Labor/Employment,
Entertainment & Sports,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 11, 2017
USC football wages ruling may not be final word
Last month, a California federal district court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss claims for unpaid wages brought by a former USC football player on the ground that student athletes are not employees.
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Last month, a California federal district court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss claims for unpaid wages brought by a former USC football player on the ground that student athletes are not employees.
In Dawson v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 16-cv-05487-RS (N.D. Ca. April 25, 2017), the plaintiff, Lamar Dawson, sued the NCAA and the PAC-12 Conference for their alleged violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the California Labor Co...
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