Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 60 - MINIMUM WAGES › Part I - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 31-60-1 - Piece rates in relation to time rates or incentive pay plans, including commissions and bonuses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
For the purposes of this regulation, "piece rates"
				means an established rate per unit of work performed without regard to time
				required for such accomplishment. "Commissions" means any premium or incentive
				compensation for business transacted whether based on per centum of total
				valuation or specific rate per unit of accomplishment. "Incentive plan" means
				any method of compensation, including, without limitation thereto, commissions,
				piece rate, bonuses, etc., based upon the amount of results produced, where the
				payment is in accordance with a fixed plan by which the employee becomes
				entitled to the compensation upon fulfillment of the conditions established as
				part of the working agreement, but shall be subject to the limitation
				hereinafter set forth.
(b)
Record of wages.
Each employer shall maintain records of wages
				paid to each employee who is compensated for his services in accordance with an
				incentive plan in such form as to enable such compensation to be translated
				readily into terms of average hourly rate on a weekly basis for each work week
				or part thereof of employment.
(c)
Piece rates in relation to time rates.
(1) When an employee is compensated soley at
				piece rates he shall be paid a sufficient amount at piece rates to yield an
				average rate of at least the minimum fair wage established by subsection (j) of
				section
				31-58 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes for each hour worked in any week, and the wage
				paid to such employee shall be not less than the minimum fair wage established
				by subsection (j) of section
				31-58 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes for each hour worked.
(2) When an employee is compensated at piece
				rates for certain hours of work in a week and at an hourly rate for other
				hours, the employee's hourly rate shall be at least the minimum fair wage
				established by subsection (j) of section
				31-58 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes and his earnings from piece rates shall
				average at least the minimum fair wage established by subsection (j) of section
				31-58 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes for each hour worked on piece rate for that
				work week, and the wage paid to such employee shall be not less than the
				minimum fair wage established by subsection (j) of section
				31-58 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes for each hour worked.
(3) When an employee is employed at a
				combination of hourly rate and piece rate for the same hours of work (i.e., an
				incentive pay plan superimposed upon an hourly rate or a piece rate coupled
				with a minimum hourly guarantee), the employee shall receive an average rate of
				at least the minimum fair wage established by subsection (j) of section
				31-58 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes an hour for each hour worked in any week and
				the wage paid to such employee shall be not less than the minimum fair wage
				established by subsection (j) of section
				31-58 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes for each hour worked.