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Irvine repeals workload rules in hotel worker ordinance; council vote splits 4-2
Summary
The City Council adopted amendments on a second reading to remove workload-specific compensation rules from the city’s hotel worker protections ordinance, rejecting labor-backed limits on daily room-square-foot caps while leaving safety and other protections in place.
The Irvine City Council voted 4-2 on Jan. 28 to adopt an ordinance amendment that removes workplace workload and compensation caps from the city’s hotel worker protection rules.
Councilmember Carol Carroll moved the ordinance’s second reading; council approved the change after public testimony that included hotel owners, hotel operators and housekeepers. The ordinance revision, adopted as Ordinance 24-22, strips the municipal code of square-footage and room-count limits that would have created city-enforced ceilings on daily cleaning assignments and an associated automatic…
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