October 17, 2023
A courtesan at a legal brothel was not a misclassified employee owed overtime wages and protection from discrimination and retaliation, a Nevada federal judge ruled, because there was no evidence that the worker was treated as anything other than independent contractor.
October 14, 2022
A Nevada brothel asked a federal court to toss a proposed class action alleging it failed to pay overtime and allowed a manager to use derogatory language to refer to Black workers, arguing the worker behind the suit was a contractor and not an employee.