Connecticut Code — 31
Browse 652 sections in division 31 of the Connecticut code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 31-1. Labor Department. Commissioner.
- § 31-2. Powers and duties of commissioner.
- § 31-2c. Employer reporting of new employees. Transfer of information between Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Notification of employer. Reimbursement to Labor Department.
- § 31-2d. Office of Workforce Competitiveness. Orders. Regulations.
- § 31-2e. Establishment of Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. Powers. Designation of Unemployed Workers' Advocate.
- § 31-3. Investigation of employment. Special agents authorized.
- § 31-3a. Manpower development and planning studies and programs.
- § 31-3b. Contracts with or funds from public or private agency or source.
- § 31-3c. Job training program for specific employers.
- § 31-3d. Work training opportunities programs.
- § 31-3e. Basic education programs for Work Incentive Program registrants. Requirements. Report.
- § 31-3f. Employment training benefits voucher.
- § 31-3g. Assistance to displaced homemakers. Regulations.
- § 31-3h. Governor's Workforce Council; duties.
- § 31-3i. Governor's Workforce Council: Members.
- § 31-3j. Regional workforce development boards: Definitions.
- § 31-3k. Regional workforce development boards: Duties and responsibilities.
- § 31-3l. l . Regional workforce development boards: Members.
- § 31-3m. Agencies involved in employment and training. Duties and responsibilities.
- § 31-3n. Regulations. Duties of Labor Commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer.
- § 31-3o. Duties of the Governor's Workforce Council.
- § 31-3r. Construal or administration not to conflict with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or supersede statutory duties.
- § 31-3s. Subsidized employment program for general assistance recipients.
- § 31-3t. Job training and retraining programs for unemployed persons who owe overdue child support.
- § 31-3u. Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards.
- § 31-3v. Priority for financial assistance applicants who have established a work environment consistent with criteria in Sec. 32-475.
- § 31-3w. Establishment of state-wide network of job centers.
- § 31-3x. Funding. Application for federal waivers.
- § 31-3aa. Report re self-employment assistance pilot program.
- § 31-3bb. Program report cards re employment placement.
- § 31-3cc. Collection and analysis of data re gender and other bias in training programs.
- § 31-3dd. Recommendation re budget targets.
- § 31-3ee. Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients.
- § 31-3ff. Job Training Partnership Act payments.
- § 31-3gg. One-stop centers.
- § 31-3hh. Regional workforce development board contracts. Regulations.
- § 31-3ii. Adult education pilot program for incumbent workers. Report.
- § 31-3jj. Job training; English as a second language instruction.
- § 31-3kk. Funds for incumbent worker training programs.
- § 31-3ll. ll . Incumbent Worker Training Program. Regulations.
- § 31-3mm. Youth employment and training funds.
- § 31-3nn. Mortgage crisis job training program.
- § 31-3oo. Connecticut Employment and Training Commission solicitation and publication of information re promotion of green technology industry.
- § 31-3pp. Subsidized Training and Employment program.
- § 31-3qq. Sec
- § 31-3rr. Career ladder in green technology industry.
- § 31-3uu. Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program.
- § 31-3vv. Bond authorization for Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program.
- § 31-3ww. Qualified apprenticeship training program.
- § 31-3xx. Quick-reference guide for workers fifty years of age or older.
- § 31-3yy. Report cards re employment placement programs.
- § 31-3zz. Special Operations Resource Network for veterans and members of armed forces or National Guard.
- § 31-4. Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights.
- § 31-5. State employment bureaus. Branches.
- § 31-6. Federal aid for public employment offices. Notification of state job openings or examinations to the Connecticut Employment Service.
- § 31-7. Notices.
- § 31-8. Appeal from orders of commissioner.
- § 31-9. Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report.
- § 31-10. Deputy inspectors. Prosecution for violations.
- § 31-11. Hindering inspector.
- § 31-11a. Employee Dislocation Allowance Fund established.
- § 31-12. Hours of labor of minors in manufacturing or mechanical establishments.
- § 31-13. Hours of labor of minors in mercantile establishments.
- § 31-13a. Employer to furnish record of hours worked, wages earned and deductions. Employer to provide means to access and print electronically held records.
- § 31-13b. Visible clock required as part of time card system.
- § 31-14. Night work of minors regulated.
- § 31-15. Penalty.
- § 31-15a. Criminal penalty.
