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Court Upholds Use of Fluctuating Work Week Method in Connecticut

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Litigation, Wage & Hour

My colleague, Mick Lavelle, has this post on a topic that few know about and even fewer understand: The Fluctuating Work Week.  For more background on the subject, I’ve talked about it in earlier posts here and here.  Interpretation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act is aided by hundreds of pages of regulations and U.S…. Continue Reading

Leap Day: The Day Employers Get Free Work From Exempt Workers

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Wage & Hour

A few years ago, I addressed the issue of what happens when there’s a “leap year” for pay periods.  Every five years or so (and 2009 was one of them), a year will have 27 bi-weekly paydays instead of 26. That issue arises because bi-weekly pay programs pay employees in 14-day increments resulting in a 364… Continue Reading

Appellate Court Upholds Judgment Against Lawfirm for Its Employment Contract With Associate

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Litigation

In a decision released today, the Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a lower court judgment that found that a local lawfirm breached its employment contract to an associate by failing to pay that associate a bonus. It’s rare to see lawfirms involved in employment disputes, and even rarer, to have cases proceed all the way to… Continue Reading