Stringfellows: In Court Again
A stripper at Stringfellows of London is taking the club to court for wrongful dismissal in, what could turn out to be, a landmark case. Nadine Quashie is the first dancer/performer in the industry to take a club to court after being dimissed for drug allegations.
Quashie also claims to have been threatened, not by Stringfellows but by a group acting ‘in the good of the strip industry’. These letters have passed to the Police.
The interesting thing is that strippers, in terms of tax, are seen as being self employed so cannot take their employers to court for wrongful dismissal. The case is now at tribunal to allow her to challenge the previous ruling and try for compensation for the club. Anyone dismissed from a club will be watching with interest. As with the tax issue where dancers were seen as self employed and had to pay their own tax its unlikely that the dancers will get things their own way since they accepted the state of things and their status.
Read the rest of the story The Sun
Interesting to read. We all know that this whole employee/ self-emplyed thing has come up a few times over the years but with the state of the industry at the moment it is certainly an interesting time for it to surface once again.
We all know that house fees and house commission has gone up and up to the opint where girls are earning as much as they would stcking shelves at a supermarket in what used to be a high-value profession.
Clubs are taking too much in fees from too many girls, many going too far and the value of a good clean lapdance is dropping fater than the Euro.
Something needs to change and maybe recognising employee status would give the industry the kick up the arse it needs.
Comment by Honey — 30 November 2011 @ 3:14 pm