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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57w. - Notice to service workers of sick leave requirements. Regulations.

Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s shall, at the time of hiring, provide notice to each service worker (1) of the entitlement to sick leave for service workers, the amount of sick leave provided to service workers and the terms under which sick leave may be used, (2) that retaliation by the employer against the service worker for requesting or using sick leave for which the service worker is eligible is prohibited, and (3) that the service worker has a right to file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner for any violation of this section and of sections 31-57s to 31-57v, inclusive. Employers may comply with the provisions of this section by displaying a poster in a conspicuous place, accessible to service workers, at the employer's place of business that contains the information required by this section in both English and Spanish. The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish additional requirements concerning the means by which employers shall provide such notice. The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section within available appropriations.
(P.A. 11-52, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-52 effective January 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57x. - Paid family and medical leave program. Implementation plan. Report.

(a) The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer, the State Comptroller and the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall establish the procedures necessary to implement a paid family and medical leave program.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Labor Commissioner shall contract with a consultant to create an implementation plan for the paid family and medical leave program. The implementation plan shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) A process to evaluate and establish mechanisms, through consultation with the entities described in subsection (a) of this section and the Department of Revenue Services, by which employees shall contribute a portion of their salary or wages to a program of paid family and medical leave that shall include the possibility of utilizing existing technology and payroll deduction systems;
(2) Identify and report on mechanisms for timely acceptance of claims, processing of claims, fraud prevention and any staffing, infrastructure and capital needs associated with administration of the program;
(3) Identify and report on mechanisms for timely distribution of employee compensation and any associated staffing, infrastructure and capital needs; and
(4) Identify and report on funding opportunities to assist with start-up costs and administration of the program, including, but not limited to, the availability of federal funds.
(c) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer, shall contract with a consultant to perform an actuarial analysis and report of the level of employee contributions necessary to ensure sustainable funding and administration of a paid family and medical leave compensation program.
(d) Not later than February 1, 2016, the Labor Commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, on the implementation plan described in subsection (b) of this section and the actuarial analysis described in subsection (c) of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and labor.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 413.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57y. - Unpaid time off for purposes of voting at an election.

From June 23, 2021, to June 30, 2024, each employer shall grant to (1) each employee in the case of a state election, or (2) each employee who is an elector in the case of any special election for United States senator, representative in Congress, state senator or state representative, two hours unpaid time off from such employee's regularly scheduled work on the day of any such election, for the purpose of voting at such election during the hours of voting specified in section 9-174, if the employee requests such time off not less than two working days prior to such election.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 94.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57z. - Education assistance programs. Notice to employees.

(a) Not later than December 1, 2021, and annually thereafter until December 1, 2024, each employer in the state with one hundred or more employees shall notify the employees of such employer who are residents of the state about (1) whether such employer offers to employees an education assistance program under 26 USC 127, and (2) if an education assistance program is offered to employees, the benefits included in such program and the manner in which an employee may enroll in such program.
(b) An employee shall have no cause of action against an employer for not offering an education assistance program under 26 USC 127 to employees or for failure to notify employees about such program pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall make information and resources regarding education assistance programs under 26 USC 127 available to employers in the state.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 260.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-58a. - Minimum wage for minors in government or agricultural employment.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (i) of section 31-58, minors between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years who are employees of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be paid a minimum wage of not less than eighty-five per cent of the minimum fair wage as defined in said subsection, and notwithstanding the provisions of said subsection, minors between the ages of fourteen and eighteen who are agricultural employees shall be paid a minimum wage of not less than eighty-five per cent of the minimum fair wage as defined in said section except agricultural employees between the ages of fourteen and eighteen who are employed by employers who did not, during the preceding calendar year, employ eight or more workers at the same time shall be paid a minimum wage of not less than seventy per cent of the minimum wage, as defined in said section 31-58.
(1971, P.A. 85, S. 2; 615, S. 3; P.A. 79-312, S. 1, 2; P.A. 13-140, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 79-312 added exceptions re payments to agricultural employees between 14 and 18 years old who are employed by employers who did not employ eight or more workers during preceding years; P.A. 13-140 replaced reference to Sec. 31-58(j) with reference to Sec. 31-58(i) and made a technical change, effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-59. - Investigation.

