OMC Chapter 5.97 requires hotels with 50+ rooms to retain existing employees for 90 days following ownership or operator changes, and imposes worker safety standards including panic buttons, workload limits, and protections against guest harassment.
Adopted via Measure Z in 2018, OMC Chapter 5.97 protects hotel and hospitality workers in Oakland. Hotels with 50 or more guest rooms must offer existing employees continued employment for a 90-day transition period when ownership or operator changes. The ordinance also requires employers to provide personal panic buttons to housekeepers and other employees working alone in guest rooms, limit daily room cleaning workload thresholds, and post notices of worker rights. Violations of guest-harassment reporting procedures and retaliation against workers who use panic buttons are prohibited. The City Administrator enforces compliance through investigations and civil penalties.
Civil penalties, back wages, reinstatement orders, and private right of action by affected workers; retaliation against workers triggers additional penalties.
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