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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51p. - Membership in health care center as part of health benefits plan.

(a) All employers subject to the provisions of chapter 567 employing twenty-five or more employees shall, at the request of a health care center, include in any health benefits plan offered to their employees the option of membership in a health care center, provided such health care center serves an area in which at least twenty-five employees of such employer reside.
(b) For those employees of an employer represented by a bargaining representative, the offer of the health care center alternative shall be made in a manner which is consistent with the collective bargaining process.
(c) If there is more than one health care center which is engaged in the provision of health services in the area in which at least twenty-five eligible employees of the employer reside and which has requested inclusion in the health benefits plan offered by the employer, the employer shall be required to offer the option of membership in (1) at least one health care center which provides health services primarily through staff physicians or medical groups or a combination thereof; and (2) at least one health care center which arranges for the delivery of health services primarily through physicians who provide services out of their own offices, provided that health care centers in the area differ in their primary method of health service delivery.
(d) No employer shall be required to pay more for health benefits as a result of the application of subsection (b) of section 38a-199, subsection (b) of section 38a-214 or this section than would otherwise be required by any prevailing collective bargaining agreement or other legally enforceable contract for the provision of health benefits between an employer and its employees.
(e) Each employer required to offer the option of membership in a health care center pursuant to the provisions of this section and which provides payroll deductions as a means of paying employees' contributions for health benefits shall, with the consent of an employee who exercises such option, provide for the collection of employee premiums through payroll deductions provided such payroll deductions are made for employees who choose other health benefits options.
(P.A. 83-216, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51qq. - Family and medical leave: Regulations.

Not later than January 1, 2022, the Labor Commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish procedures and guidelines necessary to implement the provisions of sections 31-51kk to 31-51qq, inclusive, including, but not limited to: (1) Guidelines regarding factors to be considered when determining whether an individual's close association with an employee is the equivalent of a family member's, and (2) procedures for hearings and redress, including restoration and restitution.
(P.A. 96-140, S. 7, 10; P.A. 13-140, S. 4; P.A. 19-25, S. 22; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 281.)
History: P.A. 96-140 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 13-140 deleted provision re regulations to include procedures for employers to report their current experience with leaves of absence taken pursuant to Secs. 5-248a and 31-51kk to 31-51qq, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 19-25 replaced “On or before January 1, 1997” with “Not later than January 1, 2022”, deleted reference to Sec. 5-248a, added Subdiv. (1) re guidelines for determining whether individual's close association with employee is equivalent of family member's, designated existing provisions re procedures for hearings and redress as Subdiv. (2), deleted provisions re adoption of regulations and compatibility with state regulatory provisions and federal Family and Medical Leave Act and regulations promulgated pursuant to act, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2020; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subdiv. (2) to delete provision re employee who believes there is an employer violation, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51r. - Execution of employment promissory note prohibited.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Employer” means any person engaged in business who has twenty-six or more employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof.
(2) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of his employer.
(3) “Employment promissory note” means any instrument or agreement executed on or after October 1, 1985, which requires an employee to pay the employer, or his agent or assignee, a sum of money if the employee leaves such employment before the passage of a stated period of time. “Employment promissory note” includes any such instrument or agreement which states such payment of moneys constitutes reimbursement for training previously provided to the employee.
(b) On or after October 1, 1985, no employer may require, as a condition of employment, any employee or prospective employee to execute an employment promissory note. The execution of an employment promissory note as a condition of employment is against public policy and any such note shall be void. If any such note is part of an employment agreement, the invalidity of such note shall not affect the other provisions of such agreement.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or render void any agreement between an employer and an employee (1) requiring the employee to repay to the employer any sums advanced to such employee, (2) requiring the employee to pay the employer for any property it has sold or leased to such employee, (3) requiring educational personnel to comply with any terms or conditions of sabbatical leaves granted by their employers, or (4) entered into as part of a program agreed to by the employer and its employees' collective bargaining representative.
(P.A. 85-521, S. 2; P.A. 87-42; 87-589, S. 8, 87.)
History: P.A. 87-42 made technical change in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) which established certain exceptions from the prohibition of the use of employment promissory notes; P.A. 87-589 made technical change in Subsec. (a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51s. - Notice to retired employees of sale of employer's business and effect on retirement benefits.

