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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYEE WAGES. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 31-53 of the general statutes, as amended by section 1 of public act 14-44, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015): |
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| 18 | 18 | | (h) The provisions of this section do not apply where the total cost of all work to be performed by all contractors and subcontractors in connection with new construction of any public works project is less than [four hundred thousand] two million dollars or where the total cost of all work to be performed by all contractors and subcontractors in connection with any remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project is less than one [hundred thousand] million dollars. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 2. Section 31-231a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015): |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) For a construction worker identified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, the total unemployment benefit rate for the individual's benefit year commencing on or after April 1, 1996, shall be an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to the next lower dollar, of his total wages paid during that quarter of his current benefit year's base period in which wages were the highest but not less than fifteen dollars nor more than the maximum benefit rate as provided in subsection (b) of this section, and on or after October 1, 2015, shall be an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to the next lower dollar, of his total wages paid during that quarter of his current benefit year's base period in which wages were the highest but not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than the maximum benefit rate as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Commencing on and after October 1, 2016, and not later than each October first thereafter, the administrator shall announce an adjustment in the minimum unemployment benefit rate that shall be equal to the percentage increase between the last complete calendar year and the previous calendar year in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers in the northeast urban area of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, with no seasonal adjustment, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the amount of the minimum unemployment benefit rate increase rounded to the nearest five cents. The minimum unemployment benefit rate increase announced by the administrator not later than October first shall become the new minimum unemployment benefit rate and shall be effective on the January first immediately following. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) For an individual not included in subsection (a) of this section, the individual's total unemployment benefit rate for his benefit year commencing after September 30, 1967, shall be an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to the next lower dollar, of the average of his total wages, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 31-222, paid during the two quarters of his current benefit year's base period in which such wages were highest but not less than fifteen, and commencing after October 1, 2015, not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred fifty-six dollars in any benefit year commencing on or after the first Sunday in July, 1982, nor more than sixty per cent rounded to the next lower dollar of the average wage of production and related workers in the state in any benefit year commencing on or after the first Sunday in October, 1983, and provided the maximum benefit rate in any benefit year commencing on or after the first Sunday in October, 1988, shall not increase more than eighteen dollars in any benefit year, such increase to be effective as of the first Sunday in October of such year. The average wage of production and related workers in the state shall be determined by the administrator, on or before August fifteenth annually, as of the year ended the previous June thirtieth to be effective during the benefit year commencing on or after the first Sunday of the following October and shall be so determined in accordance with the standards for the determination of average production wages established by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Commencing on and after October 1, 2016, and not later than each October first thereafter, the administrator shall announce an adjustment in the minimum unemployment benefit rate that shall be equal to the percentage increase between the last complete calendar year and the previous calendar year in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers in the northeast urban area of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, with no seasonal adjustment, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the amount of the minimum unemployment benefit rate increase rounded to the nearest five cents. The minimum unemployment benefit rate increase announced by the administrator not later than October first shall become the new minimum unemployment benefit rate and shall be effective on the January first immediately following. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The administrator shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall specify the National Council on Compensation Insurance employee classification codes which identify construction workers covered by subsection (a) of this section and specify the manner and format in which employers shall report the identification of such workers to the administrator. |
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| 31 | 31 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 1 October 1, 2015 31-53(h) |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 2 October 1, 2015 31-231a |
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| 35 | 35 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | October 1, 2015 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 31-53(h) |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | October 1, 2015 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 31-231a |
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| 51 | 51 | | LAB Joint Favorable Subst. |
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