Zoe Hollis v. R& R Restaurants, Inc., et al.

Portland, Oregon employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.



Zoe Hollis, a dancer at a Portland strip club called Sassy's, sued the club's owners and managers under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("the FLSA” or "the Act”) for misclassifying its dancers as independent contractors and violating corresponding wage and hour provisions. After Hollis filed the complaint, Frank Faillace—a partner and manager of both Sassy's and another club called Dante's—canceled an agreement for Hollis to perform at a weekly variety show at Dante's. In emailing Hollis to cancel her performance, Faillace cited the suit against Sassy's,

explaining his intent to protect Dante's from legal liability. After receiving Faillace's email, Hollis amended the

complaint to allege that Faillace's decision to bar Hollis from performing at Dante's constituted retaliation in

violation of the FLSA.

Summary judgment in favor of the Defendants granted.



Reversed.