Birmingham strip club The Furnace paid $1.25 million to settle a labor lawsuit levied by former exotic dancers, according to newly unsealed documents.

The settlement was reached in February 2024 and part of the agreement included that the records be sealed for eighteen months.

On Thursday, a judge ordered the documents to be unsealed.

According to the settlement, 19 former workers received varying amounts of payments totaling $1.25 million that were based on “an approximation of the time Plaintiffs worked but were not paid minimum wage.”

The workers contended that The Furnace violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying the workers minimum wage or overtime due to classifying the dancers as independent contractors.

The lawsuit also alleged the strip club illegally took the dance

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