August 24, 2026
A Michigan federal judge on Monday gave the green light to a $100,000 settlement resolving a six-year collective action alleging a Detroit strip club violated federal wage laws by misclassifying its dancers as independent contractors, who are paid only in consumer tips, and failing to pay them minimum wage and overtime.
August 14, 2024
A Michigan federal judge chided a Detroit strip club's lawyer Wednesday for trying to parse whether a dancer's name was "normal" or sounded like a stage name, saying the question had no bearing on whether the club waited too long to try to force her wage claims into arbitration.