Its almost July 1st and that means increased minimum wages in the City of Los Angeles as well as under the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance. Hotel workers covered
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Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance
What California’s Blue Bubble Means for Employers
While people have many questions and concerns arising from last week’s presidential election, one thing is for sure: California remains entrenched in a very deep blue bubble.
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Spoiler Alert: LA Hotel Ordinance Is Here to Stay
There’s a new twist in the ongoing soap-opera like saga surrounding the Los Angeles Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance. The Hotel Associations that opposed the Ordinance have now dropped…
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Los Angeles Hotel Ordinance Update
Last week, Nancy Yaffe and I hosted approximately 30 Human Resources professionals in the hospitality industry in our Century City office for a working group discussion on the challenges of…
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Time for a Mid-Year Handbook and Confidentiality Agreement Tune Up
As I have mentioned before, every California employer, large or small, needs three things: (1) an Employee Handbook that addresses California specific issues; (2) a comprehensive Confidentiality Agreement to…
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Attention Hospitality Professionals in Los Angeles — Come Hear Me Speak
If you are a professional in the hospitality industry, please join me for a presentation on the top Ten Legal Issues Facing HR Hospitality Professionals in 2016. The event …
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Efforts to Halt Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance Thwarted
The hotel industry failed in its herculean effort to prevent the July 1, 2015 implementation of the Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance. The Court denied the Hotel Associations’ motion…
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Fight To Halt The Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance Continues
Since my last post on February 19, 2015 on the pending request for injunction filed by two Hotel Associations to stop implementation of the Los Angeles Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance…
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Hotel Associations Sue to Block Los Angeles Minimum Wage Law
As reported here, two hotel associations have filed a lawsuit and are now seeking an injunction to stop the implementation of the Los Angeles Hotel Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance…
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Lawsuit Filed to Challenge Los Angeles Hotel Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance
Two hotel trade groups have filed a lawsuit to challenge the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (Ordinance), passed by the City Council in October, and slated to raise the…
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