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Wage violation claims being investigated at Texas strip clubs, Jaguars Gold Club

Posted on Oct 06, 2011

Kennedy Hodges investigating wage claims at Texas strip clubs, Jaguars Gold Club
Our firm is currently investigating wage and hour claims against Jaguars Gold Club in Texas and Arizona. Claims include that dancers were misclassified as 1099 independent contractors and were forced to tip out the house, and share tips with DJs, managers and other employees who do not customarily receive tips.
Other courts across the country have held that exotic dancers at "gentlemen's clubs" are not automatically considered independent contractors. Because the nude dancers are actually "employees," the clubs must pay them minimum wage and overtime pay.

• So, for example, a dancer who works 40 hours per week and is paid tips with no compensation from the club would be entitled to $290 for every week she worked. Over a year this comes to $15,080.Double Damages. 

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a dancer would also be able to recover liquidated damages or double damages if a violation is proven. So, in that example above, the dancer's claim per year would be over $30,000.


Jaguars Gold Club has seven locations in Texas: Abilene, Edinburg, El Paso, Harlingen, Longview, Lubbock, Odessa and one in Phoenix, Arizona.

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