Fenton v. Harper

Syllabus

The plaintiff, who had been employed as a server and bartender at a restau- rant owned and operated by the defendants, appealed from the trial court's judgment granting the defendants' motion to strike her putative class action complaint, which alleged, inter alia, violations of state minimum fair wage regulations (§ 31-62-E3 et seq.) that were in effect in 2015. Held: The trial court properly granted the defendants' motion to strike, this court having previously determined that there was no private cause of action pursu- ant to statute (§ 31-68 (a)) for violations of the recordkeeping requirements in § 31-62-E3 of the 2015 regulations, the plaintiff's complaint was legally insufficient in that the statute (§ 31-60 (d) (4)) governing wage claims man- dated that actions filed after September 24, 2022, be adjudicated pursuant to the applicable regulation (§ 31-60-2), the legislature's amendment (P.A. 22-134) to § 31-60 did not violate due process, and, because this court's con- clusion in the companion case of Farias v. Rodriguez (238 Conn. App. 287) thoroughly resolved the plaintiff's claims, this court adopted the reasoning and conclusions in that decision. Argued November 13, 2025—officially released March 31, 2026