The commissioner or any authorized representative of the commissioner shall have authority: (a) To investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in any occupation in the state; (b) to enter the place of business or employment of any employer of persons in any occupation for the purpose of examining and inspecting any and all books, registers, payrolls and other records of any such employer that in any way appertain to or have a bearing upon the question of wages of any such persons and for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this part and the orders of the commissioner have been and are being complied with; and (c) to require from such employer full and correct statements in writing, when the commissioner or any authorized representative of the commissioner deems necessary, of the wages paid to all persons in his employment.
(1949 Rev., S. 3787; 1951, S. 2026d; 1957, P.A. 435, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 683, S. 2; P.A. 13-140, S. 13.)
History: 1959 act removed references to establishment of minimum wage for restaurant, hotel, inn and cabin employees and to $1.00 minimum wage, substituting wage as defined in Sec. 31-58; P.A. 13-140 deleted provisions re investigation by commissioner as to whether persons in any occupation are receiving less than a fair wage and appointment of wage board to report upon establishment of minimum fair wage rates for persons in such occupation, effective June 18, 2013.
Cited. 140 C. 73; 223 C. 573.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-61 and 31-62. - Wage board. Report and regulations.

Sections 31-61 and 31-62 are repealed, effective June 18, 2013.
(1949 Rev., S. 3788, 3789; 1951, S. 2027d, 2028d; P.A. 13-140, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-63. - Orders and appeal.

Section 31-63 is repealed, effective June 23, 2015.
(1949 Rev., S. 3791; 1951, S. 2029d; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 87; P.A. 74-183, S. 267, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 230, 681; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 26, 82; P.A. 88-317, S. 33, 107; P.A. 15-127, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-64 and 31-65. - Reconsideration of wage rates. Modification of orders.

Sections 31-64 and 31-65 are repealed, effective June 18, 2013.
(1949 Rev., S. 3792, 3793; 1951, S. 2030d, 2031d; P.A. 13-140, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-66. - Employers' records. Orders to be posted.

Each employer subject to the provisions of this part, unless exempted by regulation issued by the commissioner or as hereinafter provided, shall keep at the place of employment for a period of three years a true and accurate record of the hours worked by, and the wages paid by him to, each employee, as required by the applicable regulations issued by the Labor Commissioner, and shall furnish to the commissioner or his authorized representative, upon demand, a sworn statement of the same provided if the place of employment is designed primarily as an establishment for the housing and use of coin-operated service or vending machines, such records may be kept by the employer in some location approved by the commissioner other than at the place of employment. Such records shall be open to inspection by the commissioner or his authorized representative at any reasonable time. Each employer subject to this part or to a minimum fair wage order shall keep a copy of such order and the regulations issued by the Labor Commissioner posted at the place of employment where it can be read easily by the employees. Employers shall be furnished copies of orders and regulations on request, without charge.
(1949 Rev., S. 3794; 1951, S. 2032d; 1959, P.A. 683, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 466.)
History: 1959 act specified place and length of time for keeping records as required by commissioner's regulations; removed requirement to post provisions of this part but required posting of regulations, specified posting to be at place of employment and provided for furnishing of regulations without charge; 1969 act allowed employer to keep required records at place authorized by commissioner rather than at place of employment if place of employment is primarily used for housing vending or coin-operated machines.
See Sec. 31-13a re requirement that employers furnish employees with record of hours worked, wages earned and deductions.
Officer of corporation, whose duties are supervisory and whose hours are not controlled and whose compensation is not dependent on hours worked, is not within contemplation of statute. 129 C. 344. Cited. 223 C. 573.
Where duties of a nominal president are insignificant and he performs the same kind and class of work as other employees, such person is an employee. 10 CS 171.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-67. - Exception for person with impaired capacity.

The commissioner may cause to be issued, to any person whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, a special license authorizing employment at such wages less than the minimum fair wage and for such period of time as is fixed by the commissioner and stated in the license.
(1949 Rev., S. 3790; 1957, P.A. 435, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-68a. - Enforcement of chapter.

