Canadian Hockey League Class Action Settlement on Thin Ice

Nov 20, 2020

By Jon Heshka, Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University   The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) agreed in February 2020 to pay $30 million to settle three class action lawsuits which claimed its underage players are employees and entitled to statutory minimum wages plus back pay, overtime pay and vacation pay. The settlement and its terms were conditional upon final approval by the Courts of Ontario, Alberta and Quebec.   The CHL is made up of the Western Hockey League (WHL), the O
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