MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Legislation creating overtime and wage law exemptions for minor league baseball players in Wisconsin advances at the Capitol.
The bill would create an exemption to employment law and make minor leaguers salaried workers not eligible for overtime pay. It would apply to about sixty platers for the state’s Major League Baseball affiliates, the Beloit Sky Carp and Appleton’s Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
The bill doesn’t apply to independent league teams. If passed, teams would have to track all work-related activities for players and count rehab, any training and time spent at the ballpark or with the team toward overtime requirements.
Similar bills have passed in California, Florida, and New York.