I’ll take 10! $10 per hour that is! Up until June 30th, 2015, employees received a minimum wage of $8.25 per hour and if there are employers that comply with federal minimum wage laws, then, their employees made $7.25 per hour. Beginning, July 1st, 2015, and every year thereafter (until further notice) there will be […]
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Connecticut: Employers Pay Double Damages for Minimum Wage and Overtime Violations
Minimum wage in Connecticut just got real. Employers in Connecticut will be paying double damages PLUS court costs and attorney’s fees for wage and hour violations as of October 1st, 2015. In a recent article, Littler Mendelson attorneys published the following explanation:
OMG! The DOL has promised us the new proposed guidelines for classifying Exempt workers No-Later-Than June 18th of this year. That’s pretty exciting stuff for employment law geeks like me! But, WAIT! There’s more………….