Connecticut § 31-68b - Reciprocal agreements.
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§ 31-68b. Reciprocal agreements.
Sec. 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”.
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