Malinga ndi zomwe dipatimentiyi inanena, pali chiwonjezeko pafupifupi 70%, zomwe zimafuna kuti onse ogwira ntchito pansi pa ndalamazo alandire chipukuta misozi pa maola aliwonse omwe agwiritsidwa ntchito kupitilira 40 pa sabata. Komanso, lingaliro la DOL likusonyeza kuti malirewo akuyenera kukwezedwa zaka 3 zilizonse, kutengera gawo la 35 la ndalama zomwe amapeza antchito omwe amalipidwa nthawi zonse m'chigawo cha Census Region (pano ndi South). Lingaliroli likutsatira zomwe dipatimentiyi idakweza kale kuchuluka kwa malipiro ochepa ndi 50.3% mpaka $35,568, zomwe zidachitika zaka 4 zapitazo.
Jagruti Panwala, membala wa Board of the American Hotel & Lodging Association komanso Principal wa Sita Ram LLC, apereka umboni mawa nthawi ya 10:15 am ET. Umboni udzachitika mu chipinda 2175 cha Rayburn House Office Building. Panwala anena kuti akutsutsa ganizo la Department of Labor (DOL) loti awonjezere kusalipira malipiro owonjezera kwa ogwira ntchito, oyang'anira, ndi akatswiri monga momwe zafotokozedwera mu Fair Labor Standards Act.
Umboni womwe ukubwera wa Mayi Panwala pamaso pa Komiti Yanyumba Yowona za Maphunziro & Komiti Yoyang'anira Ntchito Yogwira Ntchito Yoteteza Anthu Ogwira Ntchito idzagogomezera kuipa kotsatira kusintha kwakukulu kotereku. Awonanso momwe kusinthaku kungawonongere mavuto azachuma omwe eni mahotela amakumana nawo, monga kusowa kwa ogwira ntchito komanso nkhani zogulitsa zinthu. Mawu ake akuti:
“Lamulo loperekedwa ndi dipatimenti yogwira ntchito yowonjezereka likhala ndi zotsatirapo zoyipa pabizinesi yanga komanso antchito anga. Ndikofunikira kudziwa kuti lingaliroli silimangowonjezera malipiro a antchito ochepa pamlingo wocheperako. M'malo mwake, kuwonjezeka kwa 70% kudzakhudza kwambiri dongosolo lonse labizinesi kupitilira chipukuta misozi. Chomaliza chomwe eni mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono akufuna kuchita ndikuchotsa antchito. Tsoka ilo, mahotela ena angakakamizidwe kutero chifukwa cha lamulo latsopanoli kuti apitirizebe kuchita bizinesi.
Purezidenti wa American Hotel & Lodging Association ndi CEO Chip Rogers adati:
"Tikuyamika Wapampando wa Komiti, Virginia Foxx ndi Wapampando wa Komiti Yaing'ono Kevin Kiley chifukwa choyitana AHLA kuti achitire umboni pamalingaliro owopsa a DOL awa. Kuwonjezeka kwina kwa nthawi yowonjezera kungayambitse mavuto azachuma kwa ogwira ntchito ku hotelo ndi olemba anzawo ntchito. Sitingathe kusintha zosokoneza kwambiri, makamaka panthawi yomwe tikuyamba kuyimitsa kusokonekera kwachuma kwa mliriwu. ”
