Suppose you see an employee come into work at 8:30a. When you check the employee’s timecard (virtual or in paper) at the end of the day, however, you see that the employee put down that they started work at 8a.

Can you unilaterally “correct” the time card?

That question was the subject of an excellent

The United States Department of Labor today released new regulations that dramatically change the existing rules on when two businesses are “joint employers” under federal wage and hour laws.

I’ve previously discussed the changing rules in some prior posts here and here, so you should catch up there first if this is the first

Can an employee work for more than one employer at the same time? Under a theory of law called “joint employment”, the answer is yes.

But how do you make that determination?

Suppose a private bus company provides services all over Connecticut. It’s largest customer happens to be a very large private university in the