General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6918
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2791
*02791*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6918
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2791
*02791*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LIENS FOR UNPAID EMPLOYEE WAGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to allow an employee or the Labor Commissioner to place a lien on any property of an employer who fails to pay wages to an employee in accordance with the provisions of sections 31-58 to 31-60, inclusive, of the general statutes or section 31-71a or 31-71i of the general statutes, or fails to compensate such employee in accordance with section 31-76k of the general statutes, in the amount that the Labor Commissioner or employee will be entitled to recover from the employer in a civil action for such failure.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow for liens against employers that fail to pay employee wages.