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Halseyis telling their side of the story.
The lawsuit also states that Funches “worked around the clock on consecutive days with little to no day of rest” throughout the “majority of her employment,” and in October 2021, had begun complaining to Halsey about “her long working hours” and not being paid overtime wages.
The suit also states that Funches was paid a $5,000 one-time payment for her accumulated overtime, but was “offered no explanation as to how the lump sum payment compensated” Funches for “all of her overtime hours to date.”
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PEOPLE has reached out to Funches' attorneys for comment.
A longtime advocate known for using their platform to speak out about everything ranging from ableism to social issues, the “Walls Could Talk” singerrecently opened upabout the many health issues they’ve been dealing with for years – and finally getting multiple diagnoses.
“I just want to clarify, for the benefit of friends of friends who may have any of the diagnoses that I recently shared, I didn’t ‘just get sick’ I’ve been sick. For a long time. My sicknesses just have their names now,” Halsey wrote on an Instagram Story. “I went to doctors for 8 years. Trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I was called crazy and anxious and lazy amongst other things. I changed my entire lifestyle.”
“When I wasn’t working I was essentially confined to my home for fear of how I’d feel when I woke up each morning. It took me a long time to get to even having a diagnosis so I’m celebrating!” they continued. “Don’t roll your eyes at your sick friends. They could be fighting a battle that they haven’t named yet. Ya know?”
source: people.com
