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Alexander Wang Inc. officially filed a denial in court. The denial rebuts the statement of former employees Wenyu Lu and Flo Durante, who filed class-action lawsuits against Wang alleging that they had to work up to 16-hours a day in an unventilated room.
In March, the former employees filed a lawsuit against Wang’s company to the tune of $450 million,alleging that they were forced to work under sweatshop-like conditions and put in overtime hours without compensation.
Wang’s official statement said that his company “complied with all applicable wage and hour and leave laws, and there is no basis whatsoever for plaintiffs’ frivolous and entirely unsupportable accusations that defendants have harassed them or discriminated against them on the basis of their race, or on any other protected basis.”
Court documents filed by Wang’s camp go on to state that the defendants are “two disgruntled former employees with axes to grind” whose goal is to “exact a substantial settlement from the defendants, and that the two have misjudged their former workplace as a hovel, while attempting to portray defendants as ‘sweatshop owners.’” Wang claims that the studio is large and brightly lit, and that the two defendants were paid $22 and $25 per hour respectively, and were given breaks, paid vacation, paid sick days, insurance, and benefits.
Court documents filed by Wang’s camp go on to state that the defendants are “two disgruntled former employees with axes to grind” whose goal is to “exact a substantial settlement from the defendants, and that the two have misjudged their former workplace as a hovel, while attempting to portray defendants as ‘sweatshop owners.’” Wang claims that the studio is large and brightly lit, and that the two defendants were paid $22 and $25 per hour respectively, and were given breaks, paid vacation, paid sick days, insurance, and benefits.
reference: WWD
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