Title 31 — Title 31: Labor

Sec. 31-74. Wages not to be scaled. No employer of labor or any person acting for him shall make a discount or deduction from the wages of any person employed by him, when the wages of the employee or any part thereof are paid at an earlier time than that at which such wages woul…

Sec. 31-74a. Computation and payment of vacation pay. Whenever an employee is eligible to receive both vacation pay and his regular wage payment on the same pay day, his employer shall compute federal social security and withholding taxes from the regular wage payment and the vac…

Sec. 31-75. Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Prohibited practices. Employer demonstration. (a) No employer shall discriminate in the amount of compensation paid to any employee on the basis of sex. Any difference in pay based on sex shall be deemed a discrimina…

Sec. 31-76. Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Enforcement by commissioner. Civil action. When discrimination in compensation occurs. Limitation of action. (a) The Labor Commissioner shall carry out the provisions of section 31-75 either upon complaint or upon th…

Sec. 31-76a. Investigations on complaint of nonpayment of wages, certain misrepresentations re employees and violations of prevailing wage. Issuance of stop work order. (a) On receipt of a complaint for nonpayment of wages, a violation of the provisions of subsection (g) of secti…

Sec. 31-76b. Overtime pay: Definitions. As used in sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive: (1) The “regular rate” at which an employee is employed shall be deemed to include all remuneration for employment paid to, or on behalf of, the employee, but shall not be deemed to include (…

Sec. 31-76c. Length of workweek. No employer, except as otherwise provided herein, shall employ any of his employees for a workweek longer than forty hours, unless such employee receives remuneration for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less tha…

Sec. 31-76d. Workweek for certain establishments. Section 31-76d is repealed. (1967, P.A. 493, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 731; P.A. 80-64, S. 2, 7.)

Sec. 31-76e. Maximum workweek under contract or collective bargaining agreement. No employer shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c by employing any employee for a workweek in excess of the maximum workweek applicable to such employee if such employee is employed pursuan…

Sec. 31-76f. Piece rates; two or more kinds of work. No employer shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c by employing any employee for a workweek in excess of the maximum workweek applicable to such employee if, pursuant to an agreement or understanding arrived at between…

Sec. 31-76g. Crediting of certain extra compensation. Extra compensation paid as described in subparagraphs (E), (F) and (G) of subdivision (1) of section 31-76b shall be creditable toward overtime compensation payable pursuant to sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive. (1967, P.A.…

Sec. 31-76h. Hospital employees. No employer engaged in the operation of a hospital shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c if, pursuant to an agreement or understanding arrived at between the employer and the employee before performance of the work, a work period of four…

Sec. 31-76i. Exceptions. The provisions of sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive, shall not apply with respect to (1) any driver or helper, excluding drivers or helpers employed by exempt employers, with respect to whom the Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency or…

Sec. 31-76j. Prior wage orders and regulations. All wage orders and administrative regulations in effect on July 1, 1967, based upon a workweek other than the workweek herein established are amended consistent with sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive. (1967, P.A. 493, S. 9.) Sco…

Sec. 31-76k. Payment of fringe benefits upon termination of employment. If an employer policy or collective bargaining agreement provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination, including but not limited to paid vacations, holidays, sick days and earned leave…

Sec. 31-76l. Regulations. Section 31-76l is repealed, effective June 6, 2024. (P.A. 95-357, S. 2; P.A. 24-147, S. 8.)

Sec. 31-76m. Remission of portion of fine or civil penalty to municipality. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, if the Labor Commissioner imposes a fine or civil penalty under the provisions of section 31-15, 31-16, 31-18, 31-23, 31-24, 31-25, 31-52, 31-…

Sec. 31-76n. Connecticut Low Wage Employer Advisory Board. Duties. Members. Report. Section 31-76n is repealed, effective July 7, 2021. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 485; P.A. 16-169, S. 23; P.A. 21-141, S. 12.)

Sec. 31-76o. Civil action to collect past due payments to employee welfare fund. (a) For the purposes of this section, “employee welfare fund” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (i) of section 31-53. (b) Any payment to an employee welfare fund that is past due under t…

Sec. 31-77. Annual reports. As used in this section, “labor organization” means any organization or association or any agency or employee representation committee or plan which exists for the purpose, in whole or part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disput…

Secs. 31-78 to 31-89. Employee welfare funds, generally. Examination of affairs of fund, generally. Annual statements. Insurers to file schedules with commissioner. Waiver of provisions for out-of-state funds. Prohibition of compensation for placing insurance. Actions against tru…

Sec. 31-89a. Civil action to collect past due payments to funds. Penalty. Section 31-89a is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1961, P.A. 218; 1967, P.A. 797; P.A. 80-296; P.A. 10-47, S. 3; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)

Sec. 31-89b. Allocation of electricians' union pension fund contributions. (a) Whenever any contribution is made by an employer to a pension fund for the benefit of a member of a labor union of licensed electricians and apprentices as defined in section 20-330, the contribution m…

Sec. 31-90. Attempt to prevent laborers joining labor organizations. Any person, and any agent or officer of any corporation, who coerces or compels, or attempts to coerce or compel, any laborer, mechanic or other employee in the employ of such person or corporation to agree that…

