Strippers Can Collect Unemployment, Kansas Supreme Court Rules
http://www.xbiz.com/news/159228


Strippers Can Collect Unemployment, Kansas Supreme Court Rules
http://www.xbiz.com/news/159228




All I can say is "Fuck Yeah!"
And now if only we could get a union
"You're better than no one and no one is better than you."
-- Bob Dylan
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^^^ You need to be aware that this ruling regarding unemployment eligibility actually involves a larger ruling that all dancers working at this particular club are 'statutory employees'. This also means that they must now be paid X dollars per hour tipped minimum wage, that the clubowner must withhold estimated income tax money plus Social Security tax money from dancer paychecks, that ALL dancer income must be reported through the club's payroll system with appropriate taxes withheld, that the club must now pay 7.5% 'employer's share' of dancer Social Security taxes plus state unemployment and disability insurance premiums, that the club must issue W2's showing the total amount of dancer earnings etc.
And in order to be able to afford these new 'employer' costs of paying out tipped minimum wage + 'employer's share' social security tax + unemployment / disability insurance premiums + payroll accounting / IRS filing costs out of the clubowner's pocket, the clubowner will be forced to institute structural changes which allow the club to retain more customer dollars that are presently going directly to dancers ( like the club now keeping 50% of all customer money spent on private dances ) thus immediately reducing dancer earnings. This ruling also means that clubowners are now bound by other 'employer' laws such as ObamaCare and Labor laws, which can be expected to translate into the clubowner setting up rigidly scheduled work shifts with a limited number of dancers and/or the clubowner only allowing dancers to work a maximum of 28 hours per week in order to avoid having to pay for dancer health insurance coverage. And this may also mean that future dancers may be scheduled, hired and fired, etc. based on criteria OTHER than their ability to appeal to customers / earn money i.e. seniority.
The moral of this story of course is to 'be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it !!!"
I would also add that, with every additional court ruling that finds dancers to be 'statutory employees', momentum is building for states to adopt this policy throughout all clubs in the state. This is of particular interest right now since state unemployment and disability insurance funds are broke, since state tax coffers are empty etc. And ultimately if club customers aren't spending any more money, but some percentage of existing customer money must now be paid out to Social Security taxes, to unemployment and disability insurance premiums, to employee payroll accountants etc., it will be the dancers who must pay for this in the form of reduced earnings. And, ironically, between increased percentages of customer private dance / VIP money being retained by the club versus paid out to dancers, plus potential 'tip sharing' on a per-capita basis ( which is now fairly well established IRS practice for businesses with tipped minimum wage employees ), it will be the hardest working highest earning dancers who will see their earnings drop the most !
Last edited by Melonie; 02-09-2013 at 07:15 AM.
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