Sure, the headline is click-bait. Designed to get your attention.
But it’s actually true. Connecticut law requires employers in Connecticut to pay their employees on a weekly basis. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 31-71b states it in sorta plain English.
[E]ach employer … shall pay weekly all moneys due each employee on a regular pay
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
Given the typically slower summer months, I’m going to highlight some basic Connecticut employment laws that most employers should be familiar with (but that some may not). Picking up on yesterday’s post, it’ll be entitled "The Basics" and hopefully will run at least once every week.
Today’s topic: Weekly Payment of Wages.
Connecticut law (Conn.
The Connecticut Supreme Court today ruled (in a decision that will be "officially released" on June 24, 2008) that an agreement between an employer and his employees to defer an
employee’s past wages until the employer receives revenue sufficient to pay those wages, is contrary to public policy , therefore, an invalid defense in a