Key West Strippers Settle FLSA Wage & Lawsuit for $1.2 Million; They Are Employees, Not Independ
The owner of a Key West strip club has agreed to pay up to $1.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with dancers who went after him for not paying minimum wage or overtime to women he treated as employees although they worked for tips only. The settlement, filed April 8, awaits a federal judge’s approval but was signed March 31 by Mark Rossi, a former Key West city commissioner who owns the Red Garter Saloon along with a complex of bars on Duval Street. “No comment on ad
