Wage Theft

New Law: Professional Cheerleaders in California Are Now Employees

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Wage Violations
A new bill signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown requires that cheerleaders working for professional football and basketball be classified as employees and be paid at least minimum wage. AB 202 is a new and pioneering law of its kind and follows a number of lawsuits filed by cheerleaders against professional spor...

Major (and Minor) League Baseball Wage Violations (Part 3)

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Wage Violations
Major League baseball teams are not the only ones accused of wage violations. A complaint has been filed in California by members of minor league teams. Three minor league players filed suit alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, stating that minor league players are underpaid for their labor and...

Major (and Minor) League Baseball Wage Violations (Part 4)

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Wage Violations
Wage violations have been the focus of several investigations and one whistleblower complaint in both the Minor and Major Baseball Leagues in the United States. The United Stated Department of Labor is meeting with owners, managers and members of the Commissioner's Officer, trying to address outstanding issue...

Major (and Minor) League Baseball Wage Violations (Part 2)

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Wage Violations
Major and Minor League Baseball teams have come under fire for wage violations lately from the United States Department of Labor. The Department, suspicious of several of the League's wage practices has launched investigations into several Major League teams, resulting in settlements for the benefits of many low...

Major (and Minor) League Baseball Wage Violations (Part 1)

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Wage Violations
Several Major and Minor League baseball teams ordered to remedy wage violations to mostly low-paid employees across the country. Baseball is America's pastime...and so, too does it seem that shafting hard working employees, has become something of a pastime for the owners of the baseball teams around the count...