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    Default Strippers vs Club Owners ---- in the news.

    Ok so this is a main stream news story. Strippers vs Club Owners. The independent contractor status, the fees, the pay outs. It is on the table. They game may be changing as the taboo dissolves.

    Sonja worked as a stripper in three states for 15 years.

    Like any employee, Sonja had set hours, had to be on stage at a certain time and dress a certain way. She was penalized if she missed a shift.
    But like most strippers, Sonja wasn't considered an employee. That's because club owners typically classify strippers as independent contractors.
    It lets bosses get away with not paying employment taxes, not complying with discrimination laws and not offering benefits such as health care or retirement plans, according to Robert Woods, a tax lawyer in San Francisco. In turn, workers do not qualify for unemployment benefits. They might also miss out on Medicare and Social Security benefits if they don't properly withhold those taxes.
    It's a situation that Sonja and other strippers are increasingly challenging in court. The 37-year-old from Brockton, Mass., has won two court settlements in the last two years. She is awaiting the outcome of two more.

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    it seems that, with states all having major budget problems, that state tax agencies and DOL's are now getting behind the dancers who are successfully suing for 'employee' status. However, as discussed in other threads, if 'employee' dancer status were to become universal, it would unfortunately mean more money for the states ( via income taxes + unemployment insurance premiums + disability insurance premiums etc. ) but less money for the clubowners as well as less money for the dancers.

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    Default Re: Strippers vs Club Owners ---- in the news.

    Ugh, every time I see these stories, it makes me anxious.

    The suits only really benefit the prosecuting team of strippers, who end up with a settlement of some sort, and then pave the way for clubs to change their policies & take more money from our pockets to pay the fees associated with employment taxes...... Make them stop!!
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    Default Re: Strippers vs Club Owners ---- in the news.

    This should really be titled, "Ex-Strippers Vs. Club Owners" as it almost always seems to be retired strippers who are doing the suing. I guess that it didn't really start to concern them so much until they were no longer earning dancer money. Most current strippers, for a variety of reasons, seem not to be all that eager for employee status, for any number of reasons discussed in a bunch of threads around here.
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    In some quarters, these lawsuits are jokingly referred to as the 'retired strippers' retirement fund'. And indeed, when successful, the retired dancers named in the lawsuits will receive a few extra bucks. However, it is the forward looking impact of such lawsuits, i.e. 'employee' status for other dancers still working at the club ... all of the additional costs involved for the clubowner ... same customer dollars minus higher additional clubowner costs equalling lower earnings for the dancers, etc. that make a permanent negative impact on the industry.

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    Default Re: Strippers vs Club Owners ---- in the news.

    this is not good news at all..like summerbre said, it only benefits the EX strippers lawyers..and unless you've ( the stripper) paid out 30 percent of your taxes your whole career (doubtful..most don't, obviously), they'll just be taking a huge tax chunk out of your settlements. dumb. and even dumber for fucking it up for the rest of us! i hate these settlements! i don't WANT to be an employee, that would defeat the whole purpose of stripping..these girls just want to get back at the clubs and think "oh my carreer is over, i want cash, who cares about the industry now that im not in it?" these bitches are royally fucking us, as if the industry hasn't suffered enough! no dancer in her right mind would want to be an employee! fuck social security and benefits..if i wanted that, i'd get a vanilla job.

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