LABRST 2H03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Whls, Canadian Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
28 Apr 2019
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Child labor, lawsuits, and how junior hockey exploits its players for profit: vice. A government child labor investigation and multiple class action lawsuits have one of pro hockey"s main pipelines of talent facing an uncertain future. These same players are also at the center of a child labor investigation by the washington. Department of labor industries (l&i) into the whl, which is also facing multiple class action lawsuits. The investigation is ongoing and centers on a single question: namely, should the whl"s 16- and. The investigation"s outcome will have ramifications on whether the players are owed at least minimum wage salaries and could lead to fines against the teams. "many of the teams are for-profit businesses, at least as far as we understand it," erlich says. "that relationship whether it"s one of a student-athlete or a professional worker is indeed central to the investigation. "