At least thirty days prior to the intended date of sale of any business in this state which (1) employs twenty-five or more employees and (2) has retirees from such employment who are receiving health or life insurance benefits, or both, from such former employer, the chief executive of such business shall mail or deliver to each such retiree written notice stating what the status of the retiree's health and life insurance benefits will be after such sale. A copy of such notice shall be mailed or delivered at the same time to the Labor Commissioner.
(P.A. 87-548.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51t. - Drug testing: Definitions.

For the purposes of sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive:
(1) “Employee” means any individual currently employed or formerly employed and currently being rehired by the same employer within twelve months of terminating his employment, and includes any individual in a managerial position;
(2) “Employer” means any individual, corporation, partnership or unincorporated association, excluding the state or any political subdivision thereof;
(3) “Prospective employee” means any individual applying for employment with an employer, other than an individual who terminated his employment with such employer within twelve months prior to such application.
(P.A. 87-551, S. 1; P.A. 94-42.)
History: P.A. 94-42 amended the definition of “employee” to include any individual referred by the same employer within 12 months of terminating his employment and added a definition for “prospective employee”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51u. - Drug testing: Requirements.

(a) No employer may determine an employee's eligibility for promotion, additional compensation, transfer, termination, disciplinary or other adverse personnel action solely on the basis of a positive urinalysis drug test result unless (1) the employer has given the employee a urinalysis drug test, utilizing a reliable methodology, which produced a positive result and (2) such positive test result was confirmed by a second urinalysis drug test, which was separate and independent from the initial test, utilizing a gas chromatography and mass spectrometry methodology or a methodology which has been determined by the Commissioner of Public Health to be as reliable or more reliable than the gas chromatography and mass spectrometry methodology.
(b) No person performing a urinalysis drug test pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall report, transmit or disclose any positive test result of any test performed in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section unless such test result has been confirmed in accordance with subdivision (2) of said subsection (a).
(P.A. 87-551, S. 2; P.A. 91-271, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 91-271 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), eliminated the requirement for a third urinalysis drug test and added Subsec. (b) re disclosure of test results; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 26 CA 553.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51uu. - Optional exclusion of employee health insurance premiums from gross income.

Any employer that provides health insurance benefits to its employees for which any portion of the premiums are deducted from the employees' pay shall offer such employees the opportunity to have such portion excluded from their gross income for state or federal income tax purposes, except as required under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended.
(P.A. 07-185, S. 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51v. - Drug testing: Prospective employees.

No employer may require a prospective employee to submit to a urinalysis drug test as part of the application procedure for employment with such employer unless (1) the prospective employee is informed in writing at the time of application of the employer's intent to conduct such a drug test, (2) such test is conducted in accordance with the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51u and (3) the prospective employee is given a copy of any positive urinalysis drug test result. The results of any such test shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the employer or its employees to any person other than any such employee to whom such disclosure is necessary.
(P.A. 87-551, S. 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 43, 70.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 made a technical change in Subdiv. (2) by correcting a statutory reference.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51vv. - Employment of person coerced to engage in such employment prohibited.

(a) No employer shall employ any person knowing that such person is being coerced by another person to engage in such employment in violation of section 53a-192a.
(b) The Attorney General, upon the request of the Labor Commissioner, may bring a civil action in the Superior Court to recover a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation of subsection (a) of this section and such injunctive or other equitable relief as the court may, in its discretion, order.
(P.A. 06-43, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 06-43 effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51w. - Drug testing: Observation prohibited. Privacy of results.

(a) No employer or employer representative, agent or designee engaged in a urinalysis drug testing program shall directly observe an employee or prospective employee in the process of producing the urine specimen.
(b) Any results of urinalysis drug tests conducted by or on behalf of an employer shall be maintained along with other employee medical records and shall be subject to the privacy protections provided for in sections 31-128a to 31-128h, inclusive. Such results shall be inadmissible in any criminal proceeding.
(P.A. 87-551, S. 4, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51x. - Drug testing: Reasonable suspicion required. Random tests.

