayor de Blasio signed into law on October 5, 2021 a...more
A federation of hotel and motel owners and operators challenged a San Diego ordinance that requires certain building service and hospitality employers to recall workers laid off due to the pandemic before hiring new...more
As California and the U.S. enjoy a surge in the travel industry again, the newly codified Labor Code section 2810.8 sets forth the obligations of California employers with regard to the recall of laid-off employees in many...more
Last week, the City of West Hollywood approved an expansive hotel worker protection ordinance. The ordinance seeks to protect the safety and security of hotel workers and improve their working conditions. The following is a...more
The Nevada legislature followed several other cities and states by enacting sweeping legislation that provides certain employees with rights to return to their former employment. Senate Bill 386, the Nevada Hospitality and...more
Over the past few years, cities have started to implement workplace regulation, an area previously reserved to federal and state governments. The hotel industry, which often is one of the primary drivers of a local economy,...more
Approximately 16 months after COVID-19 forced New York to a screeching halt, many restaurants, hotels, bars, caterers and other hospitality establishments are finally reopening for business. As the hospitality industry...more
As the hotel industry recovers, the City of Chicago has enacted a “Right to Return to Work” ordinance. The ordinance, which is effective on June 25, 2021, requires Chicago hotels to rehire qualified employees laid off in the...more
The Governor of Nevada recently signed into law Senate Bill 386, which is Nevada’s version of the trending “return to work” or “right to recall” laws being passed in other jurisdictions throughout the country in response to...more
Before 2020, the City of Santa Monica was one of a handful of cities that had a right of recall ordinance. However, since the beginning of the pandemic, many local governments enacted right to recall ordinances to return...more
Eligible workers in D.C. who have been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic have the opportunity to be reinstated once their employer starts rehiring after the pandemic, according to a new law. The “Displaced Workers Right to...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
The California hospitality industry should be aware that Governor Newsom recently signed into law Bill No. 93 (“Bill 93”), which will take immediate effect. Bill 93 is an attempt to rehire and retain displaced workers due to...more
As travel begins to resume in California, the Legislature has imposed additional stringent requirements on employers in the travel and hospitality industries. Beginning April 16, 2021, Senate Bill 93 will require employers in...more
Senate Bill 93, which became effective immediately on April 16, 2021, requires certain hospitality businesses to first offer open positions to workers who have been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic prior to hiring any...more