"The dancers must pay a nightly "house fee" to perform on stage and face fines if they don't follow the club's rules, such as chewing gum while on stage or not smiling while performing, the lawsuit claims. The club also controls what the dancers charge for dances, what they can wear and when they work, it says.
The lawsuit claims all of those examples prove that the club views the dancers as employees, and not as independent contractors, meaning they are entitled to a minimum wage."
This is why the clubs keep losing these lawsuits. Club owners cannot treat dancers like employees and then claim they're independent contractors.
HALLANDALE BEACH — Former Scarlett’s Cabaret stripper Christine DeMaria-Dominguez has just filed a lawsuit against her former employer because, she says, she and her nude colleagues are not paid properly for their hard work at the Hallandale wateringhole.
Not only do they have to give up a portion of their tips to their bosses, the lawsuit filed today in Broward County circuit court reads, but they also have to pay a daily fee to show their wares throughout the popular mammary Mecca.
Scarlett’s, located on SW 30th Avenue, is accused of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by improperly classifying its exotic dancers as independent contractors instead of salaried employees.
Because of that, “they were not provided with minimum wages and overtime,” attorney Chad Levy‘s lawsuit reads.
“The defendant, instead, had the plaintiff . . . work solely off a portion of tips received from customers and required the plaintiff . . . to pay a portion of their tips to the defendant.”
We reached out to Scarlett’s but owners have not been served with the lawsuit and had no comment.
The stripper wants the club’s business to be laid bare in a jury trial.
After all the expenses, any dancer that can't make better than minimum wage should find another line of work. I would imagine the plaintiff gives terrible dances.
rockstar666 - In the majority of these cases the plaintiff does not file charges until after she is no longer working at the club. She see it as any opportunity to grab some cash the easy way and the attorneys are very willing to go along with that for their cut of the pie.
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The lawsuit claims all of those examples prove that the club views the dancers as employees, and not as independent contractors, meaning they are entitled to a minimum wage."
This is why the clubs keep losing these lawsuits. Club owners cannot treat dancers like employees and then claim they're independent contractors.
HALLANDALE BEACH — Former Scarlett’s Cabaret stripper Christine DeMaria-Dominguez has just filed a lawsuit against her former employer because, she says, she and her nude colleagues are not paid properly for their hard work at the Hallandale wateringhole.
Not only do they have to give up a portion of their tips to their bosses, the lawsuit filed today in Broward County circuit court reads, but they also have to pay a daily fee to show their wares throughout the popular mammary Mecca.
Scarlett’s, located on SW 30th Avenue, is accused of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by improperly classifying its exotic dancers as independent contractors instead of salaried employees.
Because of that, “they were not provided with minimum wages and overtime,” attorney Chad Levy‘s lawsuit reads.
“The defendant, instead, had the plaintiff . . . work solely off a portion of tips received from customers and required the plaintiff . . . to pay a portion of their tips to the defendant.”
We reached out to Scarlett’s but owners have not been served with the lawsuit and had no comment.
The stripper wants the club’s business to be laid bare in a jury trial.