The Labor Commissioner may act as agent for or in cooperation with the federal government in the enforcement of this chapter, and as requested by the federal government to aid and assist in the effecting of payment of the prescribed minimum or overtime wage, under either the law of this state or under federal law.
(1971, P.A. 45, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-68b. - Reciprocal agreements.

(a) In the performance of his duties under part III of chapter 557 and this chapter, the Labor Commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the Labor Department or corresponding agency of any other state or with the person, board, officer or commission authorized to act on behalf of the Labor Department or corresponding agency, for the collection in such other state of claims and judgments for wages based upon violations of part III of chapter 557 and this chapter by out-of-state employers.
(b) The Labor Commissioner may, to the extent provided for by any reciprocal agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, maintain actions in the courts of such other state for the collection of claims and judgments for wages and may assign such claims and judgments to the Labor Department or agency of such other state for collection to the extent that an assignment is permitted or provided for by the law of such state or by reciprocal agreement.
(c) The commissioner may, upon the written consent of the Labor Department or other corresponding agency of any other state or of a person, board, officer or commission authorized to act on behalf of the Labor Department or corresponding agency of such other state maintain actions in the courts of this state upon assigned claims and judgments for wages arising in such other state in the same manner and to the same extent that such actions by the commissioner are authorized when arising in this state; provided, such actions may be maintained only in cases where such other state by law or reciprocal agreement extends a like comity to cases arising in this state.
(P.A. 93-392, S. 9; 93-435, S. 66; P.A. 94-58.)
History: P.A. 93-435 made technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 94-58 applied Subsec. (a) to all out-of-state employers where previously applicable only to out-of-state employers performing work “for this state, its agencies or any political subdivision of this state”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-69b. - Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action.

(a) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed a claim or instituted or caused to be instituted any investigation or proceeding under part III of chapter 557 or this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by part III of chapter 557 or this chapter.
(b) Any employee who believes that he has been discharged, disciplined, penalized or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of this section may file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Upon receipt of any such complaint, the commissioner shall hold a hearing. After the hearing, the commissioner shall send each party a written copy of his decision. The commissioner may award the employee all appropriate relief including rehiring or reinstatement to his previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee benefits to which he otherwise would have been eligible if he had not been discharged, disciplined, penalized or discriminated against. Any employee who prevails in such a complaint shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 93-392, S. 10; 93-435, S. 67.)
History: P.A. 93-435 made technical changes and deleted a provision prohibiting an employer from discharging, disciplining, penalizing in any manner or discriminating against any employee who institutes or testifies at a proceeding under part III of chapter 557 or chapter 558.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-70. - Withholding wages.

Any person who or corporation which withholds any part of the wages of any person, because of any agreement expressed or implied requiring notice before leaving the employment, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 7360.)
Statute does not apply when it is agreed that reciprocal notice shall be given. 58 C. 104.
Never been construed as prohibiting assignment of wages. 15 CS 37.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71. - Weekly payment of wages; how paid when employment ends.

Section 31-71 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7361, 7362; 1951, S. 3013d; 1961, P.A. 264, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 714, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71a. - Payment of wages: Definitions.

As used in sections 31-71a to 31-71i, inclusive, and section 31-71l:
(1) “Employer” includes any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased person, the conservator of the estate of an incompetent, or the receiver, trustee, successor or assignee of any of the same, employing any person, including the state and any political subdivision thereof;
(2) “Employee” includes any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer;
(3) “Wages” means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, commission or other basis of calculation;
(4) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 1; P.A. 87-366, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 87-366 amended Subdiv. (1) to include the state and its political subdivisions within “employer” definition; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 added reference to Sec. 31-71
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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71c. - Payment of wages on termination of employment.

(a) Whenever an employee voluntarily terminates his employment, the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full not later than the next regular pay day, as designated under section 31-71b, either through the regular payment channels or by mail.
(b) Whenever an employer discharges an employee, the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full not later than the business day next succeeding the date of such discharge.
(c) When work of any employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee for any reason is laid off, the employer shall pay in full to such employee the wages earned by him not later than the next regular pay day, as designated under section 31-71b.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 3.)
Cited. 212 C. 294.
Cited. 40 CS 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71d. - Payment where wages disputed.

