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Welcome to the CHLA Member’s Area

In this section, you’ll find resources and publications exclusively for CHLA Members. CHLA’s Legal & Operational Hotline is 800-678-2462 or you can send an email request. Remember – CHLA has it, knows where to find it, or can get it for you – just ask us!

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California Hotel Law

FOURTH EDITION This is the fourth revised and renamed edition of the California Hotel & Lodging Association’s (CHLA) comprehensive legal guide for California’s lodging industry. This book is intended merely to be a guide to the statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions affecting the operations of a hotel in California. The fourth edition of California Hotel […]

Compliance Guide – California Fee Transparency Laws

This year, the California Legislature passed two measures designed to increase the transparency of displayed prices. The first measure, Senate Bill 478 (Dodd, 2023) regulates the display of all prices and, generally, mandates inclusion of all fees in the advertised price, excluding government assessed taxes and fees. The second measure, Assembly Bill 537 (Berman, 2023), […]

Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP)

By July 1, 2024, California employers are required to develop and implement a written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (WVPP). Senate Bill 553 (SB 553) establishes the first general industry workplace violence prevention safety requirements in the United States. The WVPP may be part of your Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) or it may be a […]

ADA Website Compliance Program

This section covers the various ADA requirements that are important for lodging properties to understand. Included, is information on CHLA’s flat-fee legal counsel program for members who are victims of serial drive-by lawsuits and our ADA Website Compliance Program.

Additional Key Benefits and Resources

The COVID-19 Hotel Plan and Prevention Program is for CHLA members and is intended to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace and to support a safe, clean environment for employees, guests, and visitors. CHLA presents the updated COVID-19 Hotel Plan + Prevention Program that incorporates updated emergency regulations from the California Department […]

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board adopted a new standard: “Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention” (Title 8, California Code of Regulations, Section 3345). This Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program (MIPP), which is the first ergonomic standard in the nation written specifically to protect hotel housekeepers from musculoskeletal injuries, became effective on July 1, 2018 and is enforced by […]

This summary document provides a high-level overview of Senate Bill 1383 and the requirements for hotels pertaining to organic waste and edible food recovery. RESOURCES The regulations set forth by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), define certain “Commercial Edible Food Generators”. Specifically, Tier 2 Commercial Edible Food Generators include any hotel with […]

This summary document provides a high-level description of the ordinance and the most relevant parts of the measure. This resource is a good starting point as you begin analyzing how the measure will impact your operations. ORDINANCE TOOLKIT CHLA/HALA partner law firm Fisher Phillips is developing an operations-oriented tools for hoteliers. To date, there is […]

This summary document provides a high-level description of the Panic Button ordinance and is a good starting point as you begin analyzing how the requirements will impact your operations. PANIC BUTTON ORDINANCE TOOLKIT CHLA partner law firm Fisher Phillips has developed an operations-oriented toolkit for hoteliers. To date, there is a summary memo which explains […]