A law suit filed against major league baseball by minor league players that has been pending in the federal court system since 2014 has been settled for $185 million, according to Jeff Passan at ESPN. Minor league players claimed that MLB violated federal and state minimum wage laws by paying poverty wages to players, not paying overtime, and not paying them at all for spring training or extended spring training.
Passan wrote: As part of the settlement, MLB will issue a memo that allows teams to pay minor league players during spring training, and extended spring training and instructional leagues in Florida and Arizona. Teams previously had been blocked from doing so.
The settlement has not yet been filed with the court, so the full details are not yet known, but the deal is a clear victory for minor league players who have been struggling for fair wages. MLB has been moving, slowly, toward improving the lives of minor league players, whose salaries are paid by MLB clubs. Teams are required to pay for housing for minor league players under contract starting in 2022 and wages were increased prior to the 2021 season, but still far short of a living wage.
The Los Angeles Times reports that MLB agreed to advise teams that they “must compensate minor league players in compliance with wage-and-hour laws” during spring training and extended spring training.
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