According to the complaint, Cruisin’ Chubbys dancers earn money by soliciting tips from customers while dancing on stage and by collecting fees for private dances, which range in cost from $20 for a topless lap dance to $300 for a “VIP” dance. The complaint also says that management requires dancers to participate in nude events and mingle with campers on the Edge-O-Dells adult campground, on which the club is situated just northwest of the city limits, additional time for which they are not paid minimum wage or overtime.

Peterson said management determines the tip-out fee, the dollar amount set each night that dancers must pay to collect fees earned.

“As a result of this pay structure, Dancers often effectively receive no pay for the hours they worked,” the complaint states. Jones requests that the court require management to pay dancers their unpaid hourly wages, overtime pay and damages in the amount of wages or tips unlawfully deducted or withheld, and cover their legal fees.

Jones did not immediately respond to an email message.

Peterson said he didn’t yet know how many dancers could be involved in the lawsuit, but that he had heard similar accounts from multiple dancers. He said courts have ordered numerous strip clubs to pay dancers back wages in similar suits over the past few years.

In 2015, Rick’s Cabaret in New York settled a class action suit for $15 million. Like Cruisin’ Chubbys, Rick’s required its dancers to return some of their tips and asserted they were independent contractors rather than employees, and therefore not owed minimum wage.