We writers are no newbies at being contract workers. But finally the legal system may be catching up with reviewing our protections under federal and state labor laws.
In an oddball case, nine exotic dancers filed a lawsuit against their contract employer Penthouse Executive Club. They have all sorts of beefs, ranging from the allegation that the employer did not pay minimum wage to that they were forced to buy their own uniforms, that is, thongs.
This week a federal judge conditionally certified that suit as a class action one. That means that other contract workers at that employer can piggyback on that legal complaint. Here is my post on that for AOL Jobs.
The defendant contends that as contract employees the plaintiffs are not covered by the protections of federal and state labor laws.
Obviously, for myriad reasons, this will be a closely watched bit of litigation. Could it snowball into a contract worker's analogue to civil rights case "Brown v Board of Education" and will it reach the U.S Supreme Court?
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