Laundry Attendant

Work description

Eagle Laundry LLC (d/b/a Western Slope Laundry) is a full-service commercial laundry operation located in Eagle, Colorado, serving the hospitality and lodging establishments of Eagle Countys premier ski resort corridor. Eagle County is home to internationally recognized ski destinations including Vail, Beaver Creek, Arrowhead, and Bachelor Gulch, which together draw millions of visitors each winter season. Eagle provides professional laundry services, including the washing, drying, and folding sheets, pillowcases, towels, bath linens, robes, tablecloths, napkins, uniforms, and other hospitality textiles for hotels, lodges, condominium properties, restaurants, and related hospitality venues serving these resort communities. Eagle operates year-round and maintains a permanent workforce capable of meeting baseline laundry processing demands during the slower periods of the year. However, Eagle experiences a dramatic and recurring surge in business during the winter ski season, running from approximately December through mid-April, that consistently and substantially exceeds the capacity of its permanent staff. When the ski resorts in Eagle County open for the season, hotels and lodges operate at or near full occupancy, generating enormous volumes of linens and hospitality textiles that must be cleaned, processed, and returned on a daily and continuous basis. This seasonal surge constitutes a peakload need as defined under 20 C.F.R. 655.6 and 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(A): Eagle has permanent, year-round employees who perform laundry processing duties at all times, and Eagle temporarily requires supplemental workers during its recurring winter peak to handle the volume that its permanent workforce cannot absorb on its own. Eagles historical revenue, laundry volume (pounds processed), and labor hour data for the past three winter seasons clearly establish this recurring seasonal peakload pattern, as reflected in the table provided. During the core winter months of December through March, Eagle consistently processes hundreds of thousands of pounds of laundry per month at revenue levels that substantially exceed its off-peak period production. By contrast, during the lowest months of the shoulder and off-season, monthly revenues and labor hours fall sharply as resort occupancy declines and the volume of hospitality laundry diminishes correspondingly. The labor hour data provided further demonstrates Eagles peakload need. During peak winter months, Eagle regularly records significant overtime as its permanent workforce is stretched to capacity. For example, during January 2025 Eagle logged 10,626 regular hours and 1,193 overtime hours (an overtime rate of approximately 11.2%), and during December 2024 it logged 8,114 regular hours and 1,108 overtime hours (approximately 13.7% overtime). This compares sharply to off-peak months: in May 2025, Eagle logged only 3,108 regular hours and a mere 49 overtime hours, a reduction of nearly 70% in total labor hours compared to peak winter months. This contrast underscores the pronounced and recurring nature of Eagles winter peakload. Despite ongoing recruitment efforts, Eagle has been unable to attract and retain a sufficient number of qualified U.S. workers from the local labor market to meet this seasonal surge. Eagle and the surrounding Eagle County area is a high-cost resort community where housing costs and overall cost of living present significant barriers to attracting and retaining seasonal workers. Laundry Attendant positions require the ability to lift up to 25 lbs., stand and move for extended periods during shifts, and work consistently with industrial laundry chemicals and equipment. The physically demanding nature of the work, combined with the temporary duration of the winter-season positions and the high cost of living in Eagle County, makes reliable local recruitment extremely challenging.