(a) In case of a dispute over the amount of wages, the employer shall pay, without condition and within the time set by sections 31-71a to 31-71i, inclusive, all wages, or parts thereof, conceded by him to be due, and the employee shall have all remedies provided by law, including those under said sections as to recovery of any balance claimed.
(b) The acceptance by any employee of a payment under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of his claim and any release required by an employer as a condition to payment shall be void.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 4.)
Cited. 212 C. 294.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71e. - Withholding of part of wages.

No employer may withhold or divert any portion of an employee's wages unless (1) the employer is required or empowered to do so by state or federal law, or (2) the employer has written authorization from the employee for deductions on a form approved by the commissioner, or (3) the deductions are authorized by the employee, in writing, for medical, surgical or hospital care or service, without financial benefit to the employer and recorded in the employer's wage record book, or (4) the deductions are for contributions attributable to automatic enrollment, as defined in section 31-71j, in a retirement plan described in Section 401(k), 403(b), 408, 408A or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, established by the employer, or in the Connecticut Retirement Security Program established pursuant to section 31-418, or (5) the employer is required under the law of another state to withhold income tax of such other state with respect to (A) employees performing services of the employer in such other state, or (B) employees residing in such other state.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 5; P.A. 08-118, S. 1; P.A. 13-8, S. 1; P.A. 16-29, S. 18; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 107, 207; P.A. 22-118, S. 116.)
History: P.A. 08-118 added Subdiv. (4) to permit employer to withhold employee's wages for contributions to automatic enrollment retirement plan; P.A. 13-8 added Subdiv. (5) permitting employer to withhold or divert employee wages if the employer is required under the law of another state to withhold income tax of such other state; P.A. 16-29 amended Subdiv. (4) by adding reference to Connecticut Retirement Security Program, effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 18, from July 1, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016, and amended Subdiv. (4) by replacing “Connecticut Retirement Security Program” with “Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange”, effective January 1, 2017; P.A. 22-118 replaced reference to “Exchange” with “Program,” effective July 1, 2022.
Cited. 212 C. 294. Formula for calculating salesperson's commissions did not violate prohibition against employer deducting money from employees' wages. 260 C. 152. Under 2007 revision, written authorization re potential forfeiture of withheld wages was informed and voluntary and complied with requirements of Subdiv. (2), and employer's failure to seek Labor Commissioner's approval of plan election form did not, by itself, require invalidation of authorized payroll plan deductions because statute is directory, not mandatory, re form approval. 289 C. 769.
Plaintiff, an at-will employee, failed to provide any law or legal analysis to support claim that trial court improperly concluded that, in implementing furlough program affecting all salaried and hourly employees, employer did not violate statute prohibiting withholding of any portion of an employee's salary. 52 CA 724.
Cited. 40 CS 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71f. - Employer to furnish employee certain information.

(a) Each employer shall: (1) Advise his employees in writing, at the time of hiring, of the rate of remuneration, hours of employment and wage payment schedules, and (2) make available to his employees, either in writing or through a posted notice maintained in a place accessible to his employees, any employment practices and policies or change therein with regard to wages, vacation pay, sick leave, health and welfare benefits and comparable matters.
(b) Each employer employing a domestic worker, as defined in section 31-71
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(1967, P.A. 714, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 4.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), and added Subsec. (b) requiring employers to advise domestic workers of certain information at time of hiring.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71g. - Penalty.

