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New York Hotel Panic Buttons Union Initiative In early 2012, The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO, (Hotel Trades Council, abbreviated) for New York City fought in contract negotiations to have hotel workers who work in guest rooms, to be equipped with...

Las Vegas Hotel Panic Button Union Initiative Many cities and states have passed hotel panic button laws in an effort to ensure the safety of hotel employees, in 2018 the Las Vegas chapters of UNITE HERE’s Culinary and Bartender Unions negotiated contracts with local...

Sacramento County and City Ordinances In February of 2018, the Sacramento County’s Board of Supervisors passed and adopted an ordinance requiring hotels to provide employees that worked alone with panic buttons.  The Ordinance applied to the wider county, but not to...

Hotel Panic Button for Massachusetts State:  Safer Hotels for Workers Act What is the Safer Hotels for Workers Act? The Bill for safer hotels applies to any hotel, inn, boarding house, motel or other establishment which contains at least 25 guest rooms. The panic...

Some Countries and States Require a COVID-19 Vaccine App Over a 129 million adults have been fully vaccinated in the U.S. so far and life is slowly beginning to return to normal.  According to TripAdvisor, 67% of Americans plan to travel this summer, 74% plan to...

Why Should Hotels Invest in Contactless Payment Solutions Want to make a purchase? Wait..there’s an app for that, there are a multitude of apps that are specifically designed for mobile devices.  Your credit card companies, banks, cellular providers and your favorite...

Hotel Staff Panic Button for the City of Seattle: Hotel Employees Health and Safety Many cities and states have passed hotel panic button legislation requiring that hotels equip employees with safety devices, the City of Seattle abides by guidelines to protect hotel...

Hotel Staff Panic Button for the State of Washington The hotel panic button legislation requires all hotels and motels in the State of Washington with 60 rooms or more provide employees with personal panic buttons by January 1, 2021.  Hotels are also required to adopt...

Hotel Staff Panic Button for the City of Miami Beach The City of Miami Beach acknowledges that hospitality workers are an essential part of the State’s economy.  Hospitality employees are also vulnerable and their safety is at risk due to working in isolation and...

Hotels Need to Act Quickly to Equip Employees with Staff Alert Panic Buttons Due to the nature of their jobs, hotel employees often work alone and work late hours.  Consequently, they are vulnerable to sexual assaults and workplace violence.  58% of hotel workers...

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Hotels Need to Make In-Door Air Quality a Priority COVID-19 made sanitation a priority and travelers are paying keen attention to the safety protocols that hotels have implemented.  A 2020 study commissioned by the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) and...