Employer Law Blog

The California adult nightclub Paradise Showgirls will have to pay more than $6.5 million to dancers who were required to turn over a portion of their tips to their employer. The Court found that under California law, any money handed directly from a customer to a dancer belongs to the dancer. The nightclub required the dancers to give a portion of these tips to the nightclub.

As discussed in an earlier blog article, the EEOC takes a dim view of employer wellness programs to the extent they “encourage” participation through monetary penalties. As part of its wellness program, Honeywell encouraged employees and their dependents to participate in a biomedical test which would analyze a blood sample for, among other things, cholesterol, glucose and nicotine levels.