Measure WW, passed by Long Beach voters in 2018, requires hotels with 50+ rooms to provide panic buttons, daily room-cleaning workload caps, and worker-retention rights when hotels change ownership.
Voters approved Measure WW in November 2018, codified in the Long Beach Municipal Code, mandating worker safety and retention protections at hotels with 50 or more guest rooms. Covered employers must provide personal security devices (panic buttons) to housekeepers working alone, post worker-rights notices, limit daily voluntary square-footage workloads with overtime pay above thresholds, and maintain records of guest threats. Successor hotel owners must hire eligible incumbent workers for at least 90 days following a change of control. Enforcement runs through a private right of action and the city. The ordinance shaped subsequent California hotel-worker bills.
Civil penalties, back wages, reinstatement, and attorney fees. Failure to issue panic buttons or honor retention rights exposes operators to lawsuits and city enforcement.
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