WISCONSIN — A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that a state law protecting workers against fines for "defective or faulty workmanship" also applies to exotic dancers who don't abide by their employers' wishes to disrobe fast enough among other actions.

Dawn Stevens, a performer at the Oval Office Gentlemen's club sued her employer in court, stating that various fines levied by her employer were against state law. According to court documents, performers could incur fines for:

Getting to the stage late, starting a routine late

Leaving the stage before the next dancer arrives

Failing to spend time on the floor to sell additional services

Failing to fully remove all clothing, except for underwear by the end of the first song while dancing on stage

Spending too much time in the dressing room

Not dressing according to the Oval Office's dress code In his ruling, Judge William C. Griesbach of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin sided with Stevens, establishing that the fines levied by the Oval Office were not set up to recover a loss, but to deter violations of the employer's rules. He went further, citing state law that prevented an employer from docking an employee's pay in circumstances that did not result in an actual business loss.