Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Settles Employee Class Action Lawsuit
Resort settles with employees
A settlement was reached in a class action lawsuit between the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa and scores of resort employees over money withheld from their paychecks that was used for resort marketing.
The resort agreed to pay $78,000 to a group of around 150 current and former resort workers in a settlement filed Monday in 13th Circuit Court. The resort was sued last summer over alleged violations of state employment and wage laws over $150 bi-weekly paycheck deductions for numerous employees at its health spa that were used to help fund the resort’s marketing efforts.
The deductions were initiated by the resort’s former owners, KSL Recreation Inc. They eventually were phased out by the current owners, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, after the tribe bought the resort in 2003.
A statement issued by the resort Tuesday said plaintiffs dismissed their allegation that charged tips and commissions on retail products were not properly paid.
Employment Issue, Lawsuits, MI Spas
