Waldorf Astoria Workers Beat Bid to Trim Wage-and-Hour Case (1)

Spa workers at Hawaii’s Grand Wailea-Waldorf Astoria Resort defeated the hotel’s attempt to get their wide-ranging, wage-and-hour allegations pared back, a federal judge said.

The workers sufficiently pleaded their claims against Waldorf=Astoria Management LLC and related defendants for unpaid wages, unjust enrichment and restitution, and unlawful retaliation, the US District Court for the District of Hawaii said Monday. They alleged the resort misclassified them as independent contractors when instead, they’re employees entitled to additional protections under state and federal law.

More than 115 massage therapists, nail technicians, estheticians, and hair stylists worked at the Grand Wailea at any given time ...