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Town Sports International: Gaining Strength

Class Action & Impact Litigation
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We are investigating a number of potential employment discrimination class actions and class-based wage and hour claims. Please contact Adam T. Klein for further information.

New York Sports Club Class Action
On February 24, 2005, O&G filed a New York Supreme Court class action lawsuit against Town Sports International, Inc., the owner of the New York Sports Club, Boston Sports Club, Philadelphia Sports Club, and Washington Sports Club health and fitness clubs alleging that New York Sports Club has failed to pay its New York-based personal trainers and assistant fitness managers for all of the time that they worked and failed to pay them overtime compensation to which they are entitled under the New York Labor Law.

The personal trainers claim that New York Sports Club failed to pay them for much of the time, including overtime, that they worked for the benefit of New York Sports Club but were not actually training customers. The assistant fitness managers claim that New York Sports Club wrongly classified them as "exempt" employees and unlawfully failed to pay them overtime compensation that they earned. The case seeks recovery of unpaid wages and overtime premium pay for all personal trainers and assistant training managers in New York State.

O&G is currently investigating claims that other Town Sports International, Inc. brands, including Boston Sports Club, Philadelphia Sports Club, and Washington Sports Club have engaged in similar practices and have denied their personal trainers, assistant fitness managers, and other health club employees proper wages and overtime compensation. O&G is also investigating claims that other health and fitness clubs, including Equinox, have failed to pay their personal trainers earned wages, including overtime compensation.

Please contact Justin M. Swartz for further information.

nysc hourly fee for training has risen from 5 packs of 219 for 1 hr sessions in 2005 to 5 packs now costing 369 in 2008, accounting for the increase in revenue from training. Price for the club has risen from monthly membership fees of 69.00 in 2001 to 80.00 in 2008