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Labor/Employment

Jul. 18, 2018

In wake of #MeToo, county considers hotel safety

Earlier this year, the Sacramento County board of supervisors adopted the Sacramento County Hotel Worker Protection Act; will the state of California follow suit?

Jean Kuei

Pillsury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Email: jean.kuei@pillsburylaw.com

Jean is a labor and employment attorney representing clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies across a wide array of industries, with an emphasis on the financial services, retail and automobile industries. Her work covers a broad range of issues from single-plaintiff retaliation, discrimination and harassment matters to multi-plaintiff wage and hour class actions.

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In wake of #MeToo, county considers hotel safety
Downtown Sacramento (Shutterstock)

THIS COLUMN APPEARED IN THE 2018 LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT

Earlier this year, the Sacramento County board of supervisors adopted the Sacramento County Hotel Worker Protection Act, an ordinance requiring hotel and motel operators in Sacramento County to provide employees who are assigned to work in guest rooms with a panic button or notification device. These are portable emergency contact devices that can be easily activated by employees...

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