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Failure to Pay Wages Due at Discharge Can Incur Triple Damages in Massachusetts

Perkins Coie on 4/21/2022

Late payment of final compensation just became significantly more expensive for employers with workers in Massachusetts. In an opinion on April 4, 2022, Reuter v. City of Methuen, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held...more

CO Employers Can Forgo Paying Out Unused Vacation Upon Termination

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 11/11/2019

Unused vacation time can represent a substantial liability on the books for many employers. Therefore, the extent to which you can control the payout of unused vacation time upon an employee’s separation from employment is an...more

Termination Pay Penalties: Easy To Incur, Impossible To Reduce?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/1/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers must pay “waiting time” penalties for willfully failing to timely pay wages due upon termination. Last week the California Court of Appeal dealt employers a double whammy: (i) mere negligence can...more

Colorado Law Claims For Unpaid Wages Limited To Two Or Three Years Prior To Termination

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/8/2018

Under the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA), a terminated employee’s right to seek unpaid wages or compensation at termination is subject to the two- or three-year statute of limitations found in the CWCA, the Colorado Supreme...more

California Supreme Court Says Retiring Employees Must Be Paid Promptly

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/23/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: Under Labor Code section 202, California employers must pay all wages to an employee who “quits” within 72 hours, unless the employee has given 72 hours’ notice of the intent to quit, in which case the...more

California Employment Law Notes - July 2016

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/14/2016

Employer Is Entitled To Recover $4 Million In Attorney's Fees From EEOC - CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, 578 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 1642 (2016) - The EEOC filed suit against CRST (a trucking company) alleging...more

Employment Law - October 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/28/2015

New California Employment Laws on Fair Pay, Waiver of Meal Periods - Why it matters: California continues its focus on employment-related legislation. Touted as the toughest law of its kind in the nation, Senate...more

Payment of Accrued But Unused Vacation Pay

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 9/25/2015

The Connecticut rules for payment of accrued but unused vacation pay when employment terminates are fairly simple, but a brief refresher may be helpful to employers. Connecticut General Statutes § 31-71f requires...more

Employers May Be Able to Limit Treble Damages for Violations of the Massachusetts Wage Act

Foley Hoag LLP on 8/6/2015

The Massachusetts Wage Act automatically entitles an employee who proves an unlawful failure to pay wages to treble damages. On June 18, 2015, however, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled in Littlefield v. Adcole...more

Payments Upon Termination Of Employment: Is Anyone Still Confused?

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 11/7/2013

Most California employers know that an employee who is fired must be paid all of his or her wages, including accrued but unused vacation, immediately at the time of termination. Labor Code sections 201 and 227.3. However, I...more

Quick Tips on Dealing with Employment Termination Issues in China

K&L Gates LLP on 7/4/2013

On June 21, 2013, a United States medical supplies company executive was taken captive by Chinese employees in his Beijing factory. The employees have stated that the owner owes them two months’ back pay and expressed concern...more

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