Worker at Maui Resort Sues Claiming Owners Avoided Pay and Benefits in ‘Fraudulent Scheme’

A worker at one of Maui’s largest private employers, Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, filed a class-action lawsuit Friday alleging owners of the luxury hotel giant misclassified hundreds of spa and salon workers, groundskeepers, facilities maintenance personnel and window washers as independent contractors in a “fraudulent scheme” to avoid pay and benefits at two of its landmark hotels, the Grand Wailea and Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria.

A spokesperson at Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, declined to comment Friday.

“We do not comment on pending litigation,” a statement to Maui Now said.

Maui resident and plaintiff Laurie Bolos has been employed for decades as a nail technician for defendant Waldorf-Astoria Management LLC at the Grand Wailea hotel in South Maui.

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