Our lead attorney: John F. Kennedy has two decades of experience enforcing the legal rights of employees to their rights under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the D.C. Payment and Collection of Wages Act, D.C. Code 32-1301 et seq.Last year, we blogged about two Major League Baseball teams under investigation by the Department of Labor for violating wage-and hour laws, and now, two more teams have joined that club.
The Baltimore Orioles and Oakland A’s are under scrutiny for paying clubhouse and administrative workers and interns less than the minimum wage or for not paying time-and-a-half after more than 40 hours of work in a week, as required by law.
The original two teams, the Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants, are settling the issue. The Marlins will pay $288,290 in back wages to 39 team employees, and damages. The Giants will pay $220,793 in back wages to 78 employees, ranging from $60 to $4,000 each, and damages.
Federal officials won’t disclose much about the Orioles and A’s cases because they’re open investigations, and team representatives also were silent.
The MLB commissioner does not control employment practices of individual teams, but he summoned representatives of all teams last autumn for a briefing by federal wage-and-hour officials.
Was anyone paying attention?
Read the whole story on FairWarning.org.
