Miami Marlins to begin furloughs with business operations staff due to MLB shutdown
With no revenue stream coming in as the coronavirus pandemic keeps Major League Baseball at a standstill, the Miami Marlins will began temporarily furloughing members of their business operations staff, a source confirmed to the Miami Herald on Wednesday. About one-third of the department is impacted.
The furloughs will begin in mid-May. While they won’t receive their salaries at that point, employees impacted will still receive medical and dental benefits, the source said.
The news comes about a week after CEO Derek Jeter announced he would forgo his salary for the foreseeable future and told his baseball operations staff Monday they will receive full pay through at least May 31. Members of the Marlins’ executive team are also facing pay cuts.
MLB operations has been on hold since March 12 when the league called off the final 10 days of spring training and indefinitely postponed the season. The league would normally be finishing its fifth full week of regular-season action right now. Marlins employees have been working from home since March 16.
Miami Herald sportswriter Barry Jackson contributed to this report.
This story was originally published April 29, 2020 at 2:49 PM.
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