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Byline: Kiera Hay
Sep. 11--SANTA FE, N.M. -- Contrary to allegations in a recent lawsuit, the Sage Inn isn't trying to circumvent Santa Fe's "living wage" ordinance, isn't in partnership with another downtown hotel and has paid its workers for overtime as required by law, says one of the hotel's owners.
David Delgado, Sage co-owner and son of former Santa Fe mayor Larry Delgado, is a defendant in a lawsuit filed by six current and former Sage Inn employees against the Cerrillos Road motel and the Inn of the Governors on Alameda at Don Gaspar.
The lawsuit, filed this summer, alleges the two hotels are business partners and that Sage has received managerial and supervisory services from the Inn of the Governors in an effort to keep the number of Sage employees under 25 to avoid requirements of Santa Fe's living wage ordinance.
The ordinance currently requires businesses with more than 25 workers to pay a minimum wage of $9.50 per hour. A minimum wage of $8.50 an hour was required before January 1.