After the NHL announced the suspension of the regular season on Thursday afternoon due to concerns surrounding COVID-19, players and clubs have stepped up to ensure that arena staff, part-time and hourly workers are compensated for cancelled shifts.
Over a dozen NHL teams have announced plans to financially support workers throughout these uncertain times, some doing so by pledging to pay out all previously scheduled shifts, others creating COVID-19 related funds, and individual players such as Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky have stepped up to donate sums of $100,000.
Two NHL clubs have not followed suit thus far: the Winnipeg Jets and most recently, the Calgary Flames, both sharing that they will not be compensating part-time staff for events and games that have been cancelled.