138 F. Supp. 2d 1110 - Manzon v. Stant Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. “Manzon attempts to distinguish this case, claiming that in Herremans and other cases holding that bonuses were not wages, “the compensation at issue was solely tied to the overall performance of the defendant company.” Plaintiffs Response Brief at 16. Manzon argues that his compensation was based in part on his own performance and is therefore a “wage” under the statute. Id. It is certainly true that the Employment Agreement conditioned his pay not only on the success of the company, but also on “the achievement of individual personal objectives.” Employment Agreement, Section 2(b). However, we do not agree that the principle enunciated in Herremans was meant to be as limited as Manzon argues it should be. In any situation in which additional pay is based on the success of the company, the reasonable assumption is that the employee receiving additional pay somehow contributed to that success through his own performance. The Employment Agreement in this case serves to make that assumption explicit.”

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