Completely stupid question and don't know if it even belongs in this section but here goes.
Are stage fees legal? If clubs are taking as much as 70% or even 90% of private room money, shouldn't that be enough? I'd predume that in actual legit independent contract jobs, these cuts would be highly suspect as is but then there are stage fees to boot. If I understand correctly, most independent contract in mainstream fields forfeit no more than 10 to 20 percent of moneys earned to third party securing them the clientele. Or at least that is what I'm finding....
I realize most clubs say that our alternative is to be classified as a minimum wage employee. No, that's not true. I feel that we would fall under tipped employee category, such as bartenders. The fact that we're told our only other option is minimum wage further reinforces the stigma, that is partly rooted in the bias that we are not worth more than minimum wage and that's what we would be doing if it werent for stripping.
Thoughts?



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