LET THE NEW YORK STATE HOSPITALITY & TOURISM ASSOCIATION BE YOUR GUIDE
Welcome to the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association website. As America's oldest lodging association, we offer programs and services to help add value to over 1,100 members in the industry and their properties. The Association also protects their members' interests by representing them as their legislative voice before state government.
Our Mission: Lead and protect the New York State hospitality and tourism industry
by providing advocacy, education, and resources.
New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association members include hotels, resorts, conference centers, country inns, bed and breakfast establishments, attractions, historical sites, chambers of commerce, colleges and universities, and even suppliers to the industry. As the lodging and attractions people, we encourage you to use our website as your primary guide for New York's Hospitality and Tourism Information.
Welcome to the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association website. As America's oldest lodging association, we offer programs and services to help add value to over 1,100 members in the industry and their properties. The Association also protects their members' interests by representing them as their legislative voice before state government.
Our Mission: Lead and protect the New York State hospitality and tourism industry
by providing advocacy, education, and resources.
New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association members include hotels, resorts, conference centers, country inns, bed and breakfast establishments, attractions, historical sites, chambers of commerce, colleges and universities, and even suppliers to the industry. As the lodging and attractions people, we encourage you to use our website as your primary guide for New York's Hospitality and Tourism Information.
Important Information Regarding Legislative Updates
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2018 NYSH&TA End of Session Report
Summary: We are pleased to release NYSH&TA’s overview of the 2018 New York State Legislative Session. From combatting harmful regulations, to advocating for increased tourism funding, to successfully shepherding through priority legislation- and in combatting priority legislative positions, NYSH&TA has had an active, successful year. We used this session to build relationships in both houses of the Legislature and in the Executive branch, and are pleased with the outcome. Click here to view the full PDF of the End of Session Report.
Human Trafficking Information
Update: Acceptable Digital Human Trafficking Messages
Through recent discussions with the State, we have learned that digital versions of human trafficking informational cards ARE ACCEPTABLE IF created by the hotel. Examples of digital cards could include informational cards running on hotel lobby screens or those available in guest room television menus.
Card Design:
1. You are allowed to design the card yourself
• The card can only contain information regarding services for human trafficking victims
• The card must have the National Human Trafficking Hotline number on it: 1-888-373-7888
i. There is no specific additional information required to be on a card
• There are no size limitations, no guidelines for appearance, and no approval process for cards designed by a hotel
Click here to view an example of a Human Trafficking information card.
DOL Call-In Pay Regulations
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has issued sweeping proposed regulations addressing worker scheduling practices that will affect most employers in the state (though employers covered by the Hospitality Wage Order — hotels and restaurants — are not covered by the current proposed regulations). The revised regulations are subject to a 30-day comment period, which will expire on January 11, 2019.
These amendments would only apply to those employees covered under the Miscellaneous Wage Order, meaning that those employees covered under the Hospitality Industry Wage Order are not subject to these regulations.
The most important aspect of the amended regulations for NYSH&TA are the exemptions added to the proposal. As requested by NYSH&TA, an exemption was added for employees whose duties are directly dependent on weather. Further, there is a separate exemption from call-in pay for cancelled or unscheduled shifts for employees whose shifts are altered (either added to or subtracted from) where an employer is responding to weather or travel advisories. Click here to view the full document on Call-In Pay Regulations.
Summary: We are pleased to release NYSH&TA’s overview of the 2018 New York State Legislative Session. From combatting harmful regulations, to advocating for increased tourism funding, to successfully shepherding through priority legislation- and in combatting priority legislative positions, NYSH&TA has had an active, successful year. We used this session to build relationships in both houses of the Legislature and in the Executive branch, and are pleased with the outcome. Click here to view the full PDF of the End of Session Report.
Human Trafficking Information
Update: Acceptable Digital Human Trafficking Messages
Through recent discussions with the State, we have learned that digital versions of human trafficking informational cards ARE ACCEPTABLE IF created by the hotel. Examples of digital cards could include informational cards running on hotel lobby screens or those available in guest room television menus.
Card Design:
1. You are allowed to design the card yourself
• The card can only contain information regarding services for human trafficking victims
• The card must have the National Human Trafficking Hotline number on it: 1-888-373-7888
i. There is no specific additional information required to be on a card
• There are no size limitations, no guidelines for appearance, and no approval process for cards designed by a hotel
Click here to view an example of a Human Trafficking information card.
DOL Call-In Pay Regulations
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has issued sweeping proposed regulations addressing worker scheduling practices that will affect most employers in the state (though employers covered by the Hospitality Wage Order — hotels and restaurants — are not covered by the current proposed regulations). The revised regulations are subject to a 30-day comment period, which will expire on January 11, 2019.
These amendments would only apply to those employees covered under the Miscellaneous Wage Order, meaning that those employees covered under the Hospitality Industry Wage Order are not subject to these regulations.
The most important aspect of the amended regulations for NYSH&TA are the exemptions added to the proposal. As requested by NYSH&TA, an exemption was added for employees whose duties are directly dependent on weather. Further, there is a separate exemption from call-in pay for cancelled or unscheduled shifts for employees whose shifts are altered (either added to or subtracted from) where an employer is responding to weather or travel advisories. Click here to view the full document on Call-In Pay Regulations.
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