The National Labor Review Board says in a new complaint filed Wednesday that contestants on Netflix’s reality competition series “Love Is Blind” should be classified as employees.
The complaint, filed from the board’s regional office in Minnesota, says that the show has committed numerous labor law violations, among them contracts that unlawfully included noncompete clauses and confidentiality requirements.
Representatives for Netflix declined to comment on this story.
If the ruling stands, it has implications for reality TV as an industry, given that reality shows feature people often engaging in real acts with potentially lifelong consequences. For instance, “Love Is Blind” contestants may end up engaged and even married to one another.