Stripper Protected by Labor Law, Fired Illegally, NLRB Says

An Ohio strip club illegally fired an exotic dancer who was an employee under federal labor law even though she signed a contract calling her an “entertainer tenant” who leased space at the club, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

Brandi Campbell didn’t have sufficient opportunity for economic gain to make her an independent contractor according to the Trump-era legal test for employee classification, the NLRB said in a July 31 decision. The board upheld an administrative law judge’s prior ruling against the Centerfold Club in Columbus. Federal labor law covers only employees, not independent contractors.

Although exotic dancers’ employment ...