Any employer or any officer or agent of an employer or any other person authorized by an employer to pay wages who violates any provision of this part: (1) Shall be guilty of a class D felony, except that such employer, officer or agent shall be fined not less than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is more than two thousand dollars; (2) may be fined not less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is more than one thousand dollars but not more than two thousand dollars; (3) may be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is more than five hundred but not more than one thousand dollars; or (4) may be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both, for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is five hundred dollars or less.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 7; P.A. 78-358, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-392, S. 4; P.A. 13-258, S. 98.)
History: P.A. 78-358 made imposition of penalty optional rather than mandatory, substituting “may” for “shall”, imposed minimum fine of $200 and raised maximum fine from $200 to $1,000; P.A. 93-392 increased the maximum penalty for violating the state's wage laws from $1,000 and 30 days to $5,000 and five years, and to allow for the imposition of varying fines and prison terms based on the amount of wages owed by an employer; P.A. 13-258 substituted provision re class D felony for provision re imprisonment of not more than 5 years in Subdiv. (1) and made technical changes.
Cited. 212 C. 294. Structural relationship to Sec. 31-72 discussed. 243 C. 454.
Cited. 36 CA 29; 37 CA 379.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71i. - Waiver of payment schedule requirement.

The commissioner may, upon application, waive the provisions of section 31-71b with respect to any particular week or weeks, and may also, upon application, permit any employer, subject to the provisions of this section, to establish regular pay periods less frequently than once every two weeks, provided each employee affected shall be paid in full at least once in each calendar month on a regularly established schedule.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 9; P.A. 16-169, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 16-169 replaced “pay days” with “pay periods” and replaced “weekly” with “once every two weeks”, effective June 6, 2016.
Cited. 212 C. 294.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-71l. - Domestic workers education and training grants program.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Domestic worker” means any employee who is paid or who is told he or she will be paid to perform work of a domestic nature in or about a private dwelling, including, but not limited to, housekeeping, laundering, meal preparation, home companion, home management or child care services or the caretaking of individuals, including sick, convalescing and elderly individuals, or other household services for occupants of the private dwelling or the guests of such occupants. “Domestic worker” does not include (A) any individual providing babysitting services on an irregular or intermittent basis; or (B) a personal care attendant, as defined in section 17b-706 providing services pursuant to a state-funded program, including, but not limited to, (i) the program for individuals with acquired brain injuries, established pursuant to section 17b-260a, (ii) the personal care assistance program, established pursuant to section 17b-605a, (iii) the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, established pursuant to section 17b-342, (iv) the pilot program to provide home care services to disabled persons, established pursuant to section 17b-617, (v) the individual and family support waiver program administered by the Department of Developmental Services, or (vi) the comprehensive waiver program administered by the Department of Developmental Services;
(2) “Nonprofit organization” means any organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time; and
(3) “Qualified organization” means: (A) Any nonprofit organization that has not less than five years of experience working with domestic workers; or (B) any organization that works with a nonprofit organization that has not less than five years of experience advocating for domestic workers or other low-wage workers.
(b) The commissioner shall establish a domestic workers education and training grants program to provide grants to qualified organizations for the following purposes:
(1) To provide education and training for domestic workers and employers addressing laws regarding minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, record-keeping, wage adjudication and retaliation and the requirements of subsection (b) of section 31-71f;
(2) To provide one or more online resources for domestic workers and employers on state laws and regulations relating to domestic workers; and
(3) To provide technical and legal assistance to domestic workers and employers through legal service providers.
(c) The commissioner may enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 55a, with a person, firm or corporation to administer the grants program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(d) The commissioner, in consultation with such person, firm or corporation, if applicable, shall create guidelines necessary for the administration of the provisions of this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-73. - Refund of wages for furnishing employment.

