Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a lawsuit on behalf of Russell Whelchel, a former employee of Penthouse and Scores, two of the largest strip clubs in New York City. We allege that our client was denied lawfully earned wages by having to pay a “house fee” every night and then having his pay reduced by 10% when he traded his “funny money” for actual currency. Strip Clubs are notorious for cheating their workers like this- entertainers and cocktail waitresses are frequently cheated. If you work in this industry, stand up for your right to be paid properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a lawsuit on behalf of Russell Whelchel, a former employee of Penthouse and Scores, two of the largest strip clubs in New York City. We allege that our client was denied lawfully earned wages by having to pay a “house fee” every night and then having his pay reduced by 10% when he traded his “funny money” for actual currency. Strip Clubs are notorious for cheating their workers like this- entertainers and cocktail waitresses are frequently …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law"],"yoast_head":"\n