- § 31-16. Night work in messenger service.
- § 31-17. Hours of labor of minors and women in bowling alleys, shoe-shining establishments, billiard and pool rooms.
- § 31-18. Hours of labor of minors in certain other establishments.
- § 31-21. Legal day's work.
- § 31-22. Labor Commissioner's duties of enforcement and reports.
- § 31-22m. (Formerly Sec. 31-51a). Apprenticeship. Definitions.
- § 31-22n. (Formerly Sec. 31-51b). Apprenticeship council.
- § 31-22o. (Formerly Sec. 31-51c). Powers and duties of council.
- § 31-22p. (Formerly Sec. 31-51d). Labor Commissioner's powers and duties.
- § 31-22q. (Formerly Sec. 31-51e). Program of apprentice training. Informational campaign.
- § 31-22r. Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors.
- § 31-22s. Report re feasibility of on-line apprenticeship registration system.
- § 31-22t. (Formerly Sec. 31-51j). Preclusion of apprentice training programs prohibited.
- § 31-22u. Military training evaluation.
- § 31-22v. Office of apprenticeship training. Internet web site.
- § 31-23. Employment of minors prohibited in certain occupations. Exceptions.
- § 31-23a. Minors employed on or after October 1, 2007, deemed to have been lawfully employed.
- § 31-24. Hazardous employment of children forbidden.
- § 31-25. Operation of elevators by minors.
- § 31-28. Registration of manufacturing and mechanical establishments.
- § 31-29. Manufacturing license for residential buildings.
- § 31-30. Home workers.
- § 31-31. Records of home workers and materials.
- § 31-32. Penalty.
- § 31-33. Regulation of industrial home work.
- § 31-34. Stained glass windows.
- § 31-35. Lighting and sanitary condition of factories and roundhouses.
- § 31-36. Toilet room required in foundries. Penalty.
- § 31-37. Toilet accommodations in manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments and restaurants.
- § 31-38. Toilet accommodations on tobacco plantations.
- § 31-39. Employees in paper factory to be vaccinated.
- § 31-40c. Information and notice requirements for employers using or producing carcinogens.
- § 31-40g. Information requirements for employers using or producing substances hazardous to reproductive systems.
- § 31-40j. Definitions.
- § 31-40k. Employee's right to information concerning toxic substances. Employer's list.
- § 31-40l. l . Information requirements for employer using or producing toxic substances.
- § 31-40m. Information requirements of supplier of toxic substances. Labor Department assistance.
- § 31-40n. Trade secret protections. Registration with Labor Commissioner.
- § 31-40o. Discrimination prohibited. Waiver of rights void.
- § 31-40p. Severability.
- § 31-40q. Prohibition on smoking and use of electronic nicotine and cannabis delivery systems and vapor products in the workplace.
- § 31-40r. Regulations establishing guidelines for exemptions from nonsmoking area requirements.
- § 31-40s. Smoking or use of tobacco products outside of the workplace.
- § 31-40t. Employee's right to act in case of hazardous conditions. Complaints to and investigations by Labor Commissioner. Hearings. Regulations.
- § 31-40u. Regulations establishing guidelines for use of video display terminals in state facilities.
- § 31-40v. Establishment of safety and health committees by certain employers.
- § 31-40w. Breastfeeding in the workplace.
- § 31-40x. Employer inquiries re employee's or applicant's personal online accounts. Exceptions. Enforcement.
- § 31-40y. Employer harassment of and discrimination against interns prohibited.
- § 31-40z. Penalizing employees for discussion or disclosure of wage information prohibited. Enforcement.
- § 31-40aa. Rehiring laid-off employees. Notice of available positions required. Offers of employment. Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Private right of action.
- § 31-40bb. Access to public employee orientations and information by exclusive bargaining representative. Right to use electronic mail system, buildings and other facilities. Payroll deductions. Dispute proceedings. Prohibited practices.
- § 31-41. Order to remove excessive dust.
- § 31-42. Appliances for threading shuttles.
- § 31-43. Public laundries; sanitation.
- § 31-44. Penalty for violation of orders.
- § 31-45. Emergency kits required in factories.
- § 31-45a. Protection of feet.
- § 31-47. Inspection of employee lodging houses.
- § 31-48. Laborers not to be overcharged.
- § 31-48a. Recruitment or referral of professional strikebreaker restricted.
