Kim Kardashian faces another blow as 'staff threaten lawsuit'
Kim Kardashian's staff are reportedly threatening to take legal action over working conditions.
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Kim Kardashian faces another blow as 'staff threaten lawsuit over working conditions' amid divorce from estranged husband Kanye West
- The reality star's staff are reportedly threatening to take legal action over working conditions
- A source said the lawsuit involves 'domestic workers employed at her home who may have been misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees'
- It could be another blow for the reality star, 40, who filed for divorce from husband Kanye West in February after nearly seven years of marriage
- It comes after Kanye, 43, could be facing a $30million lawsuit over his Sunday Service shows
- Class-action lawsuits claim he violated strict California labor laws for allegedly failing to pay hundreds of performers and backstage staff on time or 'at all'
Kim Kardashian's staff are reportedly threatening to take legal action over working conditions.
It could be another blow for the reality star, 40, who filed for divorce from husband Kanye West, 43, in February after nearly seven years of marriage.
According to The Sun, some members of Kim's staff are weighing up taken legal action- just months after Kanye was hit with two class-action lawsuits over claims he mistreated and failed to pay up to 1,000 performers and backstage staff at his popular Sunday Service shows.
The staff are said to be demanding money for having to endure years of what they might be set to claim was 'unreasonable behaviour'.
A source told the publication: 'Since members of his Sunday Service crew sued, other employees have been considering their options.
'There's apparently a potential lawsuit in the works against Kim involving multiple employees. They are believed to be domestic workers employed at her home who allegedly may have been misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees.
'If a lawsuit is filed, then one issue would be how much control Kim and her staff had over them.'
The insider claimed some of Kim's employers were teenagers and if they had worked more than the maximum limit set by law, there could be a case of child labour violations.'
MailOnline has contacted Kim and Kanye's representatives for comment.
Back in January it was reported Kanye was facing two class-action lawsuits and could be hit with $30 million in damages over claims he mistreated and failed to pay up to 1,000 performers and backstage staff at his Sunday Service shows.
The lawsuits relate to around 500 performers and 300 backstage staff who worked at the rapper's extravagant, part Christian worship and part live performance shows that he has been taking across the US since 2019.
Lawyers for the workers claim that during West's first 'opera', the 'Nebuchadnezzar' at The Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles, in November 2019, he violated strict employment laws in California for hundreds of performers and backstage crew including hair stylists, make-up artists and costume designers, as well as actors hired to sit in the audience.
Allegations include not paying hundreds of employees on time, or 'at all' in some cases, as well as not granting the overtime wages, meal and rest breaks and business expenses to which they were legally entitled as employees in the state, rather than individual contractors.
It is estimated West could face up to $30 million in damages if he contests the lawsuits, a source told The Sun.
In August last year, West was also sued by MyChannel Inc. who claimed that West stole some of its technology for his Sunday Service show after its employees worked on it, unpaid, for six-months.
One lawsuit, filed by LA employment lawyer Frank Kim in August, concentrates on the performers, which totals over 500 people.
The other, filed by entertainment attorneys Harris & Ruble, centres on behind-the scenes staff of around 300 people.