Five former Buffalo Bills cheerleaders scored a pre-season victory after a judge sustained their unfair labor practice case against the professional football franchise.
Supreme Court Justice Timothy Drury (See Profile) said a question of fact remains on whether the Bills maintained functional control over the cheerleading squad even though the team insists that the Buffalo Jills are not its employees, but independent contractors retained by other companies. At issue are allegations that the cheerleaders were denied minimum wages, that unlawful deductions were taken from their paychecks and that the employer committed other state Labor Law violations.
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