Sofar Sounds Reaches $460K Settlement With Department of Labor Over Unpaid Wages

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The live music events company Sofar Sounds will pay $460,357.50 to 654 unpaid volunteer workers (known internally as “ambassadors”) as part of a settlement with the New York State Department of Labor, as Variety reports. It was first reported back in August 2019 that New York state had opened an investigation into the labor practices at Sofar Sounds.

Sofar Sounds — a company that has made a name and a business for itself by staging “secret gigs and intimate concerts” featuring emerging artists for an invited, engaged audience — has reached a $460,000 settlement with the New York Department of Labor after an article revealed its extensive use of unpaid volunteer workers. The $460,357.50 payment will be distributed to volunteers — known as “ambassadors” — who worked at Sofar shows.

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