Case Number: 2025CV31376
Denver County District Court
Email Contact: engine@outtengolden.com
Outten & Golden LLP represents a group of former Sales Employees at HotelEngine, Inc., which is known simply as Engine, in a lawsuit alleging the company misclassified them as exempt from overtime requirements and failed to pay them overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a week or 12 in a single day.
The former Engine employees (known as the Plaintiffs) filed the lawsuit in Colorado state court on April 16, 2025. They’re seeking to represent current and former Sales Employees who’ve worked for Engine in the state at any time since April 16, 2022.
“Sales Employee” is an umbrella term that includes job titles such as account executive, account manager, sales associate, and other similar positions that perform sales-related functions, according to the complaint. These Sales Employee’s main job was to sell Engine’s suite of business travel management services, including by identifying qualifying leads, booking sales calls, closing sales, onboarding clients, and retaining and increasing existing business, the complaint said. As stated in the complaint, those duties don’t qualify for any relevant exemption from overtime requirements under Colorado law or the Denver Minimum Wage Ordinance.
Engine regularly required its Sales Employees to work overtime in order to meet productivity metrics, such as daily and monthly quotas, and meet revenue goals, according to the complaint. Engine also created a culture that encouraged long hours by frequently changing its commission structure without warning and tracking top sales performers on an internal dashboard. Despite its Sales Employees working these long hours, Engine did not pay Sales Employees overtime, which the Plaintiffs contend violates Colorado law and the Denver Minimum Wage Ordinance.
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