Telluride's Peaks Resort skirted Colorado labor law, lawsuit says

For 15 hours a day, seven days a week, Ruth Rivas worked as a housekeeper at the Peaks Resort & Spa , a four-star hotel in Telluride, she says.

She cleaned hotel rooms and bathrooms, washed sheets and towels. Then, in the afternoon, she scrubbed the lobby and various employee areas and public spaces at the hotel.

All of her work occurred in the same complex and was directed by hotel management, she alleged in a proposed class action lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Miguel County District Court.

But every 15 days, Rivas and her fellow housekeepers received two checks. One came from Telluride Ski & Golf, which owns the hotel resort as well as the world-famous ski area down the road. The other check came from Csaba Albas, a recruiter and subcontractor, the complaint alleges.

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