Wage and Hour, Hotels, Employee Benefits

City of Los Angeles Hotel Workers’ Minimum Wage Increase Put on Hold

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/2/2025

The City of Los Angeles has put the minimum wage increase for hotel workers on hold. Certain provisions were to take effect on July 1, 2025. This decision comes after a referendum petition against the ordinance was filed...more

City of Los Angeles Passes Olympic Wage Increases and Other Entitlements for Hotel and Airport Workers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/29/2025

On May 27, the City of Los Angeles passed amendments to the Living Wage Ordinance (LWO) and the Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (HWMO). The development of these amendments began in December 2024, and since then have been...more

New Los Angeles Hotel Workers Ordinance Goes to City Council for Outright Adoption or Voter Approval

Stokes Wagner on 5/20/2022

The “Hotel Workers Initiative Ordinance” - a proposed hotel workers’ protections ordinance backed by UNITE HERE Local 11 - would require hotels in the City of Los Angeles to give additional protections and benefits to hotel...more

Seattle Delays I-124 Medical Requirements

Foster Garvey PC on 9/17/2018

Pending the results of a lawsuit challenging the medical requirements under the Hotel Employees Health and Safety Initiative (“I-124”), the City of Seattle has agreed to delay enforcement of Part 3 of that law. Part 3...more

Your Comprehensive Guide to 2018 Proposed California Legislation

Fisher Phillips on 2/28/2018

February 16 was the deadline to introduce new bills in the California Legislature. By that date, nearly 2,200 bills were introduced. While that may seem like a staggering amount of legislative proposals (especially for a...more

Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report - December 2016

Littler on 12/5/2016

Littler's WPI Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The December edition of the Insider Report discusses recent efforts to block...more