Las Vegas: Program helps convention workers manage slow season

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 2:52 PM
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Anyone who works in the convention industry in Las Vegas knows that there are plenty of meetings and trade shows in the spring and fall and workers keep busy, but that the summer months and December can be pretty light.

But Weston, Florida-based UKG, a payroll management company, and Encore, an event technology company with a major presence in Las Vegas, have developed and implemented an overtime savings program that enables convention technicians to bank pay during their busiest times and use and collect it during the slower months.

“You don’t want to put on meetings and events when people want to take vacations or holidays,” Encore President and CEO Ben Erwin said in an interview.