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New Federal Overtime Regulations Could Impact Arizona's Service Industry

The Obama administration’s new rules on overtime have elicited swift reaction from both business and labor groups.

Some observers believe the service industry will be among those most affected, and given the importance of tourism to Arizona’s economy, that could have a significant impact here.

For more on this, we talked to Laurent Badoux, who the Employment and Labor Practice Group at Greenberg Traurig’s Phoenix Office.

Laurent talked about the impact of these new rules on Arizona.

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.