October 25, 2016
Three Manhattan gentlemen's clubs accused of routinely failing to pay overtime to their bouncers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act have settled the suit with six employees, collectively paying $85,000, including $28,821 in attorneys' fees and expenses for the employees' legal counsel.
May 24, 2016
A New York federal judge certified a collective action Monday by four bouncers who claim their bosses at three Manhattan gentlemen’s clubs routinely failed to pay them overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, saying the bouncers easily meet the low bar for notifying potential members of the suit.
April 20, 2016
A group of four bouncers urged a New York federal judge on Monday to conditionally certify their putative collective action against three Manhattan strip clubs that allegedly failed to pay overtime when the bouncers worked beyond their shifts, saying the clubs have not shown that any of their employees are fairly paid.
October 20, 2015
A group of bouncers hit three Manhattan strip clubs and their owners with a putative class and collective action complaint in New York federal court on Monday, claiming the clubs failed to pay overtime when the bouncers worked beyond their shifts into the early hours, two months after the same clubs were hit with similar labor violation allegations.