HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Law Offices of Daniel Feder & The Law Offices of Sandra Lynch:
An employee of Waldorf-Astoria Management LLC filed a class action suit on February 24, 2023 in federal court in the District of Hawai`i (Bolos v. Grand Wailea, A Waldorf-Astoria Resort, Case 1:23-cv-00104) alleging violations of federal, Hawai`i, and California wage and hour and anti-corruption and racketeering laws based on Waldorf Astoria’s and other corporate and individual Defendants’ willful misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
The lawsuit is brought by Plaintiff Laurie Bolos, who has been employed as a Nail Technician for Defendant Waldorf-Astoria Management LLC for decades at the hotel giant’s world-famous Grand Wailea hotel in Maui County, Hawai`i. Waldorf Astoria is a luxury brand of Hilton hotels with locations throughout the United States and worldwide.
Bolos’ complaint alleges that Waldorf Astoria misclassified some hundreds of spa and salon workers, groundskeepers, facilities maintenance personnel, and window washers as independent contractors at two of its landmark hotels, the Grand Wailea and Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria. Bolos further alleges that Waldorf Astoria acted willfully in violating numerous federal and state laws in a deliberate attempt to unlawfully circumvent their legal obligations to pay these workers a minimum wage and overtime and make federal income tax contributions toward their social security and unemployment...
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