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The Philadelphia Phillies have reportedly committed to pay their full-time employees through the end of October amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia, Phillies managing partner John Middleton wrote the following in a letter to team employees that was obtained by NBC Sports Philadelphia: "The Buck and Middleton families have decided that there will be no furloughs or layoffs due to the coronavirus crisis through the end of our fiscal year [October 31, 2020] for regular full-time employees."
While there will be no layoffs for full-time employees, Middleton didn't rule out salary reductions: "While we will likely need to implement other cost-cutting alternatives in the interim to deal with our extraordinary loss of revenue, including possible salary reductions, you can be assured of your job and health insurance for the next five-plus months.