West Hollywood Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance

The city of West Hollywood (the city) enacted a hotel worker protection ordinance (HWPO) requiring hotel employers to:

• Provide personal security devices to its service workers;
• Designate response personnel who may directly receive alerts from the security devices;
• Provide protections and accommodation to hotel service workers who observed or were victims of violent or threatening conduct; and
• Provide right of recall and retention protections in certain situations.

The HWPO also sets workload limits for specific hotel workers responsible for cleaning