New laws aim to protect hotel workers

Hotel Business, November 7, 2019 –Throughout the country, local and state governments are passing laws to create more stringent anti-sexual harassment protections in the workplace and ensure safety measures—such as the distribution of panic buttons to hotel employees—are introduced. In cities like Chicago, Santa Monica, CA, and Miami Beach, as well as states like New Jersey and Illinois, panic buttons have been mandated for vulnerable hotel workers. And, states like New York, Connecticut, California, Delaware, Illinois and Maine have all recently passed stricter laws pertaining to sexual harassment. And this trend is not going away.

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