General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1039
January Session, 2015 *_____SB01039LAB___031615____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 1039
January Session, 2015
*_____SB01039LAB___031615____*
AN ACT CONCERNING GENERAL CONTRACTOR LIABILITY FOR WAGES AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes, a general contractor and any subcontractor serving at the direction of such general contractor shall be jointly liable to any employee of such subcontractor, or any employee of a lower tier subcontractor, for (1) any unpaid wages earned by the employee while working for such subcontractor, or a lower tier subcontractor, while the subcontractor was serving at the direction of such general contractor, and (2) any unpaid workers' compensation claims resulting from an injury to the employee that occurred while working for such subcontractor, or a lower tier subcontractor, while the subcontractor was serving at the direction of such general contractor.
(b) Any general contractor who is required to make any payment as a result of a subcontractor's or lower tier subcontractor's failure to pay wages or benefits pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may bring a civil action in the Superior Court to recover no more than the damages sustained by the general contractor by reason of making such payment, together with costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
New section
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