Does my employer have to pay me to study?

Sometimes. Recently, financial advisors have obtained settlements claiming that they should have been paid for the time they spent studying… Continue reading Does my employer have to pay me to study?

Can my employer pay me on a 1099?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | January 23, 2017

No. Employees are not the same as Independent Contractors. Only independent contractors can be paid on a 1099. Employees must… Continue reading Can my employer pay me on a 1099?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | June 1, 2016

In Connecticut, maybe. In Massachusetts, DEFINITELY. In Connecticut, an employer is only required to pay accrued but unused vacation time… Continue reading Do I get accrued vacation time when my employment ends?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | June 1, 2016

Yes. You may have heard that President Obama just issued a new rule that will raise the minimum salary threshold… Continue reading Obama just changed the overtime laws. Can my employer change me from salaried to hourly?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | March 28, 2016

No. In the recently decided Tyson Foods Inc, v. Bouaphakeo, the Supreme Court affirmed a 2.9 million dollars’ jury verdict… Continue reading Can my employer not pay me to put on and take off my protective gear?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | March 11, 2016

Not yet, but maybe soon. The Labor and Public Employees Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly is currently considering a… Continue reading Can I take paid sick leave in Connecticut even if the FMLA does not apply to me?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | March 4, 2016

No! Obamacare (aka, the ” Affordable Care Act“) has a provision in it which makes it unlawful for an employer… Continue reading Can my employers reduce me from full time to part time to avoid Obamacare?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | February 12, 2016

Yes, if you work in California otherwise “maybe.” Recently the Californian Court of Appeal ruled that an employee using his… Continue reading Can my employer make me use my personal phone for business? And if so, should he pay me?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | January 29, 2016

It depends on where they work! Here in Connecticut (which is under the 2d Circuit Court of Appeals) mortgage loan underwriters… Continue reading Can underwriters be denied overtime pay?

Posted by Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore | Newsletters | January 15, 2016

Obviously, the answer is no, not today you can’t. Not since 1964 when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was… Continue reading Can I be fired because of my race?