Updates to The Los Angeles Hotel Worker Health Care Ordinance and Why it Will Cost Employers More

If you manage a hotel in the City of Los Angeles, a change to the Hotel Worker ordinance is about to change how you think about health benefits for your workforce. Ordinance No. 188944 takes effect June 29, 2026, and it carries a requirement that catches many hotel operators off guard: if you are not actually providing qualifying health benefits to a hotel worker, you owe that worker an additional $4.25 per hour as a wage supplement.