E like me ka manaʻo o ke keʻena, aia kahi piʻi kokoke i 70%, e koi ana i nā limahana a pau e loaʻa ana ma lalo o kēlā huina e loaʻa i ka uku manawa lōʻihi no nā hola hana ma mua o 40 i ka pule. Eia kekahi, ke manaʻo nei ka manaʻo DOL e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ka paepae i kēlā me kēia 3 makahiki, e pili ana i ka 35th percentile o nā loaʻa no nā limahana uku manawa piha ma ka ʻĀpana Helu Uku uku haʻahaʻa (ke Hema i kēia manawa). Hoʻopili kēia manaʻo i ka piʻi mua ʻana o ka paepae uku haʻahaʻa e 50.3% i ka $35,568, i loaʻa i 4 mau makahiki i hala.
ʻO Jagruti Panwala, he lālā papa o ka American Hotel & Lodging Association a me Principal o Sita Ram LLC, e hōʻike i ka hōʻike i ka lā ʻapōpō ma 10:15 am ET. E mālama ʻia ka hōʻike ma ka lumi 2175 o ka Hale Keʻena ʻo Rayburn House. E leo kūʻē ʻo Panwala i ka manaʻo o ka 'Oihana o Limahana (DOL) e hoʻonui i ka paepae hoʻokuʻu ʻia o ka uku manawa no nā limahana hoʻokō, hoʻokele, a me nā limahana ʻoihana e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ka Fair Labor Standards Act.
ʻO ka hōʻike a Ms. Panwala e hiki mai ana i mua o ke Kōmike o ka Hale no ka Hoʻonaʻauao a me ka Subcommittee o ka Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections e hoʻokūpaʻa i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēlā loli nui. E kamaʻilio ʻo ia pehea e hoʻonui ai kēia hoʻololi i nā pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai e kū nei i nā hōkele, e like me ka hemahema o ka hana a me nā pilikia o ke kaulahao. Penei kāna ʻōlelo:
“He hopena koʻikoʻi ko ka 'Oihana i manaʻo ʻia no ka wā lōʻihi i kaʻu ʻoihana a me kaʻu mau limahana. He mea koʻikoʻi ia e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole e hoʻonui wale ka manaʻo i nā uku no kekahi mau limahana ma kahi pae marginal. Akā, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana a hiki i 70% e hopena nui i ka hoʻolālā ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka uku. ʻO ka mea hope loa e makemake ai ka poʻe ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e hana, ʻo ia ka haʻalele ʻana i nā limahana. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, hiki ke koi ʻia kekahi mau hōkele e hana pēlā ma muli o kēia kānāwai hou e noho ai i ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele ʻo American Hotel & Lodging Association ʻo Chip Rogers:
“Ke mahalo nei mākou i ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike ʻo Virginia Foxx a me ka Luna Hoʻokele Subcommittee Kevin Kiley no ke kono ʻana iā AHLA e hōʻike i kēia manaʻo DOL ʻino loa. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana aʻe o ka paepae o ka manawa e hana ai i nā hopena waiwai maikaʻi ʻole no nā limahana hōkele a me nā mea hana. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i kahi hoʻololi hoʻololi nui, ʻoiai i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai mākou e waiho i ka pōʻino waiwai o ka maʻi maʻi ma hope o mākou.
