Strippers Win $13 Million Class Settlement
jackslash
Detroit strip clubs
In California strippers won a lawsuit where they claimed the clubs treated them as independent contractors in order to deny them benefits. We have had some discussions on this forum about the independent contractor model. It appears that clubs will need to make sure they are really treating the dancers as independent contractors.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/10/10…
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/10/10…
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Stage Fees = $$
VIP Room Fees to house per dance = $$
Champagne Room fees to house = $$
Contract dancer agrees to be on stage up to X times per Shift
Contract may be terminated at any time for any reason by either party with out notice or monitary recompence
Etc.
that way the dancer know up front what she has to pay and the club knows how much they will get
@Tiredtraveler - Based on the law degree I purchased on-line, i believe your interpretation is incorrect.
According to the IRS, "the general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done...You are not an independent contractor if you perform services that can be controlled by an employer (what will be done and how it will be done). This applies even if you are given freedom of action. What matters is that the employer has the legal right to control the details of how the services are performed."
The contract you describe would, in fact, be an employment contract, and prima facie evidence that the dancer was, ip so facto, an employee and not an independent contractor.
I have said that if one hires dancers as contractors, it is much like renting a stage. They pay their stage fee - whether they get on it or not... "that's up to the band." Of course, if a "band" doesn't perform they probably won't have access to the stage very long. :)
Same with "tipping" security and the DJ. Either they are provided by the house or they are working for the contractor (aka, the dancer.) If they are splitting revenue, the money should go to the manager who then divides it up to the house workers.
I wonder if they will SHARE their wealth. LMAO
@ lowpaw - Yes, it'll be interesting to see what the ramifications of moving away from the independent contractor model will be:
Will clubs raise their dancer hiring standards?
Will dancers be more or less motivated as employees?
Will the chance to be "partners or shareholders" result in more Ivy-League educated strippers?
Will strip club 2 AMers drive up workman comp insurance rates?
Will dancers continue to ignore jerikson40 for hours on end?
It's just a matter of money. Lawyers telling strippers that they can make money suing for not being treated in a manner that they never would have wanted to be treated in the first place.
1. Probably
2. No more than usual
3. Doubtful
4. Unlikely
5. DEFINITELY
My Magic 8-Ball has been very busy today.