The social media platform “OnlyFans” is facing nine lawsuits over poor working conditions. Unruly Agency/OnlyFans/Samantha Lee/Business Insider
Nine former employees are suing Unruly Agency, a social media management company.
The lawsuits include, among other things, allegations of wrongful dismissal and being held in conference rooms. Mental anguish is also cited in the lawsuits.
Unruly’s lawyer said the lawsuits were “carefully reviewed and found to be without merit.”
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Unruly Agency, a company that creates Onlyfans accounts for top influencers like Tana Mongeau and Abby Rao, has faced nine lawsuits from former employees this year. The lawsuits against the agency include allegations of wrongful termination, retaliation and wrongful deprivation of liberty.
Unruly has already faced a number of lawsuits from former employees and Onlyfans users in 2021-2022. At the time, the agency denied the allegations in the lawsuits.
According to Unruly’s lawyer, the lawsuits were carefully examined and found to be without merit
Unruly’s attorney said in a recent statement, as reported by Business Insider US, “It is important to make clear that these claims have been carefully reviewed and found to be without merit.” The employees are “a small group of outliers among the hundreds” that Unruly has filed in the lawsuit for the past four years or more. “Our company, under the visionary leadership of our founder, prides itself on adhering to the highest standards of conduct and compliance. We are cooperating fully with the judiciary to ensure that the facts are presented accurately and fairly.”
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Unruly is known for managing influencers’ Onlyfans accounts. The company receives a share of influencers’ revenue and, in some cases, operates as a full-service agency, helping create content and sending direct messages to fans.
New complaints come from the employees themselves
The new lawsuits filed this year come from former employees who worked as account managers. These employees managed influencers’ Onlyfans accounts and posed as the influencers themselves to fans in direct messages, the lawsuits say.
The new lawsuits include allegations that Unruly executives demoted an employee after he complained about working conditions. Unruly also threatened to freeze the bank accounts of two employees.
Most of the new lawsuits reportedly involve “unpaid wages,” “unpaid commissions,” and various legal fees.
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This can be found in the nine counts
Here’s a summary of what the former Unruly employees allege in the nine lawsuits filed this year:
Wrongful termination: All of the lawsuits allege that the employees were wrongfully terminated. The lawsuits say the employees were fired or resigned due to the company’s hostile work environment.
Retaliation: The lawsuits allege that some employees were victims of various forms of retaliation when they complained about their working conditions. The lawsuits allege the plaintiffs were, among other things, “degraded and humiliated” and subjected to “derogatory comments.” One of the plaintiffs claims he was demoted and had his salary reduced after he complained to his employer about working conditions.
Failure to comply with various California labor laws: The lawsuits allege that Unruly failed to provide “rest time” and “meal time,” “pay wages,” “pay overtime wages,” “provide accurate and itemized pay stubs,” “maintain accurate records,” “ to pay commissions earned” and “to reimburse business expenses.”
Deprivation of liberty: Two lawsuits allege that former employees were “deprived of their freedom of movement” by threatening legal action against the plaintiff, including but not limited to freezing the plaintiff’s bank accounts and filing lawsuits against the plaintiff for the case That the plaintiff should refuse to sign the release The lawsuits allege that Unruly “unreasonably restrained” the employees in a conference room for “no less than an hour,” thereby exerting “unreasonable coercion.”
Mental torment: Two of the lawsuits allege that Unruly caused the plaintiffs emotional distress by holding them in a conference room and making “various threats” to them. One of the lawsuits also alleges that Unruly used some of the insecurities the employee expressed during team building sessions against her by “singling her out and ridiculing her in front of defendant’s other employees.”
Fair Employment and Housing Act Violations: One lawsuit alleges that Unruly “refused to accommodate Plaintiff’s request for an alternative work schedule so that she could care for her son and instead discriminated against and retaliated against Plaintiff because of her son’s disability or a perceived disability.” seized.”
Unjustified enrichment: All of the lawsuits allege that the company withheld 40 percent of employees’ commission income to use the money for taxes, but this did not happen, effectively leaving employees double taxed. Three of the lawsuits also allege that the plaintiffs were classified as independent contractors rather than employees so that the company could save taxes.
Breach of contract: All of the lawsuits allege that Unruly committed a “breach of contract.”
Unfair business practices: All of the lawsuits accuse Unruly of engaging in “unlawful, unfair and deceptive business practices.”
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