Rapper Jay-Z is being sued by a woman who used to work as a waitress at his New
York nightclub 40/40 - for allegedly failing to pay employees the minimum
wage.Celeste Williams has filed a lawsuit in which she accuses Jay-Z - real name
Shawn Carter - and the company that owns the club, Twenty Ones Inc, of not
paying staff the tips left for them by customers.The suit claims a percentage of tips were kept from staff and accuses the
club of "willfully failing and refusing to pay them at the legally required
minimum wage" since it opened in 2003.Williams is seeking unspecified damages and claims around 100 staff were
treated in the same manner.40/40 spokesman Ron Berkowitz says, "The allegations are false."
