Cenk Uygur
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NBA Cheerleaders Sue Team For Wage Abuse
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November 26, 2015
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3:59Now Playing"After multiple lawsuits have been filed against National Football League (NFL) teams for paying cheerleaders less than minimum wage, one has now been filed against a team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Lauren Herington, a former cheerleader for the Milwaukee Bucks, filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the team engaged in “prolific wage abuse” against her and her colleagues. It says they were paid rates that amounted to between $3.50 and $4.50 an hour and that they weren’t paid time-and-a-half in overtime if they worked more than 40 hours a week. Wisconsin’s minimum wage is the same as the federal level of $7.25 an hour.
The lawsuit says the Bucks pays cheerleaders $30 per practice, $65 per home game, and $50 for each special appearance such as charity events. Yet practices and workout sessions come to 20 to 30 hours a week, and they are also required to arrive two and a half hours before the start of each game. The suit also says that cheerleaders have to spend time complying with personal appearance rules by visiting salons as well as maintaining uniforms with their own money."
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