(a) No employer may require an employee to submit to a urinalysis drug test unless the employer has reasonable suspicion that the employee is under the influence of drugs or alcohol which adversely affects or could adversely affect such employee's job performance.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, an employer may require an employee to submit to a urinalysis drug test on a random basis if (1) such test is authorized under federal law, (2) the employee serves in an occupation which has been designated as a high-risk or safety-sensitive occupation pursuant to regulations adopted by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to chapter 54, or is employed to operate a school bus, as defined in section 14-275, or a student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212, or (3) the urinalysis is conducted as part of an employee assistance program sponsored or authorized by the employer in which the employee voluntarily participates.
(P.A. 87-551, S. 6, 7; P.A. 91-271, S. 2; P.A. 07-224, S. 4; P.A. 16-169, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 91-271 amended Subsec. (a) to require the labor commissioner to adopt regulations specifying circumstances giving rise to reasonable suspicion; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references to “Commissioner of Labor” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Labor Commissioner” for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 07-224 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding provision re employee employed to operate a school bus or student transportation vehicle, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 16-169 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re Labor Commissioner to adopt regulations re circumstances presumed to give rise to reasonable suspicion.
Cited. 243 C. 66.
Subsec. (a):
Issue of voluntary testing under statute should be resolved in manner consistent with federal fourth amendment constitutional law; plaintiff seen as voluntarily consenting to testing in case in which he was motivated by fear that he would be dismissed for attempting to remove employer's property from the plant without authorization. 244 C. 598.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51y. - Drug testing: Medical screenings, regulation of employees and testing of gaming participants permitted.

(a) Nothing in sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive, shall prevent an employer from conducting medical screenings, with the express written consent of the employees, to monitor exposure to toxic or other unhealthy substances in the workplace or in the performance of their job responsibilities. Any such screenings or tests shall be limited to the specific substances expressly identified in the employee consent form.
(b) Nothing in sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive, shall restrict an employer's ability to prohibit the use of intoxicating substances during work hours or restrict an employer's ability to discipline an employee for being under the influence of intoxicating substances during work hours.
(c) Nothing in sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive, shall restrict or prevent a urinalysis drug test program conducted under the supervision of the Department of Consumer Protection relative to jai alai players, jai alai court judges, jockeys, harness drivers or stewards participating in activities upon which pari-mutuel wagering is authorized under chapter 226.
(P.A. 87-551, S. 8–10; P.A. 11-51, S. 204.)
History: P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (c) by substituting “Department of Consumer Protection” for “Division of Special Revenue within the Department of Revenue Services”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51z. - Drug testing: Enforcement. Damages.

(a) Any aggrieved person may enforce the provisions of sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive, by means of a civil action. Any employer, laboratory or medical facility that violates any provision of sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive, or who aids in the violation of any provision of said sections shall be liable to the person aggrieved for special and general damages, together with attorney's fees and costs.
(b) Any employer, laboratory or medical facility that commits, or proposes to commit, an act in violation of any provision of sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive, may be enjoined therefrom by any court of competent jurisdiction. An action for injunctive relief under this subsection may be brought by any aggrieved person, by the Attorney General or by any person or entity which will fairly and adequately represent the interests of the protected class.
(P.A. 87-551, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51bbb. - Account funds excluded in determination of eligibility for or benefit level of certain programs.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, funds deposited into, held in, credited to, or withdrawn from an individual development account for a purpose consistent with the approved plan, including accrued interest, shall be excluded in the determination of eligibility for, or the benefit level of, any needs-based program using state or joint federal and state funding, consistent with applicable state and federal law.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 7, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective January 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51ccc. - Program evaluation. Report.

The department shall evaluate the Connecticut IDA Initiative for each fiscal year ending June thirtieth. Based on such evaluation, the department shall provide a comprehensive report on the initiative to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate no later than February first of the year following the end of each fiscal year, beginning for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 8, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective January 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51eee. - Receipt of funds authorized.

