Labor law violations

This three named A- list actress who will never be the highest on the list in her family, convinced tabloids that the lawsuit filed against her had been settled.

It hasn’t and if she loses she is going to have to pay out a bunch of money for labor law violations.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross’ Ex-Assistant Drops $300k Battle Over Unpaid Wages

According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Samantha Wilkins has informed the court she is dropping all claims against the actress and her company Joy Mill Entertainment.

As RadarOnline.com first reported, last year, Wilkins accused Ross of working her to the bone and failing to pay her a substantial amount in overtime.

The ex-assistant said she was employed by Ross from November 2019 through July 2021. Her initial rate of pay was $25 per hour with overtime.

A month later, Ross decided to classify Wilkins as an exempt employee and paid her a salary of $70k. A non-exempt employee would be entitled to overtime pay for all hours worked over 40.

A year later, Ross increased Wilkins salary to $100k. However, Wilkins said she should have been classified as a non-exempt employee and entitled to overtime.

In November 2020, Wilkins said Ross and her company “finally corrected” her employment status and starting paying her as a non-exempt, hourly employee. The former personal assistant said “therefore, from December 19, 2019, to November 24, 2020, Defendants misclassified Wilkins employment and treated her as a non-exempt employee.”

She accused Ross of “illegally paying” her a salary “without regard to the number of hours she worked, the number of hours she was on call, the overtime and double time hours that she worked, or the meal and rest periods that she missed.” – Source