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Maybe Love Is Blind, But the Law Isn’t: The Misclassification of Reality TV Contestants
February 13, 2025By Chelsea Barcenas
On December 11, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a formal complaint against Kinetic Content, the production company behind Netflix’s hit reality series Love Is Blind.[i] The complaint alleges that the company misclassified contestants as non-employee “participants” rather than employees, potentially depriving them of crucial labor protections.[ii] This case has the potential to […]