Case: Wage & Hour/Employee Status (N.D. Ohio)

Two exotic dancers at a gentleman’s club in Ohio are entitled to summary judgment on their claims that they are employees of the club rather than independent contractors and entitled to minimum wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The dancers are covered individually under the FLSA because the club uses internet music and both parties advertise on the internet, which is an instrumentality of interstate commerce, the court said. The dancers are employees because the club’s investment in the business far outweighs the dancers’ investment, the dancers are integral to the club’s business, and the club exercised a great ...