(a) When used in this section, “refund of wages” means: (1) The return by an employee to his employer or to any agent of his employer of any sum of money actually paid or owed to the employee in return for services performed or (2) payment by the employer or his agent to an employee of wages at a rate less than that agreed to by the employee or by any authorized person or organization legally acting on his behalf.
(b) No employer, contractor, subcontractor, foreman, superintendent or supervisor of labor, acting by himself or by his agent, shall, directly or indirectly, demand, request, receive or exact any refund of wages, fee, sum of money or contribution from any person, or deduct any part of the wages agreed to be paid, upon the representation or the understanding that such refund of wages, fee, sum of money, contribution or deduction is necessary to secure employment or continue in employment. No such person shall require, request or demand that any person agree to make payment of any refund of wages, fee, contribution or deduction from wages in order to obtain employment or continue in employment. A payment to any person of a smaller amount of wages than the wage set forth in any written wage agreement or the repayment of any part of any wages received, if such repayment is not made in the payment of a debt evidenced by an instrument in writing, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any deductions from wages made in accordance with the provisions of any law, or of any rule or regulation made by any governmental agency.
(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days for the first offense, and, for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 7363.)
Cited. 37 CA 85.
Subsec. (b):
Formula for calculating salesperson's commissions did not violate prohibition against employer deducting money from employees' wages. 260 C. 152.
Any request or demand of money made by an employer concerning funds that cannot reasonably be attributed to the existing employment relationship but, rather, involving negotiations related to a separate, albeit related, future business venture between the parties, occurring in the context of an existing employer-employee relationship is not enough to bring an action within the ambit of those that are prohibited under section. 206 CA 412.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-74. - Wages not to be scaled.

No employer of labor or any person acting for him shall make a discount or deduction from the wages of any person employed by him, when the wages of the employee or any part thereof are paid at an earlier time than that at which such wages would regularly have been paid. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 7366.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-75. - Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Prohibited practices. Employer demonstration.

(a) No employer shall discriminate in the amount of compensation paid to any employee on the basis of sex. Any difference in pay based on sex shall be deemed a discrimination within the meaning of this section.
(b) If an employee can demonstrate that his or her employer discriminates on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees at the employer's business at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to employees of the opposite sex at such business for comparable work on a job, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort and responsibility and performed under similar working conditions, such employer must demonstrate that such differential in pay is made pursuant to (1) a seniority system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (4) a differential system based upon a bona fide factor other than sex, including, but not limited to, education, training, credential, skill, geographic location or experience. Said bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor (A) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation, and (B) is job-related and consistent with business necessity. Such defense shall not exist where the employee demonstrates that an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential and that the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice.
(c) No employer shall discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because such person has opposed any discriminatory compensation practice or because such person has filed a complaint or testified or assisted in any proceeding pursuant to section 31-76.
(1949, 1953, S. 3016d; P.A. 09-101, S. 2; P.A. 21-30, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 09-101 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to delete provision re employment practices recognizing length of service or merit rating as factor in determining wage or salary rates, added Subsec. (b) re employer's defense to complaint of discrimination in wage rate based on sex, and added Subsec. (c) re retaliation for complaint of discriminatory compensation practice; P.A. 21-30 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “equal” with “comparable”, replacing “the performance of which requires equal” with “when viewed as a composite of”, adding “, credential, skill, geographic location” re differential pay system, and making technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76c. - Length of workweek.

No employer, except as otherwise provided herein, shall employ any of his employees for a workweek longer than forty hours, unless such employee receives remuneration for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed.
(1967, P.A. 493, S. 2.)
Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233. Cited. 219 C. 520; 223 C. 573. Section does not prohibit use of the fluctuating method to derive an employee's regular rate, with the sole exception of certain delivery drivers and sales merchandisers. 326 C. 651.
Cited. 16 CA 437.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76e. - Maximum workweek under contract or collective bargaining agreement.

No employer shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c by employing any employee for a workweek in excess of the maximum workweek applicable to such employee if such employee is employed pursuant to a bona fide individual contract, or pursuant to an agreement made as a result of collective bargaining by representatives of employees, if the duties of such employee necessitate irregular hours of work, and the contract or agreement (1) specifies a regular rate of pay of not less than the minimum hourly rate provided in subsection (i) of section 31-58, and compensation at not less than one and one-half times such rate for all hours worked in excess of such maximum workweek, and (2) provides a weekly guaranty of pay for not more than sixty hours based on the rates so specified.
(1967, P.A. 493, S. 4; P.A. 80-64, S. 4, 7; P.A. 13-140, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 80-64 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 31-76d; P.A. 13-140 amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing reference to Sec. 31-58(j) with reference to Sec. 31-58(i), effective June 18, 2013.
Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76f. - Piece rates; two or more kinds of work.

