Title
a. Provide input to staff on options for a Hospitality right-to-recall ordinance; and
b. Introduce waive reading and adopt a "Hospitality Worker Right-to-Recall" Urgency Ordinance for the Unincorporated Areas of Monterey County
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
a. Provide input to staff on options for a Hospitality right-to-recall ordinance; and
b. Introduce waive reading and adopt a "Hospitality Worker Right-to-Recall" Urgency Ordinance for the Unincorporated Areas of Monterey County
SUMMARY:
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted Monterey County's second-largest industry: hospitality and travel-related business. Hotel and restaurant workers have been separated from their jobs and seek reassurance that they will be able to return to their previous employers and positions once business resumes.
On February 3, 2021, Supervisor Alejo provided a referral to County Counsel and the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (WDB) to draft an ordinance requiring businesses in Monterey County's Unincorporated Areas to recall laid-off hospitality workers (hotel and restaurant workers) when the economy reopens, based on employee length of service. The referral listed cities that have already adopted similar ordinances, including the cities of Oakland, San Diego, and Santa Clara.
On April 13, 2021, a Hospitality Ad-Hoc Committee meeting was held to secure the input of labor groups, employees, and hospitality industry representatives on a right-to-recall ordinance for Monterey County. At the meeting, it was mentioned that Governor Newsom had vetoed a similar right-to-recall bill in September 2020, and that a new, displaced worker hiring and retention bill, SB 93, is currently moving through the California State Legislature.
BACKGROUND:
UNITE HERE, the hotel and restaurant workers' union, provided to the County a template to create a draft hospitality worker right-to-recall ordinance; however, the template included definitions and information relating to internation...
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