Nothing in sections 31-51ww to 31-51ddd, inclusive, shall preclude a community-based organization or other entity from establishing an individual development account program and receiving matching funds from sources other than the Individual Development Account Reserve Fund.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 10, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective May 26, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51fff. - Restrictions on funding expenditures to apply.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 31-51ww to 31-51eee, inclusive, any restrictions on funding expenditures required under any state or federal law shall apply.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 12, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective May 26, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51xx. - Connecticut IDA Initiative established. Implementation.

(a) There is established the “Connecticut IDA Initiative”. The initiative shall be administered by the Labor Department. The initiative shall provide an eligible individual as provided in section 31-51yy with an opportunity, through a certified state IDA program, to establish an individual development account from which funds may be used by the account holder for the following purposes as specified in the approved plan: (1) The costs of education or job training; (2) the purchase of a home as a primary residence; (3) the participation in or development of a new or existing entrepreneurial activity; (4) the purchase of an automobile for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining employment; (5) the making of a lease deposit on a primary residence; or (6) the costs of education or job training for a dependent child of the account holder.
(b) To implement the Connecticut IDA Initiative, the department shall, in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 31-51ddd: (1) Establish an Individual Development Account Reserve Fund in accordance with section 31-51aaa; (2) establish and operate, directly or by contract with another entity, the clearinghouse; (3) solicit, review, accept or reject proposals from community-based organizations seeking to operate certified state IDA programs on a not-for-profit basis; and (4) perform such monitoring, evaluation and oversight functions as are appropriate for the administration of the Connecticut IDA Initiative.
(c) The department shall determine the maximum per cent of all funds received from the Individual Development Account Reserve Fund that may be used by a community-based organization operating a certified state IDA program in providing training, counseling, case management and for administrative purposes.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 2, 102; P.A. 08-23, S. 1; P.A. 13-140, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective January 1, 2001; P.A. 08-23 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (6) re education or job training for dependent child as purpose for which fund may be used and to make technical changes; P.A. 13-140 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “one of” re purposes specified in approved plan, effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51yy. - Eligibility. Duties of community-based organizations and financial institutions.

(a) An individual who has earned income, and who is a member of a household whose adjusted gross income is not in excess of eighty per cent of the area median household income for the area where such individual resides, is eligible to participate in a certified state IDA program for the purpose of accumulating and withdrawing moneys for purposes specified in subsection (a) of section 31-51xx; except that, if an individual does not have earned income solely due to a qualified disability, the earned income requirement shall not apply to such individual.
(b) Each community-based organization operating a certified state IDA program shall establish, through written governing instruments with a qualified financial institution: (1) A trust or custodial account on behalf of each account holder in its program into which the account holder shall deposit savings, which accounts shall conform to the requirements of the federal Assets for Independence Act, P.A. 105-285; and (2) a separate local reserve fund into which the department shall deposit funds from the Individual Development Account Reserve Fund and into which the community-based organization shall deposit funds received from the certified state IDA program from any other source. The community-based organization shall certify to the department, on forms prescribed by the department and accompanied by any documentation required by the department, that such accounts have been established pursuant to the provisions of sections 31-51ww to 31-51eee, inclusive, and that deposits have been made to an account by or on behalf of the account holder.
(c) A financial institution establishing a trust or custodial account on behalf of an account holder shall: (1) Permit deposits to be made in the account by the account holder; and (2) pay a market rate of interest on the account.
(d) The community-based organization shall determine and monitor the earned income levels of all account holders in its certified state IDA program and shall use its best efforts to ensure that at least thirty per cent of such account holders have earned income at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 3, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective January 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-51zz. - Individual Development Account Reserve Fund: Funds deposited in.

All amounts appropriated by the state for the Connecticut IDA Initiative shall be deposited in the Individual Development Account Reserve Fund, which shall be administered by the department. In addition to all amounts appropriated by the state, the department shall deposit in the Individual Development Account Reserve Fund grants, donations, contributions and any other sources of revenue received for this purpose.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 4, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective May 26, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-52a. - Residents' preference in work on other public facilities.

