New York Plaintiff Claims MLB Is Required to Pay Volunteers Under Federal and State Law

By Leticia Halas   The Oxford Dictionary defines “volunteer” as “a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task” and further as “a person who works for an organization without being paid.” Despite the inherent meaning of the word volunteer, litigation surrounding unpaid wages of volunteers is trending. Initially, one might scoff at the notion that volunteers now want compensation for work they perform voluntarily. However, the law on point is somewh