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SEC. 182.03. MEASURES TO PROVIDE FAIR COMPENSATION FOR WORKLOAD.
 
   A.   Workload limitation. For hotels with at least 45 guest rooms, but fewer than 60 guest rooms, a hotel employer shall not require a room attendant to perform room cleaning amounting to a total of more than 4,000 square feet of floor space in any eight-hour workday, unless the hotel employer pays the room attendant twice the room attendant's regular rate of pay for each and every hour worked during the workday. For hotels with 60 or more guest rooms, a hotel employer shall not require a room attendant to perform room cleaning amounting to a total of more than 3,500 square feet of floor space in any eight-hour workday, unless the hotel employer pays the room attendant twice the room attendant's regular rate of pay for each and every hour worked during the workday. If a room attendant during a workday is assigned to clean any combination of six or more special-attention rooms or additional-bed rooms, the total workload limitation under this section shall be reduced by 500 square feet for each such special-attention room or additional-bed room over five. If a room attendant is required to clean floor space in more than one hotel building during a workday, the total workload limitation under this subsection shall be reduced by 500 square feet for each additional hotel building. If a room attendant is required to clean floor space on more than two floors of a hotel building, the total workload limitation under this subsection shall be reduced by 500 square feet for each additional floor. The limitations contained in this section apply to any combination of spaces, including guest rooms, meeting rooms, and other rooms within the hotel, and apply regardless of the furniture, equipment, or amenities in such rooms. The hotel employer shall state the actual square footage of each room in any written assignment of rooms that it provides to room attendants.
 
   B.   Workload proration. The maximum floor space set forth in subsection (a) shall be reduced on a prorated basis if a room attendant works less than eight hours in a workday, or is assigned to perform room cleaning for less than eight hours in a workday, and shall be increased on a prorated basis for each hour of overtime that a room attendant works in excess of eight hours in a workday, and shall be calculated on a prorated basis by room attendant if a room attendant is assigned to clean rooms jointly with one or more other room attendants.
 
   C.   Voluntary overtime. A hotel employer shall not require or permit a hotel worker to work more than 10 hours in a workday unless the hotel worker consents in writing to do so. A hotel worker's consent shall not be valid unless the hotel employer has advised the hotel worker in writing prior to the hotel worker's consent that the hotel worker may decline to work more than 10 hours in a workday and that the hotel employer will not subject the hotel worker to any adverse employment action for declining to work more than 10 hours in a workday. This subsection shall not apply in the event of an emergency.
 
   D.   Daily Room Sanitizing and Cleaning. A hotel shall not implement any program or policy whereby guest rooms are not sanitized and cleaned after each and every night that they are occupied, including a program under which guests receive a financial incentive to not have their guest room cleaned on a daily basis. This subsection does not prevent a hotel from continuing, modifying or establishing a sustainable environmental program, such as a "green program", under which guests are encouraged to re-use linens, bath towels or similar items, nor does it require a hotel to have any guest room cleaned when the occupant has opted-out of such service without solicitation by the hotel or when the occupant informs the hotel that they do not wish to be disturbed.
 
   E.   Preservation of records. Each hotel employer shall maintain for at least three years a record of each room attendant's name, rate of pay, pay received, identification of rooms cleaned, actual square footage of each room cleaned, number of special-attention rooms, number of additional hotel buildings, number of additional bed rooms, and total square footage cleaned for each workday, overtime hours worked for each workday, and any written consents provided pursuant to subsection C. above. A hotel employer shall make these records available for inspection and copying to any hotel worker or hotel worker's designated representative, except that the names and other personally identifying information of individual hotel workers shall be redacted except to the extent that the records identify the hotel worker who is making the request. A hotel employer shall maintain an accurate record of the square footage of each room that room attendants are assigned to clean, a copy of which shall be provided to any hotel worker who requests such record.