May 5, 2024

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Florida's quote of the day

| 2/10/2016

" I am not aware of any other business that directs the employment of their employees while charging the employees to work there."

-- Attorney W. John Gadd

Alexa Rohlsen says she danced at a strip club to pay her way through cosmetology school, but these days, it's been a struggle.

Rohlsen joined a growing number of exotic dancers around the country, filing a lawsuit against her former employer, accusing Baby Dolls in Clearwater of violating federal law by failing to pay her minimum wage and overtime.

Read more at the Orlando Sentinel.

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