MILWAUKEE — An MLB insider is reporting that the Brewers will be paying employees in full for the season, and no one will be furloughed.
According to Jeff Passan, an EPSN reporter, all Brewers operations employees below director level will be paid in full for the season. Therefore, no one will be furloughed.
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Passan also reports that pay cuts taken by top executives are what allowed lower end employees to be paid in full.
More good news, this time from the Milwaukee Brewers: They committed to paying all baseball-ops employees below director level in full for the rest of the season and will not furlough, sources tell ESPN. Pay cuts taken by top executives and ML staff saved lower-level employees.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 22, 2020
The employees will be paid, regardless of if the team plays any games or not.
