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Legislative Update: Labor Committee Considers Bills on Use of Payroll Cards, Notification of Benefits; Hearing Set for February 24th

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

The Connecticut General Assembly is in full swing which means the Labor & Public Employee committee is in hearing mode. Several bills have already gotten a hearing, and several more are scheduled for a hearing on February 24th.  No bills have yet been voted out of the committee.   You can track all the bills… Continue Reading

The Basics: Weekly Payment of Wages

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Wage & Hour

Finishing up the summer series of some of the basics of Connecticut employment law, I turn back to a wage & hour topic that comes up much more than you might think. Connecticut’s wage payment laws (including Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-71b) are quite clear: Employees must be paid wages on a weekly basis.  In addition, the… Continue Reading

BREAKING: Conn. Supreme Court Rules That Bonuses Based on Subjective Factors Are Not Wages

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Wage & Hour

Remember a Connecticut appellate decision a few weeks ago that suggested that a bonus allegedly promised to an associate could be "wages" under Connecticut’s wage statutes? Indeed, a fellow Connecticut blogger suggested that 2008 was shaping to be a banner year for employees. Well, not so fast. A new Connecticut Supreme Court decision today (and… Continue Reading