Title 31 — Title 31: Labor

Sec. 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 age…

Sec. 31-51ii. Meal periods. Exemptions. Regulations. (a) No person shall be required to work for seven and one-half or more consecutive hours without a period of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a meal. Such period shall be given at some time after the first two hours of w…

Sec. 31-51j. Transferred to Chapter 557, Part Ia, Sec. 31-22t.

Sec. 31-51jj. Notice to employees of incoming emergency telephone calls. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Emergency” means a situation in which a member of the employee's family or a person designated by the employee in accordance with section 1-56r has died, has experience…

Sec. 31-51k. Employment of alien not entitled to residence. Section 31-51k is repealed, effective June 11, 2014. (1972, P.A. 275, S. 1–3; P.A. 14-187, S. 55.)

Sec. 31-51kk. Family and medical leave: Definitions. As used in sections 31-51kk to 31-51qq, inclusive: (1) “Eligible employee” means an employee who has been employed for at least three months immediately preceding his or her request for leave by the employer with respect to who…

Sec. 31-51l. Leave of absence for certain public and private employees elected to public office. Any person employed by a private employer which employs more than twenty-five persons, or by a municipality in which there is no ordinance or charter provision to the contrary, who le…

Sec. 31-51ll. Family and medical leave: Length of leave; eligibility; intermittent or reduced leave schedules; substitution of accrued paid leave; notice to employer. (a)(1) Subject to section 31-51mm, an eligible employee shall be entitled to a total of twelve workweeks of leave…

Sec. 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. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, cor…

Sec. 31-51mm. Family and medical leave: Certification. (a) An employer may require that request for leave based on a serious health condition in subparagraph (C) or (D) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51ll, or leave based on subsection (i) of section 31-51ll, b…

Secs. 31-51n and 51-51o. Definitions. Continuation of group health insurance for employees affected by relocation or closing of covered establishment; exceptions. Sections 31-51n and 31-51o are repealed, effective June 6, 2024. (P.A. 83-451, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 85-362, S. 2; P.A. 87…

Sec. 31-51nn. Family and medical leave: Employment and benefits protection. (a) Any eligible employee who takes leave under section 31-51ll for the intended purpose of the leave shall be entitled on return from such leave (1) to be restored by the employer to the position of empl…

Sec. 31-51oo. Family and medical leave: Confidentiality of medical records and documents. Records and documents relating to medical certifications, recertifications or medical histories of employees or employees' family members, created for purposes of sections 5-248a, 31-49f to …

Sec. 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 em…

Sec. 31-51pp. Family and medical leave: Prohibited acts, complaints, rights and remedies. (a)(1) It shall be a violation of sections 5-248a, 31-49e to 31-49t, inclusive, and 31-51kk to 31-51qq, inclusive, for any employer to interfere with, restrain or deny the exercise of, or th…

Sec. 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 ma…

Sec. 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 t…

Sec. 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 engag…

Sec. 31-51rr. Family and medical leave benefits for employees of political subdivisions. (a) Each political subdivision of the state shall provide the same family and medical leave benefits under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, P.L. 103-3, and 29 CFR 825.112 to (1) any …

Sec. 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 employme…

Sec. 31-51ss. Leave from employment for victims of family violence or sexual assault. Action for damages and reinstatement. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Employer” means a person engaged in business who has three or more employees, including the state and any politic…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 31-51tt. Employer inquiries about an employee's or prospective employee's credit. Exceptions. Enforcement. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in a business of his employer; (2) “Employer” means any person engaged in…

Sec. 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) …

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 ap…

Sec. 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 th…

Sec. 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 speci…

Secs. 31-51ww to 31-51fff. Individual development account programs: Definitions. Connecticut IDA Initiative established; implementation. Eligibility; duties of community-based organizations and financial institutions. Individual Development Account Reserve Fund: Funds deposited i…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 employe…

Sec. 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, inclu…

Sec. 31-52. Preference to state citizens in construction of public buildings. Enforcement of violations. (a) In the employment of mechanics, laborers and workmen in the construction, remodeling or repairing of any public building, by the state or any of its agents or by persons c…

Sec. 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, exce…

Sec. 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 regulati…

Sec. 31-53. Construction, alteration or repair of public works project by state or political subdivision; wage rates; certified payroll. Penalties. Civil action. Exceptions. (a) Each contract for the construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration …

Sec. 31-53a. Distribution of accrued payments. Debarment list. Limitation on awarding contracts. Sworn affidavits required of subcontractors. Civil penalty. Right of action. (a) The State Comptroller or the contracting authority acting pursuant to section 31-53 is hereby authoriz…

Sec. 31-53b. Worker training requirements for public works projects. Enforcement. Regulations. Exceptions. (a) Each contract for a public works project entered into on or after July 1, 2009, by the state or any of its agents, or by any political subdivision of the state or any of…

Sec. 31-53c. Construction projects funded by the Department of Economic and Community Development; wage rates. Penalties. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Business organization” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association,…

Sec. 31-53d. Renewable energy and hydrogen projects. Community benefits agreement. Workforce development program. Contractor sworn certification. Wages. Penalties. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Covered project” means a renewa…

Sec. 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 t…

Sec. 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 a…

Sec. 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, …

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 whe…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 31-57a. Awarding of contracts to National Labor Relations Act violators prohibited. Section 31-57a is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (P.A. 79-390, S. 1, 2; P.A. 13-140, S. 22.)