On March 17, 2025, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held in Musker v. Suuchi that commissions are included in the definition of “wages” under New Jersey’s Wage Payment Law (“WPL”).  Wages under the WPL are defined as “direct monetary compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, where the amount is determined on a time, task, piece or commission basis.”  The trial and appellate courts held that commissions were a “supplementary incentive,” which is excluded from the definition of wages under the WPL. Supplementary incentives were described by the court as additional “compensation that motivates employees to do something above and beyond their labor or services.”Continue Reading The New Jersey Supreme Court Finds that Commissions Are Wages Under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law

Under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA), an employee may file suit for compensation owed “pursuant to an employment contract or agreement.”  820 ILCS 115/2. Courts have taken different approaches regarding what constitutes an agreement under the IWPCA, and prior to October 2024, the Seventh Circuit had not opined as to

The Supreme Court has released its decision in the case of Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew.  The Court decided that, with respect to a series of unlawful deductions, a gap of more than three months, or a correct payment, will not automatically break the chain in a series of deductions.Continue Reading UK Supreme Court Ruling:  A Look at the Changes to a Series of Unlawful Deductions