(a) In the employment of mechanics, laborers or workmen in connection with any public works project, including, but not limited to, construction, remodeling or repairing of any public facility, structure, except public buildings covered by section 31-52, site preparation or site improvement, appurtenances or highways or in preparation or improvement of any land or waterway on or in which a structure is situated or to be constructed by the state or any of its agents or by persons contracting therewith, preference shall be given to persons who are residents of the state, and, if they cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers, then to residents of other states. Nothing herein shall abrogate or supersede any provision regarding residence requirements in a collective bargaining agreement to which the contractor is a party. Any contractor who knowingly and wilfully employs any person in violation of any provision of this section shall be fined two hundred dollars for each week or a fraction of a week each such person is employed.
(b) Each contract for any such project covered by this section under the supervision of the state or any of its agents shall contain the following provision: “In the employment of mechanics, laborers or workmen to perform the work specified herein, preference shall be given to residents of the state who are, and continuously for at least six months prior to the date hereof have been, residents of this state, and if no such person is available then to residents of other states.”
(1967, P.A. 757, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-52b. - Exceptions.

The provisions of sections 31-52 and 31-52a shall not apply where the state or any subdivision thereof may suffer the loss of revenue granted or to be granted from any agency or department of the federal government as a result of said sections or regulative procedures pursuant thereto.
(1967, P.A. 757, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-54. - Rate of wages for work on state highways.

The Labor Commissioner shall determine the prevailing rate of wages upon any highway contract within any specified area on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, upon any classifications of skilled, semiskilled and ordinary labor. Said commissioner shall determine the prevailing rate of wages on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, in each locality where any highway or bridge is to be constructed, and the Commissioner of Transportation shall include such rate of wage on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, or in lieu thereof, in cash as part of wages each pay day, for each classification of labor in the proposal for the contract and in the contract. The rate and the amount so established shall, at all times, be considered as the minimum rate of wage on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions to an employee welfare fund, or cash in lieu thereof, for the classification for which it was established. Any contractor who pays any person at a lower rate of wage on an hourly basis or the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, or where he is not obligated by any agreement to make payment or contributions to the employee welfare funds, as defined in section 31-53, and fails to pay the amount of such payment or contributions directly to the employee as a part of his wages each pay day, than that so established for the classifications of work specified in any such contract shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each offense. The provisions of this section shall apply only to state highways and bridges on state highways.
(1949 Rev., S. 2206; March, 1950, S. 1194d; 1961, P.A. 486, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 494, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 260; P.A. 97-263, S. 17; P.A. 21-154, S. 2.)
History: 1961 act added establishment of rate on hourly basis and provisions re employee welfare funds; 1967 act replaced references to Sec. 31-78 with references to Sec. 31-53; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 97-263 increased amount of fine from $100 to $200; P.A. 21-154 deleted provision requiring Labor Commissioner to hold hearing to determine prevailing rate of wages upon highway contract.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-55. - Posting of wage rates by contractors doing state work.

Every contractor or subcontractor performing work for the state subject to the provisions of section 31-53 or 31-54 shall post the prevailing wages as determined by the Labor Commissioner in prominent and easily accessible places at the site of work or at such place or places as are used to pay its employees their wages.
(1955, S. 3020d; P.A. 97-263, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 97-263 incorporated changes to Secs. 31-53 and 31-54 by reference.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-55a. - Annual adjustments to wage rates by contractors doing state work.

Each contractor that is awarded a contract on or after October 1, 2002, for (1) the construction of a state highway or bridge that falls under the provisions of section 31-54, or (2) the construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project that falls under the provisions of section 31-53 shall contact the Labor Commissioner on or before July first of each year, for the duration of such contract, to ascertain the prevailing rate of wages on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each mechanic, laborer or worker employed upon the work contracted to be done, and shall make any necessary adjustments to such prevailing rate of wages and such payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each such employee, effective each July first.
(P.A. 02-69, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-56. - Hours of labor on state bridges.

Section 31-56 is repealed, effective October 1, 2008.
(1949 Rev., S. 2208; 1963, P.A. 240, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 261; P.A. 08-101, S. 31.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-56a. - Definitions.

