New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 101 - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR HOTEL EMPLOYEES
Subchapter 3 - PROVISION OF PANIC DEVICE; EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 12:101-3.1 - Provision and use of panic device
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A hotel employer must provide a panic device to each hotel employee assigned to work in a guest room without any other employees present.
(b) The panic device at (a) above must be provided by the hotel employer at no cost to the hotel employee.
(c) A hotel employee may use the panic device if the employee believes there is an ongoing crime, or immediate threat of assault or harassment, or other emergency in the employee's presence.
(d) The hotel employee must be permitted, without retaliation by the hotel employer, to cease work and leave the immediate area of perceived danger or inappropriate conduct to await the arrival of assistance.
(e) This section shall not apply if the terms of a collective bargaining agreement address the issuance of panic devices to hotel employees or otherwise address safety and reporting procedures for hotel employees working in guest rooms without any other employees present.
(f) Upon a hotel employee activating a panic device, an appropriate staff member of the hotel, manager or supervisor, or security officer shall respond promptly to the location of the hotel employee.