- § 31-48b. Use of electronic surveillance devices by employers limited. Prohibition on recording negotiations between employers and employees.
- § 31-48c. Hiring of municipal police during labor dispute prohibited.
- § 31-48d. Employers engaged in electronic monitoring required to give prior notice to employees. Exceptions. Civil penalty.
- § 31-49. Care required of a master for his servant's safety.
- § 31-49e. Paid family and medical leave. Definitions.
- § 31-49f. Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority established.
- § 31-49g. Establishment and administration of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Employee contributions. Authority duties. Payments. Employer duties. Compensation. Spouses. Concurrent compensation. Reimbursement to General Fund.
- § 31-49h. Implementation of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Written procedures. Paid Family and Medical Leave Authority. Board of directors. Requests for proposals.
- § 31-49i. Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund established.
- § 31-49j. Duties of State Treasurer.
- § 31-49k. State Treasurer. Investments.
- § 31-49l. l . Board of directors. Responsibilities.
- § 31-49m. Enrollment in program by self-employed individual or sole proprietor. Withdrawal from program.
- § 31-49n. Public education campaign. Informational poster for health care providers. Web site, web-based form, application or digital service.
- § 31-49o. Private plans. Approval of. Conditions.
- § 31-49p. Covered employees. Denial of compensation. Penalty. Appeals filed with Labor Commissioner. Court appeals.
- § 31-49q. Written notice required of employer.
- § 31-49r. Disqualification from program. Repayment of benefits. Wilful misrepresentation. Financial penalties. Health care providers. Medical certifications.
- § 31-49s. Employer providing more expansive benefits.
- § 31-49t. Authority's annual report.
- § 31-49u. Memorandum of understanding with federally recognized tribe re participation in program.
- § 31-50. Enforcement.
- § 31-50a. Noncompete agreements: Security guards.
- § 31-50b. Noncompete agreements: Broadcast employees.
- § 31-51. Blacklisting.
- § 31-51f. Participation in Manpower Development and Training Act.
- § 31-51g. Use of polygraph prohibited. Penalty. Exceptions.
- § 31-51h. Employer not to cancel insurance coverage or cease making contributions to welfare fund of employee eligible to receive or receiving workers' compensation or sick leave payments. Employer accident report. Complaint. Hearing. Appeal.
- § 31-51i. Employer inquiries about erased criminal record prohibited. Discrimination on basis of erased criminal record, provisional pardon or certificate of rehabilitation prohibited. Availability of information on employment application form. Duties of consumer reporting agency issuing consumer report for employment purposes containing criminal matters of public record. Complaints.
- § 31-51j. Sec
- § 31-51k. Employment of alien not entitled to residence.
- § 31-51l. l . Leave of absence for certain public and private employees elected to public office.
- § 31-51m. Protection of employee who discloses employer's illegal activities or unethical practices or reports a suspected incident of child abuse or neglect. Civil action.
- § 31-51p. Membership in health care center as part of health benefits plan.
- § 31-51q. Liability of employer for discipline or discharge of employee on account of employee's exercise of certain constitutional rights or employee's refusal to attend employer-sponsored meeting or listen to speech relating to employer's opinion on political or religious matters. Definitions. Exceptions.
- § 31-51r. Execution of employment promissory note prohibited.
- § 31-51s. Notice to retired employees of sale of employer's business and effect on retirement benefits.
- § 31-51t. Drug testing: Definitions.
- § 31-51u. Drug testing: Requirements.
- § 31-51v. Drug testing: Prospective employees.
- § 31-51w. Drug testing: Observation prohibited. Privacy of results.
- § 31-51x. Drug testing: Reasonable suspicion required. Random tests.
- § 31-51y. Drug testing: Medical screenings, regulation of employees and testing of gaming participants permitted.
- § 31-51z. Drug testing: Enforcement. Damages.
- § 31-51aa. Drug testing: Effect of collective bargaining agreement.
- § 31-51bb. Right of employee to pursue cause of action.
- § 31-51hh. Reimbursement by employee of any loss or shortage resulting from wrongdoing by a customer.
- § 31-51ii. Meal periods. Exemptions. Regulations.
- § 31-51jj. Notice to employees of incoming emergency telephone calls.
- § 31-51kk. Family and medical leave: Definitions.
- § 31-51ll. ll . Family and medical leave: Length of leave; eligibility; intermittent or reduced leave schedules; substitution of accrued paid leave; notice to employer.