For the purposes of this section and sections 31-56b and 31-56c:
(1) “Project labor agreement” means a prehire agreement covering the terms and conditions for all persons who will perform work on a specific public works project;
(2) “Public entity” means the state and any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof;
(3) “Public works project” means the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building or any other public works by a public entity.
(P.A. 12-70, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 12-70 effective June 6, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-56b. - Project labor agreements for public works projects.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, regulation or requirement regarding procurement of goods or services, a public entity may require a project labor agreement for any public works project when such public entity has determined, on a project-by-project basis and acting within its discretion, that it is in the public's interest to require such an agreement. In making such determination, the public entity may consider the effects a project labor agreement may have on (1) the efficiency, cost and direct and indirect economic benefits to the public entity; (2) the availability of a skilled workforce to complete the public works project; (3) the prevention of construction delays; (4) the safety and quality of the public works project; (5) the advancement of minority and women-owned businesses; and (6) employment opportunities for the community.
(b) A public entity's decision to require a project labor agreement shall not be evidence of fraud, corruption or favoritism.
(c) Any project labor agreement required by a public entity pursuant to this section shall: (1) Set forth mutually binding procedures for resolving disputes that can be implemented without delay; (2) include guarantees against a strike, lockout or other concerted action aimed at slowing or stopping the progress of a public works project; (3) ensure a reliable source of skilled and experienced labor; (4) include goals for the number of apprentices and for a percentage of work to be performed by minorities, women and veterans; (5) invite all contractors to bid on the project without regard to whether the employees of any such contractor are members of a labor organization, as defined in section 31-101; (6) permit the selection of the lowest responsible qualified bidder without regard to labor organization affiliation; (7) not require compulsory labor organization membership of employees working on the project; and (8) bind all contractors and subcontractors to the terms of the agreement.
(d) Any bidder for a public works project that does not agree to abide by the conditions of the project labor agreement or a requirement to negotiate a project labor agreement shall not be regarded as a responsible qualified bidder for such project.
(P.A. 12-70, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 12-70 effective June 6, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-56c. - Use of project labor agreement re public school design-build contract.

Prior to a public entity entering into a design-build contract for new construction of a public school or for renovation or reconstruction of an existing public school with a value greater than or equal to ten million dollars, such public entity shall determine if the use of a project labor agreement would be in the public's interest in accordance with subsection (a) of section 31-56b.
(P.A. 12-70, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 12-70 effective June 6, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-56d. - Severability.

The provisions of sections 31-56b and 31-56c are severable and if any provision is determined to contravene state or federal law, the remainder of sections 31-56b and 31-56c shall remain in full force and effect.
(P.A. 12-70, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 12-70 effective June 6, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57. - Hours of labor on construction, alteration or repair of public works project.

Each contract entered into by the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the construction, alteration or repair of any public works project shall contain a provision to the effect that no person shall be employed to work or be permitted to work more than eight hours in any day or more than forty hours in any week on any work provided for in such contract. The operation of such limitation of hours of work may be suspended during an emergency, upon the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(1949 Rev., S. 7373; 1963, P.A. 240, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 87-496, S. 98, 110; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: 1963 act substituted “public works project” for “public building” and added reference to alterations; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57b. - Awarding of contracts to occupational safety and health law violators prohibited.

No contract shall be awarded by the state or any of its political subdivisions to any person or firm or any firm, corporation, partnership or association in which such persons or firms have an interest (1) which has been cited for three or more wilful or serious violations of any occupational safety and health act or of any standard, order or regulation promulgated pursuant to such act, during the three-year period preceding the bid, provided such violations were cited in accordance with the provisions of any state occupational safety and health act or the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and not abated within the time fixed by the citation and such citation has not been set aside following appeal to the appropriate agency or court having jurisdiction or (2) which has received one or more criminal convictions related to the injury or death of any employee in the three-year period preceding the bid. Any person who knowingly provides false information concerning the information required pursuant to this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and shall be disqualified from bidding on or participating in a contract with the state or any of its political subdivisions for five years from the date of the final determination that the information is false. Any political subdivision or any state agency receiving false information pursuant to this section shall notify the Commissioner of Administrative Services and, upon receipt of such notice, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Upon a determination that false information was provided, the commissioner shall impose a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such civil penalty shall be paid to the Treasurer or to an official of the political subdivision, as the case may be. Any civil penalty imposed pursuant to this section may be collected in a civil proceeding by any official of a political subdivision authorized to institute civil actions or, in the case of the state, by the attorney general, upon complaint of the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(P.A. 89-367, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57h. - Joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification. Members. Duties. Report.

