Lady Jane’s employee misclassification class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Jamie Gavin, Lindsay Gibbons, and Jhamya Winters filed a class action lawsuit against Lady Jane’s Haircuts for Men Holding Company LLC.
- Why: Gavin, Gibbons, and Winters claim Lady Jane’s misclassifies its hair stylists as independent contractors, thereby denying them their legally mandated minimum wage and overtime hours for all their hours worked.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Michigan federal court.
Men’s grooming salon Lady Jane’s misclassifies its stylists as independent contractors, despite the circumstances of their employment making them employees under federal and state wage laws, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiffs Jamie Gavin, Lindsay Gibbons, and Jhamya Winters claim Lady Jane’s, by classifying its stylists as independent contractors, have been depriving them of being compensated with the legally mandated minimum wage and overtime for all their hours worked.
Gavin, Gibbons, and Winters argue Lady Jane’s has been “repeatedly and willfully” violating the Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) by allegedly not properly compensating its stylists for all their hours worked.
“Defendants failed to pay Plaintiffs and the FLSA Collective a direct wage, which resulted in a violation of the FLSA minimum wage provision,” the Lady Jane’s class action states.
Gavin, Gibbons, and Winters want to represent Lady Jane’s hair stylists who work in a location in any U.S. state other than Ohio.
Lady Jane’s working conditions not representative of independent contractor agreement terms, says class action
Gavin, Gibbons, and Winters claim that, despite having independent contractor agreements, the terms of those agreements do not represent the “working conditions, policies or pay practices” at Lady Jane’s salons.
“Lady Jane’s stylists’ economic status is inextricably linked to the services they can provide and the prices they can charge, both of which are completely controlled by Defendants,” the Lady Jane’s class action states.
In addition allegedly violating the FLSA, Gavin, Gibbons and Winters claim Lady Jane’s is guilty of unjust enrichment, and is in violation of the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act, the Florida Constitution, and the Missouri Minimum Wage Law.
The plaintiffs are demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief along with an award of statutory damages and unpaid minimum and overtime wages for themselves and all class members.
A similar class action lawsuit was filed against Geico earlier this year over claims the company misclassifies its captive insurance agents as independent contractors.
Have you worked as a hair stylist at a Lady Jane’s salon? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiffs are represented by Laura E. Farmwald, Andrew R. Biller, Andrew P. Kimble, Laura E. Farmwald and Emily A. Hubbard of Biller & Kimble, LLC; and Matthew J. Clark of Gregory, Moore, Brooks & Clark, P.C.
The Lady Jane’s employee misclassification class action lawsuit is Gavin, et al. v. Lady Jane’s Haircuts for Men Holding Co. LLC, et al., Case No. 2:23-cv-12602, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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5 thoughts onLady Jane’s class action claims salon misclassifies employees as independent contractors
6 years been looking for answers totally new state.
.attorney s in charge Ithink we can help each other.how who can I contact you please?my value in this is private.
k walker
I would like to be a part of this lawsuit.
I am made to work 6 days a week with no breaks and only 1 day off. I’m made to stay almost 11hrs every time I work to only be paid commission, sometimes I stay from 9am-8pm and make absolutely no money if no clients come in. Also I don’t get any kind of overtime when I stay past my shift or when I come in on my days off.
I would like to be part of the lawsuit against Lady Janes haircuts for Men. They don’t hire men stylist and only hire women stylist which is sex discrimination.
I would like to be a part of this lawsuit. I have been employed at Lady Jane’s for almost 2 years now and I’ve thought about sueing them several times myself. There are many days when I sit here from 10-8pm and walk out with as little as $30. When you do the math that’s only $3 an hour which is NOT minimum wage, nor is it anywhere near it. We as employees also have personal lives that we totally disregard to come here and work FOR lady Jane’s and do NOT get fairly compensated. We buy all our own equipment and do ALL the work, yet we’re still treated poorly. Something’s got to be done about this.
I would like to be part of the lawsuit against Lady Janes haircuts for Men. I worked in a Milwaukee Wi location in 2012. I was forced to attend meetings and set up the salon before it opened. I was also forced to stay in the salon for entire 8 to 10 hour shifts. All without out any compensation beside commission when I did a hair service. I spent many hours in the salon without any pay. They claimed we were independent contractors yet expected us to give our time doing work for them with no pay.