Cashman v. Town of Tolland

Opinion

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court, Quinn, J., properly interpreted the language of General Statutes § 31-76b (2) in ruling that employees called into work outside of their normal working hours by the defendant, the town of Tolland (town), were entitled to be paid from the time they actually reported for work, and not from the time when they were first contacted to report for work.1 The plaintiff, Shaun B. Cashman, the commissioner of labor (commissioner), brought an action pursuant to General *14Statutes §§ 31-682 and 31-723 against the town to collect unpaid wages on…