from David Waldstein of the New York Times,

After months spent working from home, scores of behind-the-scenes employees of the National Hockey League will assemble at two sites in Canada this week to prepare for the resumption of the season, which was halted March 12 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

But many of those league employees say they have been told they will do so while being paid only 75 percent of their regular salaries, despite the health risks and hardships they will face by leaving home and sequestering in a restricted site in Edmonton or Toronto — the league’s two hub cities — for two months or longer.

In April, shortly after the season was suspended, the N.H.L. cut salaries of league personnel by 25 percent for all employees making more than $75,000 annually. Employees were told at the time that, in order to avoid layoffs and with no hockey being played and no revenue coming in, employees would have endure the reduction in salaries.

But with the postseason set to begin on Aug. 1, three N.H.L. employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the league, said they have been told that their full pay will not be reinstated this year.

The league declined to comment, saying it does not comment on matters relating to employee compensation.

“It’s inhumane that there are 100-plus employees risking their health and livelihoods to bring hockey to the masses and they are not being compensated or promised anything,” one of the employees said.

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