Report: Cubs Employees Taking Pay Cuts in Effort to Avoid Furloughs

A majority of the pay cuts will reportedly be for 15% or less, per ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Cubs employees will be taking pay cuts in order to avoid furloughs in June, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Chicago employees will be guaranteed employment through the end of June, per Passan. Most of the pay cuts will not exceed 15% of employee salaries.

Chicago Cubs employees will be taking pay cuts and have been guaranteed employment through at least the end of June, sources familiar with an employee call today told ESPN. A majority of the cuts will be for 15% or less. The hope is that baseball is back in June and no furloughs.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 20, 2020

The Cubs are one of many teams throughout MLB to cut employee pay amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mets will cut the pay of full-time employees beginning on June 1, which is when a slate of organizations—including the Angels, Reds and Marlins—will initiate furloughs.

MLB officially suspended all operations on March 12. Commissioner Rob Manfred and the league office continue to evaluate potential contingencies for beginning the year, but no date has been set to kick off the 2020 season.