Exotic Dancers v King Arthur's Lounge
Adult Entertainers Win Right To Sue For Damages
About 70 exotic dancers who worked at a Chelsea club can each seek thousands of dollars in damages in a class-action lawsuit because their employer misclassified them as ''independent contractors,'' depriving them of wages and tips.
The suit, which a lawyer for one of the dancers described as the first of its kind in Massachusetts, seeks to recover money they say they should have received at King Arthur's Lounge in Chelsea since 2004.
King Arthur's Lounge did not pay dancers any salaries, required each to pony up a $35 fee to perform each night, and kept $10 of every $30 that each made for ''private dancing'' in video-monitored booths, according to a state judge who granted their motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.
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