Department Of Labor Joins Fight To Secure Fair Wages For Kansas Strippers

In what is possibly the most noble endeavor we've seen from the feds in quite some time . . .

CHECK EPIC PROGRESS TO SECURE LABOR RIGHTS FOR KANSAS STRIPPERS!!!

Real talk . . . These dancers deserve protection from somebody besides a dude with a motorcycle and bad credit. 

Here's an update on the federal case in an effort to protect that last few dedicated ladies working to entertain randy dudes in the real world . . . 

"Through an investigation, the department's Wage and Hour Division found Pleasures and its operator, Mother’s Finest LTD, misclassified dancers as independent contractors that deprived them of overtime and other benefits and protections, made illegal deductions from dancers’ tips, and allegedly had dancers sign contracts with a clause forcing them to kick back lost wages recovered by litigation or an investigation.

"The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Kansas seeks back wages and an equal amount of liquidated damages for 80 dancers, and asks the court to restrain Pleasures from illegal retaliation against its employees and forbidding the company from violating the Fair Labor Standards Act."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Labor department sues Wichita gentlemen's club to recover back wages, damages for 80 dancers

Through an investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found Pleasures and its operator, Mother's Finest LTD, misclassified dancers as independent contractors that deprived them of overtime

Pleasures gentleman's club facing lawsuit over back wages

Pleasures, a Wichita gentleman's club, is being sued for allegedly failing to pay dozens of dancers.

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