No employer shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c by employing any employee for a workweek in excess of the maximum workweek applicable to such employee if, pursuant to an agreement or understanding arrived at between the employer and the employee before performance of work, the amount paid to the employee for the number of hours worked by him in such workweek in excess of the maximum workweek applicable to such employee under section 31-76c: (A) In the case of an employee employed at piece rates, is computed at piece rates not less than one and one-half times the bona fide piece rates applicable to the same work when performed during nonovertime hours; or (B) in the case of an employee performing two or more kinds of work for which different hourly or piece rates have been established, is computed at rates not less than one and one-half times such bona fide rates applicable to the same work when performed during nonovertime hours; and if (i) the employee's average hourly earnings for the workweek exclusive of payments described in subparagraphs (A) to (G), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 31-76b are not less than the minimum hourly rate required by applicable law, and (ii) extra overtime compensation is properly computed and paid on other forms of additional pay required to be included in computing the regular rate.
(1967, P.A. 493, S. 5; P.A. 80-64, S. 5, 7.)
History: P.A. 80-64 deleted references to repealed Sec. 31-76d.
Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76g. - Crediting of certain extra compensation.

Extra compensation paid as described in subparagraphs (E), (F) and (G) of subdivision (1) of section 31-76b shall be creditable toward overtime compensation payable pursuant to sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive.
(1967, P.A. 493, S. 6.)
Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76h. - Hospital employees.

No employer engaged in the operation of a hospital shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c if, pursuant to an agreement or understanding arrived at between the employer and the employee before performance of the work, a work period of fourteen consecutive days is accepted in lieu of the workweek of seven consecutive days for purposes of overtime computation and if, for his employment in excess of eight hours in any workday and in excess of eighty hours in such fourteen-day period, the employee receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed.
(1967, P.A. 493, S. 7; P.A. 80-64, S. 6, 7.)
History: P.A. 80-64 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 31-76d.
Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76j. - Prior wage orders and regulations.

All wage orders and administrative regulations in effect on July 1, 1967, based upon a workweek other than the workweek herein established are amended consistent with sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive.
(1967, P.A. 493, S. 9.)
Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76k. - Payment of fringe benefits upon termination of employment.

If an employer policy or collective bargaining agreement provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination, including but not limited to paid vacations, holidays, sick days and earned leave, and an employee is terminated without having received such accrued fringe benefits, such employee shall be compensated for such accrued fringe benefits exclusive of normal pension benefits in the form of wages in accordance with such agreement or policy but in no case less than the earned average rate for the accrual period pursuant to sections 31-71a to 31-71i, inclusive.
(P.A. 78-340.)
Cited. 238 C. 809.
Cited. 27 CA 800.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76m. - Remission of portion of fine or civil penalty to municipality.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, if the Labor Commissioner imposes a fine or civil penalty under the provisions of section 31-15, 31-16, 31-18, 31-23, 31-24, 31-25, 31-52, 31-53, 31-54, 31-69, 31-69a, 31-76 or 31-76a, as a result of a violation initially reported by a municipal official, the commissioner shall, within thirty days after collecting such fine or penalty, remit one-half of the amount collected to such municipality.
(P.A. 97-263, S. 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76n. - Connecticut Low Wage Employer Advisory Board. Duties. Members. Report.

Section 31-76n is repealed, effective July 7, 2021.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 485; P.A. 16-169, S. 23; P.A. 21-141, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 558 - Wages › Section 31-76o. - Civil action to collect past due payments to employee welfare fund.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “employee welfare fund” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (i) of section 31-53.
(b) Any payment to an employee welfare fund that is past due under the terms of a written contract or rules and regulations adopted by the trustees of such fund shall be considered wages for the purpose of section 31-72.
(c) (1) Any sole proprietor or general partner, or officer, director or member of a corporation or limited liability company, who fails to make such payment when due to an employee welfare fund under the terms of a written contract or rules and regulations adopted by the trustees of such fund, or (2) any employee of a corporation or limited liability company who has been designated by the corporation or limited liability company to make such payment and who fails to make such payment when due to an employee welfare fund shall be personally liable in a civil action for payment of the amount due such fund, as well as court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 112; P.A. 16-193, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 16-193 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b).