Weems v. Citigroup, Inc.

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• recognizing that determination of whether statutory requirement ‘‘is mandatory or directory . . . raises a question of statutory interpretation’’
• ‘‘[l]inguistically, a statutory provision generally is considered directory if the requirement is stated in affirmative terms unaccom- panied by negative words’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• under CAP plan, bonus and branch manager programs do not constitute wages under Connecticut’s wage laws and are purely discretionary
• bonuses awarded solely on a dis cretionary basis and tied to the performance and profitability of the company and not to the ascertainable efforts of the particular employee were not wages
• recogniz- ing wages are linked to ascertainable efforts of particu- lar employee
• declining to address issue outside scope of certified question

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