Minor League Wages

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ninth Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/minorleague.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a> that a lower court properly certified a class of minor league baseball players in California who claim they were underpaid and not compensated for off-season work, including spring training. </span>

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit ruled that a lower court properly certified a class of minor league baseball players in California who claim they were underpaid and not compensated for off-season work, including spring training.

The circuit court also reversed the lower court’s refusal to certify classes of the ball players for claims of unpaid work in Arizona and Florida.

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