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Phone Sex Workers Sue Over Low Wages, Long Hours

Phone Sex Workers Sue Over Low Wages, Long Hours

- The Recorder
Phone sex might be expensive and short-lived for consumers, but it doesn’t pay much for the workers on the other line.
That’s according to a class action filed on Tuesday alleging a California-based phone sex operator misclassifies its “phone actors” as independent contractors, depriving them of overtime pay and “off the clock” work. As a result, the sex talk workers, most of whom are women, are paid below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in...

Plaintiffs Lawyers Circle Uber for Piece of Follow-On Action

Plaintiffs Lawyers Circle Uber for Piece of Follow-On Action

- The Recorder
Uber is not out of the woods yet.
Less than two weeks after striking a high-profile settlement to end cases brought by drivers in Massachusetts and California, Uber Technologies Inc. is already facing new suits as plaintiffs lawyers jockey to advance the interests of drivers left out of the deal.
On Sunday, a Milwaukee plaintiffs lawyer filed a nationwide class action against Uber in Chicago, arguing that the company has failed to pay drivers the minimum wage and overtime in...