- § 31-51mm. Family and medical leave: Certification.
- § 31-51nn. Family and medical leave: Employment and benefits protection.
- § 31-51oo. Family and medical leave: Confidentiality of medical records and documents.
- § 31-51pp. Family and medical leave: Prohibited acts, complaints, rights and remedies.
- § 31-51qq. Family and medical leave: Regulations.
- § 31-51rr. Family and medical leave benefits for employees of political subdivisions.
- § 31-51ss. Leave from employment for victims of family violence or sexual assault. Action for damages and reinstatement.
- § 31-51tt. Employer inquiries about an employee's or prospective employee's credit. Exceptions. Enforcement.
- § 31-51uu. Optional exclusion of employee health insurance premiums from gross income.
- § 31-51vv. Employment of person coerced to engage in such employment prohibited.
- § 31-52. Preference to state citizens in construction of public buildings. Enforcement of violations.
- § 31-52a. Residents' preference in work on other public facilities.
- § 31-52b. Exceptions.
- § 31-53. Construction, alteration or repair of public works project by state or political subdivision; wage rates; certified payroll. Penalties. Civil action. Exceptions.
- § 31-53a. Distribution of accrued payments. Debarment list. Limitation on awarding contracts. Sworn affidavits required of subcontractors. Civil penalty. Right of action.
- § 31-53b. Worker training requirements for public works projects. Enforcement. Regulations. Exceptions.
- § 31-53c. Construction projects funded by the Department of Economic and Community Development; wage rates. Penalties.
- § 31-53d. Renewable energy and hydrogen projects. Community benefits agreement. Workforce development program. Contractor sworn certification. Wages. Penalties. Exceptions.
- § 31-54. Rate of wages for work on state highways.
- § 31-55. Posting of wage rates by contractors doing state work.
- § 31-55a. Annual adjustments to wage rates by contractors doing state work.
- § 31-56. Hours of labor on state bridges.
- § 31-56a. Definitions.
- § 31-56b. Project labor agreements for public works projects.
- § 31-56c. Use of project labor agreement re public school design-build contract.
- § 31-56d. Severability.
- § 31-57. Hours of labor on construction, alteration or repair of public works project.
- § 31-57a. Awarding of contracts to National Labor Relations Act violators prohibited.
- § 31-57b. Awarding of contracts to occupational safety and health law violators prohibited.
- § 31-57c. Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in state public works contracts: Disqualification by Commissioner of Administrative Services; procedure; causes. Exception.
- § 31-57d. Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in public works contracts with the state: Disqualification by Commissioner of Transportation; procedure; causes. Exception permitting disqualified contractor to participate in contract or subcontract.
- § 31-57e. Contracts between the state and federally recognized Indian tribes. Employment Rights Code; protection of persons employed by a tribe.
- § 31-57f. Standard wage rate for certain service workers. Definitions. Standard rate required. Civil penalty. Complaints. Determination of standard rate by Labor Commissioner. Effect on employers bound by collective bargaining agreements. Recordkeeping requirement. Penalty for filing false certified payroll. Exemptions. Regulations.
- § 31-57g. Employment protection for displaced service contract workers at Bradley International Airport. Definitions. Obligations of awarding authority and contractors upon termination of service contract; ninety-day retention requirement; required offer of continued employment. Civil action for damages. Penalty for violations.
- § 31-57h. Joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification. Members. Duties. Report.
- § 31-57i. Employee Misclassification Advisory Board. Members. Duties.
- § 31-57r. Definitions.
- § 31-57s. Employer requirement to provide sick leave to employees. Use of leave. Employer compliance. Rate of pay during leave.
- § 31-57t. Permitted uses for sick leave.
- § 31-57u. Additional leave. Donation of unused leave. Breaks in service.
- § 31-57v. Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Filing of complaint with Labor Commissioner. Hearing. Penalties.
- § 31-57w. Notice to service workers of sick leave requirements. Employer record keeping. Regulations.
- § 31-57x. Paid family and medical leave program. Implementation plan. Report.
- § 31-57y. Unpaid time off for purposes of voting at an election.
- § 31-57z. Education assistance programs. Notice to employees.
- § 31-57aa. Relocation of call center to foreign country. Notice to commissioner. Penalty. Annual list. Ineligibility for state financial support. State contracts.
- § 31-58. Definitions.
