Charleston imposes no hotel worker retention ordinance. South Carolina's right-to-work and preemption framework leaves staffing decisions to ownership, with no successor-employer hiring obligations.
Unlike Los Angeles or Long Beach, Charleston has not enacted hotel worker retention requirements obligating new owners to retain incumbent staff after a sale. South Carolina is a right-to-work state under SC §41-7, and SC §6-1-130 broadly preempts municipal labor mandates including wages and benefits. South Carolina Statute §41-1-110 partially preempts paid leave mandates. Hotel ownership transfers in Charleston are governed by federal WARN Act notices for mass layoffs but lack any local retention requirement. Hospitality unions remain rare in the Charleston market.
No local penalty applies because no retention ordinance exists; federal WARN Act violations for mass layoffs may bring back-pay liability under 29 USC §2101.
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