The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star has reportedly been hit with a lawsuit over alleged labour violations.
According to Page Six, seven former maintenance staff members filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that she failed to properly pay wages, refused to pay for overtime, would not allow them to take meal breaks and did not provide itemized pay stubs. One 16-year-old ex-employee says that he was made to work far past the 48 maximum allowable hours for an underage summer employee. Another claims that when he mentioned overtime pay, the tax issue, and meal breaks, he was immediately fired.
The seven ex-employees are identified as Andrew Ramirez, his brother Christopher Ramirez, son Andrew Ramirez Jr., along with Aron Cabrea, Rene Ernesto Flores, Jesse Fernandez, and Robert Araiza.
A rep from Kim gave this statement to page six, “These workers were hired and paid through a third-party vendor hired by Kim to provide ongoing services. Kim is not party to the agreement made between the vendor and their workers, therefore she is not responsible for how the vendor manages their business and the agreements they have made directly with their staff, Kim has never not paid a vendor for their services and hopes that the issue between these workers and the vendor who hired them can be amicably resolved soon.”