- § 31-58a. Minimum wage for minors in government or agricultural employment.
- § 31-59. Investigation.
- § 31-60. Payment of less than minimum or overtime wage. Regulations.
- § 31-63. Orders and appeal.
- § 31-66. Employers' records. Orders to be posted.
- § 31-67. Exception for person with impaired capacity.
- § 31-68. Collection of minimum or overtime wage. Class action certifications. Collection of wages for employee whose whereabouts are unknown.
- § 31-68a. Enforcement of chapter.
- § 31-68b. Reciprocal agreements.
- § 31-69. Penalty.
- § 31-69a. Additional penalty.
- § 31-69b. Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action.
- § 31-70. Withholding wages.
- § 31-71. Weekly payment of wages; how paid when employment ends.
- § 31-71a. Payment of wages: Definitions.
- § 31-71b. Payment of wages. Electronic direct deposit of wages for state employees. Exemptions.
- § 31-71c. Payment of wages on termination of employment.
- § 31-71d. Payment where wages disputed.
- § 31-71e. Withholding of part of wages.
- § 31-71f. Employer to furnish employee certain information.
- § 31-71g. Penalty.
- § 31-71h. Regulations.
- § 31-71i. Waiver of payment schedule requirement.
- § 31-71j. Automatic enrollment retirement plans.
- § 31-71k. Payment of wages by payroll cards. Study of payroll card usage. Regulations.
- § 31-71l. l . Domestic workers education and training grants program.
- § 31-72. Civil action to collect wage claim, fringe benefit claim or arbitration award.
- § 31-73. Refund of wages for furnishing employment.
- § 31-74. Wages not to be scaled.
- § 31-74a. Computation and payment of vacation pay.
- § 31-75. Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Prohibited practices. Employer demonstration.
- § 31-76. Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Enforcement by commissioner. Civil action. When discrimination in compensation occurs. Limitation of action.
- § 31-76a. Investigations on complaint of nonpayment of wages, certain misrepresentations re employees and violations of prevailing wage. Issuance of stop work order.
- § 31-76b. Overtime pay: Definitions.
- § 31-76c. Length of workweek.
- § 31-76d. Workweek for certain establishments.
- § 31-76e. Maximum workweek under contract or collective bargaining agreement.
- § 31-76f. Piece rates; two or more kinds of work.
- § 31-76g. Crediting of certain extra compensation.
- § 31-76h. Hospital employees.
- § 31-76i. Exceptions.
- § 31-76j. Prior wage orders and regulations.
- § 31-76k. Payment of fringe benefits upon termination of employment.
- § 31-76l. l . Regulations.
- § 31-76m. Remission of portion of fine or civil penalty to municipality.
- § 31-76n. Connecticut Low Wage Employer Advisory Board. Duties. Members. Report.
- § 31-76o. Civil action to collect past due payments to employee welfare fund.
- § 31-77. Annual reports.
- § 31-89a. Civil action to collect past due payments to funds. Penalty.
- § 31-89b. Allocation of electricians' union pension fund contributions.
- § 31-90. Attempt to prevent laborers joining labor organizations.
- § 31-90a. Balloting in labor organization elections.
- § 31-91. Membership of board; appointment; officers.
- § 31-92. Alternate members.
- § 31-92a. Oaths for members.
- § 31-93. Panel or single member to arbitrate. Membership of panel.
- § 31-94. Compensation of members and alternates.
- § 31-95. Powers of board. Subpoena.
- § 31-96. Appointment and testimonial privilege of mediators. Duties of Labor Commissioner.
- § 31-97. Submission of grievance or dispute; procedure. Claim of nonarbitrability of issue.
- § 31-97a. Failure to prosecute grievances or disputes.
- § 31-98. Oral or written decision. Reduction of oral decision to writing. Compensation of members.
- § 31-99. Duty of board in case of a strike or lockout.
- § 31-100. Annual report. Confidential information.
- § 31-101. Definitions.
- § 31-102. State Board of Labor Relations.
- § 31-103. Appointment and removal of agent. Testimonial privilege. Appointment and removal of legal counsel.
- § 31-104. Rights of employees.
- § 31-105. Unfair labor practices.
- § 31-106. Election of representatives.
- § 31-107. Complaints of unfair labor practices. Investigations, complaints, hearings and orders.
- § 31-107a. Application for transcript. Costs.
- § 31-108. Oaths. Subpoenas. Service of process.