(a) There is established a joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification. The commission shall consist of the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioner of Revenue Services, the Insurance Commissioner, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission, the Attorney General and the Chief State's Attorney, or their designees.
(b) The joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification shall meet not less than four times each year. The task force shall review the problem of employee misclassification by employers for the purposes of avoiding their obligations under state and federal labor, employment and tax laws. The commission shall coordinate the civil prosecution of violations of state and federal laws as a result of employee misclassification and shall report any suspected violation of state criminal statutes to the Chief State's Attorney or the State's Attorney serving the district in which the violation is alleged to have occurred.
(c) On or before February 1, 2010, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor. The report shall summarize the commission's actions for the preceding calendar year and include any recommendations for administrative or legislative action.
(P.A. 08-105, S. 9; 08-156, S. 1; P.A. 13-140, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 08-105 and 08-156 effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 13-140 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Insurance Commissioner and Commissioner of Consumer Protection as members of joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “annually” with “biennially”, effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57i. - Employee Misclassification Advisory Board. Members. Duties.

There is established the Employee Misclassification Advisory Board to advise the joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification established pursuant to section 31-57h on misclassification in the construction industry in this state. The advisory board shall consist of members representing management and labor in the construction industry and shall be appointed as follows: One member representing labor and one member representing management, appointed by the Governor; one member representing labor, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; one member representing management, appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; one member representing management, appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and one member representing labor, appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. All appointments shall be made by August 1, 2008. The terms of members shall be coterminous with the terms of the appointing authority for each member and any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation but shall, within available funds, be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
(P.A. 08-156, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 08-156 effective July 1, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57u. - Additional leave. Donation of unused leave. Breaks in service.

(a) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, shall be construed to (1) prevent employers from providing more paid sick leave than is required under sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, (2) diminish any rights provided to any employee or service worker under a collective bargaining agreement, or (3) preempt or override the terms of any collective bargaining agreement effective prior to January 1, 2012.
(b) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit an employer (1) from establishing a policy whereby a service worker may donate unused accrued paid sick leave to another service worker, and (2) who provides more paid sick leave than is required under sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, for the purposes described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 31-57t from limiting the amount of such leave a service worker may use for other purposes.
(c) Any termination of a service worker's employment by an employer, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be construed as a break in service. Should any service worker subsequently be rehired by the employer following a break in service, the service worker shall (1) begin to accrue sick leave in accordance with section 31-57s, and (2) shall not be entitled to any unused hours of paid sick leave that had been accrued prior to the service worker's break in service unless agreed to by the employer.
(P.A. 11-52, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 11-52 effective January 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation › Section 31-57v. - Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Filing of complaint with Labor Commissioner. Hearing. Penalties.

(a) No employer shall take retaliatory personnel action or discriminate against an employee because the employee (1) requests or uses paid sick leave either in accordance with sections 31-57s and 31-57t or in accordance with the employer's own paid sick leave policy, as the case may be, or (2) files a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging the employer's violation of sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive.
(b) The Labor Commissioner shall advise any employee who (1) is covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for paid sick days, and (2) files a complaint pursuant to subsection (a) of this section of his or her right to pursue a grievance with his or her collective bargaining agent.
(c) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, may file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner. Upon receipt of any such complaint, said commissioner may hold a hearing. After the hearing, any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation. Any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57u, inclusive, or section 31-57w shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of up to one hundred dollars for each violation. The Labor Commissioner may award the employee all appropriate relief, including the payment for used paid sick leave, rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if the employee had not been subject to such retaliatory personnel action or discriminated against. 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.
(d) The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section within available appropriations.
(P.A. 11-52, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-52 effective January 1, 2012.