A free online screening of the documentary “A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem” will be held on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PST. A panel discussion will follow featuring the film director Yu Gu, LVBH partner Darci Burrell, LVBH client Lacy Thibodeaux Fields, and Equal Pay Today Director Shannon Williams. The event […]
“A Woman’s Work: The NFL Cheerleader Problem” Debuts on PBS January 4th
For over four years, documentary filmmakers have been working to bring to light the story of Lacy Thibodeaux, the woman who became the face of NFL cheerleaders after she brought the first class action lawsuit to challenge the gross underpayment of professional football cheerleaders. Drawing on hours of interviews, filmmaker Yu Gu also features the […]
Raiderettes Class Action Lawsuit
Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams prosecuted the first class action on behalf of cheerleaders working in the NFL. The lawsuit against The Oakland Raiders alleged that the club withheld all pay from the Raiderettes until after the end of the season, did not pay for all hours worked, and force the cheerleaders to pay many of their […]
$1.25 Million Settlement Paid to Oakland Raiderettes in Wage Theft Class Action Lawsuit
Cheerleaders were paid far less than minimum wage while working for the departing Oakland franchise Oakland, CA – May 10, 2017 — Today, the proceeds from a $1.25 million settlement was distributed to nearly 100 women who worked as cheerleaders for the Oakland Raiders, known as the Raiderettes from 2010 to 2014. This class action […]
Wage and Hour Case on Behalf of Exotic Dancers
Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams filed a wage and hour class action case on behalf of a class of over 250 women who worked as exotic dancers and waitresses at The Brass Rail, a strip club located in Sunnyvale, California, which has been in business at the same location since 1960. The lawsuit alleged, that the Brass Rail was in flagrant violation of numerous laws of the State of California. Not only did the club refuse to pay any compensation to the women who work in the club as erotic dancers, but it required the women to pay a “stage fee” in order to dance at the club. Dancers at the Brass Rail were expected to earn their income from customer tips., The lawsuit also alleged that the women were subject to a hostile work environment. Following a full day mediation, the case was settled for $1,900,000.
Decipher Your Paystub
California has very stringent laws regarding when and how employees must be paid. To make sure the laws aren’t ignored, employers are required to provide lots of information on paystubs. But do you really understand all the information you are receiving?
Settlement of Case Brought on Behalf of Multiple Women Alleging Sexual Harassment and Wage Theft
Partners Leslie Levy and Sharon Vinick filed a case alleging sexual harassment and wage theft complaint on behalf of four women who worked for a large health care corporation. The women alleged that they were sexually harassed by their supervisor, who made lewd comments to them, touched them without their consent, and repeatedly suggested that […]
Settlement on behalf of New York Jets Cheerleaders in Lawsuit for Wage Theft
Partners Sharon Vinick and Leslie Levy with attorney Patricia Pierce of Greenblatt, Pierce, Engle, Funt & Flores in Philadelphia, filed a wage theft class action lawsuit against the New York Jets NFL team. The lawsuit alleged that the cheerleaders, known as the “Flight Crew,” were not being paid minimum wage for all hours worked at […]
