Dancers and massage workers at Club Alex’s won a cash settlement after filing a lawsuit claiming they were deprived of wages and benefits at the strip club in Stoughton.
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By Allan Stein ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT Posted Jul 23, 2010 @ 06:18 AM Last update Jul 23, 2010 @ 07:21 AM STOUGHTON — Six former strippers and massage workers have won a cash settlement from Club Alex’s, after a $600,000 civil suit in which they claimed the club cheated them out of wages, tips and other employee benefits. In the lawsuit, filed in May and settled last month, the plaintiffs argue the club classified them as independent contractors but treated them as employees by scheduling their shifts, controlling their wardrobe and mandating their performance music. A lawyer for the plaintiffs said a non-disclosure clause in the settlement agreement prohibits him from discussing it. The lawsuit says the workers “were not truly entrepreneurs who had the opportunity to grow a business but were, instead, employees who have …