Kanye West sued by former assistant designer over unpaid wages
Taliah Leslie alleges that Yeezy misclassified its employees and didn't pay them for expenses related to the job
, his company wasn’t the best at paying his employees.
Court documents reveal that
Taliah Leslie, who worked for Yeezy as an assistant designer, alleges that the company failed to comply with California labor code requirements due to its policy of misclassifying employees as independent contractors.
She maintains that this was done to rob them of legal wages and other benefits. Leslie also asserts that this isn’t an isolated occurrence and that Yeezy actually makes it a practice to blatantly violate labor code sections to save money.