Hotel Industry to Labor:  Overtime Increase Too High, Too Fast

American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) | September 4, 2015

Washington, D.C. – September 4, 2015 – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today filed official comments regarding the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed changes to our nation's overtime rules. AH&LA's comments highlight the lodging industry's concerns with DOL's proposal to more than double the salary threshold of employees eligible for overtime pay from $23,660 to $50,440. The comments further urge the Department of Labor to use a past precedent and methodologies that would result in a much more reasona...