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New Jersey Becomes First State To Require Panic Devices In Hotels

by Fisher Phillips in Legal, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted October 17, 2019

New Jersey recently enacted legislation that requires hotels with at least 100 guest rooms to provide panic devices to certain employees. The purpose of the Panic Device Law is to protect hotel employees, often required to clean and cater to rooms on their own, from sexual assault, sexual harassment, and other unsafe working conditions. It ...

Europe Seeing Increase in Climate Change Protests

by Filip Stojkovski in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted September 3, 2019

Climate protests have gained traction in Europe in the past six months. Various eco-activist groups and individuals are protesting perceived inaction by governments and corporations to avert climate-related disasters. Eco-activists, including groups like Extinction Rebellion and Smash Cruises, have staged frequent and intensely disruptive actions throughout Europe in the past several months. These actions have ...

Risk Mitigation Measures for LGBTQ Personnel

by Katherine Harmon in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted August 1, 2019

Discussing sexually sensitive subject matter with students or employees ensures their awareness of and mitigates associated risks. Different countries present different societal attitudes on issues such as public displays of affection, projection of sexuality in dress and mannerisms, and LGBTQ concerns; traveler safety and health depend on those travelers receiving accurate and timely information about ...

Travel Risk Mitigation

by Dale Buckner in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted July 2, 2019

BUSINESS TRAVELER OVERVIEW SAFETY AND SECURITYGlobal Business travelers may enjoy the fact that the hotel provides a complimentary breakfast and reliable Wi-Fi, but what they value most is a better sense of security when they travel on behalf on their organizations, according to a joint survey conducted by American Global Business Travel and the Association ...

Defending Cases In High Crime Areas

by Hagwood & Tipton in Legal, Safety & Security. Posted December 18, 2018

Depending on where you do business, crime and its associated consequences may simply be a cost of doing business. Unfortunately, savvy Plaintiff’s lawyers have carved out a niche practice by targeting businesses in high crime areas of our inner cities/Plaintiff-friendly venues. Frequently hotels, restaurants, bars, and the like find themselves as repeat targets in premises ...

Avoiding Workplace Violence: Tips And Best Practices For Hospitality Employers

by C. Crystal Enekwa in Human Resources, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted December 15, 2018

Whether internal or external, violence in the workplace is an increasingly problematic issue that employers must learn to effectively minimize and prevent. This is even more important in the hospitality industry, given the constant interaction with the public, the high rate of turnover, and the added responsibility of dealing with available cash. It is imperative ...

Tips for Last-Minute Travel

by WorldAware in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted December 6, 2018

Prior to traveling internationally, it is best practice for individuals to visit a travel medicine specialist at least four to six weeks before their departure date to ensure that there is enough time to develop immunity from vaccines and ensure that any medications have enough time to become effective. However, many travelers do not have ...

Business Use of E-Scooters Presents New Challenges for Employers

by Susan Schaecher in Legal, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted December 4, 2018

Eric Lazzari needed to get across downtown for a meeting and decided to use an electric scooter, according to The Denver Post. He knew the law, and was properly operating the e-scooter on the sidewalk. While stopped at an intersection, an angry pedestrian approached him, told him e-scooters didn’t belong on the sidewalk, and smacked ...

Hotel Attack Statistics

by Jeff Moore in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted December 1, 2018

The mass murderer who used the MGM Mandalay Bay as a gunner’s perch to kill 59 people and wound 452 on 1 October 2017 shocked the hotel industry. Cries of, “we’ve never seen hotel violence like this,” and “this was impossible to detect and defend against” echoed throughout. Neither is true. While hotel violence is ...

Winter Is Coming…So What Should Employers Do To Prepare?

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal, Safety & Security. Posted November 15, 2018

As readers of epic fantasy novels and viewers of a certain cable TV-show know all too well, winter is most definitely coming. Your radio is already playing holiday music, the shiny decorations are already out in malls and retail stores, and your coffee shop is serving you drinks in red cups. The signs are obvious, ...

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