U.S. District Court, Detroit, MI

No info on the settlement. Dancers usually win these suits.

The website has the details of the settlement. Too long to post or read.

Just don't remove the curtains in the clubs, and everything will be okay

I thought the norm was for SCs to employ the dancers as independent contractors?

As I have seen, most of the time the dancers do win. But this does not mean clubs can't use contractor status, just that they need to be more careful in how they do it.

SJG

This just sounds like the same-o same-o of clubs wanting to treat dancers as ICs so they can get house-fees from them but want to also treat dancers like employees so they can tell them what to do such as setting their schedules

^^^Actually setting of schedules, does not disqualify Indy-Contractor status, just shows a need for the sub-contractor to be on site when contractors needs for their labor are.

There are lots of things which can be looked at to see if contractor status is valid. Sometimes clubs set up an "Agency" which books dancers. But it still depends on the courts. In Calif they will usually side with the contractors who want to be make employees.

As far as the money, remember that this stuff really doesn't matter. The club can get money via door cover, booth fees, from the bar, or from dancer access fees.

What makes it better is to draw more money in and enlarge the pie.

Some cover charge keeps non-spenders out.

Booth and VIP fees tends to discourage their use and keep the action in the front room.

Trying to charge dancers a percentage leads to finger pointing.

Charging dancers a flat rate access fee makes them more aggressive and tends to push them to go further.

Its all consenting adults who work together out of choice.

Making them IC's allows easier termination and it means less records. Most of the time dancers want this. Usually they do not report their incomes.

Usually those that sue are the former dancers, too fat after multiple pregnancies.

SJG

The clubs want the girls to be in charge, very little job description or supervision. Obviously. But if they need to terminate one, they also want to do this easily.

SJG

Kinda surprised to see this action going on. I thought the IC issue had been largely settled via a myriad of previous challenges at other clubs. As I recall, the new norm is that dancers are tipped employees.

I guess this tells us where lawyers have lunch.