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Workers employed by Floyd Mayweather’s gym, Mayweather Boxing + Fitness Group, have staged a protest amid accusations of unpaid wages and violations of California’s Labor Code.
According to a report by the Daily Mail, the employees took to the street outside of the gym on Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, which they claim is set to close down.
The demonstration took place on December 31, 2024.
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The team members alleged they are owed weeks in unpaid wages as the boxing icon’s ‘Money Team’ have failed to pay them on time for weeks.
Employers who do not pay employees on time face a penalty of $100 for a first-time violation of California Labor Code 210.
For second-time violations, that fine jumps to $200 for each unpaid employee, plus “25% of the amount unlawfully withheld.”
If wages are not paid for over 30 days, affected workers are entitled to full pay at their regular rate and could file a lawsuit against the gym.
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Protesting with signs and a microphone outside Mayweather Boxing + Fitness Group, frustrated employees held signs that included messages such as ‘modern-day slavery’ and ‘The $ Team has no $’.
Modern-day slavery is a blanket term used to describe exploitation, though it typically refers to different types of forced labor. The same sign accused the gym of ‘labor trafficking.’
Another sign read: “Hard work, dedication…and then what?”
“We're out here just letting everybody know that they have not been treating us right,” one worker said. “Even if you work for a different company and you ain't getting paid, you're scared to show up and say something because you know how businesses do. They silence you and they fire you because everything's ‘at will’.”
Others complained that the unpaid wages have left them unable to pay rent or cover bills.
According to Citizen, employees were heard chanting “Where’s our money?”
Mayweather has previously been forced to close a gym. In May 2024, a facility in Elk Grove, Sacramento, was closed down after the building’s landlord sued the group for $30,000 in unpaid rent.
The staffers said they are unaware about Mayweather’s involvement in the gym’s operations, but claimed that management have discouraged them from speaking with the boxing icon when he has visited the site.
“Who knows if he's aware or not? We don't,” one individual said. “I was told that we can't tell him. I can't tell him that our studio's closing, and he was here two weeks ago. We've been silenced.”
