The luxe Hermès store on Madison Avenue keeps its salespeople in the dark about how commissions are calculated, and then stiffs them, a new lawsuit charges.
“Hermès is saying take what we give you — we’re Hermès and you’re not,” Richard A. Roth, a lawyer representing two former salespeople, said Friday.
New hires are told to expect a 1.25-percent commission on most sales, according to the lawsuit.
Plaintiff Ewern Chaney, 28, of Manhattan estimated that he had generated $3.8 million in revenue but only made $60,000 total in commissions and wages from November 2012 to March 2014. He was paid a wage of $19 an hour.
Chaney and Winifred Hu are seeking unspecified damages.
A Hermès spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
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