You Might Have To Pay More Than Minimum Wage To Your Employees
So, your employees are all paid at least minimum wage and overtime. You’re good, right? Not necessarily, as a recent column in the Connecticut Law Tribune points out. You might need to pay a...
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SOX Stake Claim in Winning … a Whistleblower Protection Case (Revisited)
It’s Baseball Season; a time for the Sox to come out and play. Not the Red Sox — this is, after all, a legal blog (run by a Yankees fan, no less). No, today, we’re talking about Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)...
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Are You a Joint Employer? It May Depend on the Court’s Test
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...
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The Real Battle over Independent Contractors and the ABC Test In Connecticut
Governor Malloy with current CTDOL Commissioner Sharon PalmerYou’ve no doubt heard lots about how the U.S. Department of Labor is cracking down on independent contractors. I’ve recapped it before and...
View ArticleWinter Update: What You Might Have Missed in Employment Law
My colleagues at Shipman & Goodwin have, for a lot longer than I have been doing this blog, have been producing the Employment Law Letter recapping some stories you might have missed over each...
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Joining Connecticut, Paid Sick Leave Now Mandated for Federal Contractors
As Connecticut employers of a certain size know, Connecticut implemented Paid Sick Leave recently which affords employees up to five days off a year. Now, federal contractors (including those in...
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New York (State and City) Imposes New Rules for Freelancers, State Contracts
My colleagues, Clarisse Thomas, Keegan Drenosky and I have been busy keeping track of the developments in New York which may impact Connecticut employers with cross-border business. Here are two of...
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Breaking: Conn. Supreme Court Clarifies ABC Test for Independent Contractors
I’m back with news of a relatively big decision today from the Connecticut Supreme Court. In the decision, the Court clarified an important question that the Connecticut Department of Labor had been...
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Whatever Happened To … The Wage Claim of “Exotic Dancers” As Employees?
Back in 2011, I discussed a titillating case of strip club dancers (or, a decision says, “performers”, “entertainers”, “dancers” or even “exotic dancers” — although not “strippers”) who were trying to...
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One Strange Provision in New Cannabis Law: Employees = Independent Contractors
This week, my colleague Sarah Westby and I published a detailed look at the new legal cannabis law in Connecticut and what it means for employers. I’m not going to duplicate the post here but strongly...
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