The New Occupancy and Pricing Patterns

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February 23, 2022

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Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Notices Now Required

Employers are required to post a SPSL notice in the workplace. The DLSE recently created models. If employees do not frequent the workplace, an employer may provide the notice through electronic means, such as by e-mail
The DLSE also just posted FAQs on the new law. You can find answers to your most burning questions here: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/2022-SPSL-FAQs.html

Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Notice in English

Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Notice in Spanish

Provided by John Mavros of Fisher & Phillips LLP

Things to Consider When Deciding on

Disability Leave Extension

CalChamber Labor Helpline Question:

We have an employee who has been out on disability for almost a year, but we can’t let him go because he’s on disability. What are our options?

A commonly held misconception is that an employer can’t lay off an employee because they are on disability.

For absolute job protection, the employee needs to be on a protected leave, such as pregnancy disability leave, and the federal and state family leaves, such as the Family Medical Leave Act and the California Family Rights Act.

CLIA Dollars for Scholars:

Helping Students is Helping the Industry

In this era of severe staffing shortages, CLIA is making a huge effort to add to the labor pool by raising money for scholarships for hospitality students with the CLIA Dollars for Scholars online auction scholarship fundraiser.

You can be part of this worthwhile effort - it's easy and it's fun:

Donate a hotel stay or cash - promote your business on biddingforgood.com, which is visited 1.7 million shoppers
Bid on a item - you could win a fantastic getaway at a bargain price
Share the website with others - they will thank you

www.biddingforgood.com/CLIAdollars

Online Auction March 10, 2022 - March 20, 2022

At Hotels, Thursday Is Now a Check-In Night

Americans may not be traveling for work, but they are eagerly leaving town as the weekend approaches. (Getty Images)

By Jan Freitag Costar

At the latest Americas Lodging Investment Summit, Stephanie Linnartz, president of Marriott International, noted that hotel managers used to refer to Thursday as checkout night, the day of the week when business travelers typically returned home.

Hotels, Rentals Differ in Pricing Strategy During Pandemic

By Phocuswire

As the travel industry approaches two full years of impact from the COVID pandemic, data is illustrating a contrast in pricing strategy for hotels versus short-term rentals.

The data is included in a new report, Hotel & Vacation Rental COVID-19 Recovery, from Transparent and Amadeus that...