Immediate Pay Violation

[cbg]

2.) As you have already been told, you are free to file on your own behalf. The state will determine if there is reason to investigate further. It is up to them, not you.

If these other employees or former employees who may or may not have had a violation occur want to file separately, there's nothing stopping them. But as your understanding of what the law required was faulty, and since I doubt you have the pay records of these other employees, you don't get to make claims for other people.

 

[swalsh411]

The DOL would make those decisions. I thought this had been made clear.

These kinds of laws are not "enforced" in the sense that any agency will step in and make certain an employer follows them so much as employers can sometimes be penalized for violations. You don't get to decide what action the DOL may or may not take. All you can do is file a complaint.

 

[CuckoosNest]

Then complain I shall. I'll pass this info on to the others if I can generate any interest.

Thank you again for the information.

PS - I'm still not such a bad guy. Really.

 

[cbg]

Then stop with the oh-so-holy "I don't want anything for myself, I only want to help others" routine. We've heard it too often and it is rarely true.

Even if you are the rare exception (and I'm not convinced yet) it doesn't go down well.

And I'm not so bad either - if I were, I wouldn't be spending my spare time here.

 

[eerelations]

Wow... so you know all these other people as well?

So you really think they're all going to jump up and file reports on your former employer just because you say so?

 

[CuckoosNest]

Then stop with the oh-so-holy "I don't want anything for myself, I only want to help others" routine. We've heard it too often and it is rarely true.

Even if you are the rare exception (and I'm not convinced yet) it doesn't go down well.

And I'm not so bad either - if I were, I wouldn't be spending my spare time here.

Okay, I do hear you... but I'm agnostic, so I'd never be that holy. And I'm not saying there's nothing in this for me... I just don't expect any cash out of this little project. But trust me, to stick them with a big ol' procedural violation would not only protect others, but would feel gooo-oood in the process.

So you really think they're all going to jump up and file reports on your former employer just because you say so?

They might. This is the kind of place where the worker bees (like me) got two-weeks per year of service severance, meanwhile the "front office" people responsible for the business going into the crapper went out the door with millions of dollars in cash. (No, I'm not exagerating. Yes, I was privy to nearly all the severance agreements before I got the axe.) Those worker bees may feel the same as I... I guess I can only find out. But don't doubt me... you don't know me, and I can be VERY persuasive.

 

[Zigner]

Folks - let's put this to bed right now. There is NO violation:

From http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/wgwkstnd/faqs-employers.htm

- 13. When must an employer pay wages upon termination?
If discharged, next business day. If laid off or quit, next regular pay day.

 

[Zigner]

And...just to be thorough:

From
http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/wgwkstnd/laws-regs/wglaws.htm

Payment of wages on termination of employment. (Sec 31-71c).
(a) Whenever an employee voluntarily terminates his employment, the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full not later than the next regular pay day, as designated under section 31-71b, either through the regular payment channels or by mail. (b) Whenever an employer discharges an employee, the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full not later than the business day next succeeding the date of such discharge. (c) When work of any employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee for any reason is laid off, the employer shall pay in full to such employee the wages earned by him not later than the next regular pay day, as designated under section 31-71b.

 

[CuckoosNest]

Ah HAH. Laid-off employees are the exception to the rule. Good to know. Thanks, Zigner.

Dang it. I was kinda looking forward to leading a crusade against injustice and tyranny.

So... what other ways are there that I can squeeze money out of them? (KIDDING!!!)

 

[Zigner]

I also understand that this is definitely out of compliance with CT state law.

Why did you start this thread with the above when you hadn't taken any time to actually research?

 

[CuckoosNest]

Why did you start this thread with the above when you hadn't taken any time to actually research?

You know, I tried to find the passages you quoted, but had no luck. (I'm not an attorney, so I'm not really sure to look). So I came here. Please don't beat me up any further... I honestly thought it was a legitimate question.

 

[Zigner]

I used the following search term in Google: Connecticut final pay upon termination

 

[>Charlotte<]

But trust me, to stick them with a big ol' procedural violation would not only protect others, but would feel gooo-oood in the process.

And that, Norma Rae, is precisely what's been "in it for you" from Post 1.

 

[CuckoosNest]

I used the following search term in Google: Connecticut final pay upon termination

Ahhh... see, I used: cbg and eerelations think I'm a doosh.

 

[CuckoosNest]

And that, Norma Rae, is precisely what's been "in it for you" from Post 1.

Hell to the yeah!