COVID-19: Employer Obligation for Safety, Paid Leave, Wage and Hour

Jonathan Yarbrough | March 26, 2020

By Jonathan Yarbrough The hotel industry is being hit particularly hard by COVID-19 with occupancy rates plummeting for those hotels open during this crisis. Some hotels that are open are operating with a skeleton crew – with exempt managers working alongside hourly employees to ensure that hotel operations run as smoothly as possible under the circumstances. Still, these operating hotels must take precautions to ensure that staff are as safe as possible during this pandemic, while complying with the various, and seemingly ever-changing, employment laws. Wage and Hour Laws and Workplace Safety While safety of employees is certainl...