Sec. 31-90a. Balloting in labor organization elections. In any election held by a local labor organization for the purpose of election of officers, election of trustees or ratification of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, voting shall be by secret ballot at the requ…

Sec. 31-100. Annual report. Confidential information. Said board shall, as provided in section 4-60, make a report to the Governor and shall include therein statements of such facts and explanations as will disclose the actual doings of the board and such suggestions as to legisl…

Sec. 31-91. Membership of board; appointment; officers. There shall be, in the Labor Department, a Board of Mediation and Arbitration, consisting of two panels of three members each. One member of each panel of said board shall represent employers of labor, one shall represent em…

Sec. 31-92. Alternate members. Whenever conditions warrant, the Labor Commissioner or the chairman of the board shall request the Governor to appoint, and the governor shall have authority to appoint, one or more alternate members to the Board of Mediation and Arbitration in such…

Sec. 31-92a. Oaths for members. (a) Each public member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration, including alternates, shall be sworn once at the beginning of such member's term of office (1) to support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the state of …

Sec. 31-93. Panel or single member to arbitrate. Membership of panel. In the performance of the duties of conciliation, mediation or arbitration, the board shall be represented by a panel of three of its members, except that, in arbitration, a single public member of the board ma…

Sec. 31-94. Compensation of members and alternates. Section 31-94 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7382; 1949, S. 3027d; 1957, P.A. 426, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 870, S. 1; P.A. 79-610, S. 36; P.A. 82-91, S. 37, 38.)

Sec. 31-95. Powers of board. Subpoena. Said board, or any member thereof, may enter any establishment in which a strike or lockout exists in order to examine payrolls and other records and to inspect conditions affecting the relations between employees and employers. Said board, …

Sec. 31-96. Appointment and testimonial privilege of mediators. Duties of Labor Commissioner. The Labor Commissioner, with the advice and approval of said board, shall appoint at least five mediators to act for it in making investigations and adjusting labor disputes. Each such m…

Sec. 31-97. Submission of grievance or dispute; procedure. Claim of nonarbitrability of issue. (a) Whenever a grievance or dispute arises between an employer and his employees, the parties may submit the grievance or dispute directly to said board and notify said board or its cle…

Sec. 31-97a. Failure to prosecute grievances or disputes. Section 31-97a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 94-226, S. 1, 2; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 31-98. Oral or written decision. Reduction of oral decision to writing. Compensation of members. (a) The panel, or its single member if sitting in accordance with section 31-93, may, in its discretion and with the consent of the parties, issue an oral decision immediately up…

Sec. 31-99. Duty of board in case of a strike or lockout. Whenever a strike or lockout occurs or is seriously threatened and it comes to the knowledge of the board, a panel of said board, as directed by its chairman, shall proceed as soon as practicable to the locality of such st…

Sec. 31-101. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) “Agent” means the representative of the board who handles all investigations of complaints and violations of this chapter; (2) “Board” means the labor relations board provided for in section 31-102; (3) “Commissioner” means…

Sec. 31-102. State Board of Labor Relations. (a) There shall continue to be in the Labor Department the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations, which shall be composed of three members. On or before June first in the odd-numbered years, as the term of each member expires, the…

Sec. 31-103. Appointment and removal of agent. Testimonial privilege. Appointment and removal of legal counsel. (a) The board shall, on or before July 1, 1973, and quadrennially thereafter, appoint an agent, who shall be the representative of the board, for a term of four years a…

Sec. 31-104. Rights of employees. Employees shall have the right of self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choice and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining o…

Sec. 31-105. Unfair labor practices. It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer: (1) To spy upon or keep under surveillance, whether directly or through agents or any other person, any activities of employees or their representatives in the exercise of the rights set fo…

Sec. 31-106. Election of representatives. (a) Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes or by the majority of the employees voting in an election conducted pursuant to …

Sec. 31-107. Complaints of unfair labor practices. Investigations, complaints, hearings and orders. (a) The board is empowered and directed to prevent any unfair labor practices. When a complaint has been made to the board that any employer has engaged in or is engaging in an unf…

Sec. 31-107a. Application for transcript. Costs. Any party who wishes to have a transcript of the proceedings before the labor relations board shall apply therefor. The parties may agree on the sharing of the costs of the transcript but, in the absence of such agreement, the cost…

Sec. 31-108. Oaths. Subpoenas. Service of process. For the purpose of hearings before the board, the board shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued…

Sec. 31-109. Enforcement of orders. Appeals. (a) The board may petition the superior court for the judicial district wherein the unfair labor practice in question occurred or wherein any person charged with the unfair labor practice resides or transacts business, or, if said cour…

Sec. 31-110. Records and proceedings to be public. Subject to regulations to be made by the board, the complaints, orders and testimony relating to a proceeding instituted under section 31-107 may be available for inspection or copying. All proceedings pursuant to said section sh…

Sec. 31-111. Penalty. Any person who wilfully resists, prevents or interferes with any member of the board or the agent in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter, or who interferes with the free exercise by employees of the right to select representatives in an electi…

Sec. 31-111a. Strike, work stoppage or lockout of hospital employees prohibited. No employees of an employer licensed by the Department of Public Health under section 19a-490, or their representatives, or any other persons shall engage in or induce or encourage, or attempt to eng…