Winter Is Here for Employers: 5 Ways to Cope

With much of America starting 2018 in the grip of record cold and blizzard conditions, employers should be taking care to avoid missteps that can cause legal trouble, like not properly paying workers on snow days or failing to maintain safe environments.

Pamela Moore, a partner in McCarter & English LLP’s Hartford, Connecticut, office, said that whether employees get paid on a snow day depends on if they are classified as exempt, salaried workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act.