Retail employers in Los Angeles will soon be required to provide employees with written, good faith estimates of their schedules and offer extra hours to current employees before hiring new workers under a new ordinance that takes effect on April 1, 2023. The “Los Angeles Fair Work Week Ordinance” makes
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Los Angeles the Latest City to Adopt Fair Work Week Measures
Starting April 1, 2023, Los Angeles retail businesses with at least 300 employees will need to comply with a new Fair Work Week Ordinance. This ordinance will require covered employers to provide a written, good-faith estimate of employee work schedules before hiring and within 10 days’ of a
Large Retail Employers With Los Angeles Workforce May Soon Face Additional Restrictions And Expenses
On September 13, 2022, the Fair Work Week Ordinance advanced out of committee and will move forward toward likely City Council approval. If it passes, any retail business with over 300 employees, globally, will face increased challenges for scheduling its City of Los Angeles workforce. Such employers will be required to provide work schedules to their employees at least 14 days in advance and will be subject to increased employment costs for any needed changes.
Los Angeles Hotels Increase Worker Protections
Consistent with the increased safety protections that we have seen put in place in the hotel industry for hotel workers throughout California over the past few years, the City of Los Angeles recently passed an Ordinance to further regulate hotel worker safety. Effective August 12, 2022, the Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance requires hotel employers to provide Personal Security Devices (i.e., panic buttons) to every hotel worker assigned to work in a guest room or bathroom alone. A Personal Security Device cannot be a whistle, noise-maker, alarm bell, or other similar device. The Device must provide direct contact between the worker and the hotel’s designated security officer or it will not be compliant. Hotel employers in Los Angeles are also required to provide training to workers on the purpose and use of these panic buttons.
“Healthcare Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance” Provides Los Angeles City Healthcare Workers With Minimum Wage of $25 on August 13, 2022 and Rising in 2024
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many cities throughout California have enacted “hazard pay” or “hero pay” ordinances across a variety of industries with the healthcare industry as a focal point.On July 7, 2022 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the “Healthcare Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance” (“Ordinance”) which, effective August 13, 2022, increases minimum wages for non-supervisory/managerial employees of privately-owned healthcare facilities within the City of Los Angeles. The stated purpose of the Ordinance is to “fairly compensate[] [healthcare workers] for keeping us safe while facing risks to themselves and their families.” The bill recites that between 2019 and 2020 job vacancies for various types of nursing personnel increased by up to 30%, and that nearly 30% of healthcare workers are considering leaving the profession altogether (based on a 2021 survey by the Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation). The authors claim that an increase in the minimum wage to $25.00 per hour will help alleviate some of these concerns. The Ordinance will go into effect on August 13, 2022 and provides for further annual increases to the minimum wage based on the annual increase in the cost of living (as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) beginning on January 1, 2024.
Los Angeles County Implements Employer Mask Mandate Until Further Notice
On January 5, 2021, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) issued an Order of the Health Officer requiring all employers to provide face masks to employees “who work indoors and in close contact with other workers or the public.”
Los Angeles County and Other California Jurisdictions Walk Back Face Mask Orders
It was just last month when the state of California announced the state’s reopening and what many hoped to be the end of pandemic life and various COVID-19-related restrictions. Most significant for many, face masks—which had become the symbol of COVID-19—were merely optional if one was fully vaccinated. At
Los Angeles County Imposes Indoor Mask Requirement on Fully Vaccinated
On Friday, July 16, 2021, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) issued a health order requiring all individuals regardless of vaccination status to wear face coverings in “[a]ll indoor public settings, venues, gatherings, and businesses.” The order’s list of locations in which all individuals must wear face
MASK ALERT to Employers In Los Angeles County – The Circus Continues
By: MASK ALERT to Employers In Los Angeles County – The Circus Continues
Los Angeles County Health Department announced that it will issue an order on July 16 requiring masks indoors regardless of a person’s vaccination status to be effective on July 17, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. This directive will
Los Angeles Mayor Revises Existing, and Issues New, Order Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Absences Related to COVID-19 Vaccines
On June 24, 2021, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti revised his
Los Angeles County Enacts Paid Vaccine Leave Ordinance
On May 18, 2021, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors enacted an urgency ordinance that, under certain circumstances, requires all private employers to provide paid leave so employees can receive COVID-19 vaccine injections. This paid leave includes time employees spend traveling to and from appointments and time spent
Los Angeles County Adopts “Public Health Council” Ordinance
On Tuesday, November 10, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a program allowing third-party organizations in the food, apparel manufacturing, warehousing and storage, and restaurant sectors to create “Public Health Councils.” The Board is authorizing formation of the councils for the stated purpose of educating workers