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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 942
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3795
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ON-TIME PAYMENT OF WAGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) A fiscal intermediary who 1
provides payroll services for employers funded in whole or in 2
substantial part by state funds shall be deemed an employer solely for 3
purposes of failure to timely pay wages under sections 31-71a to 31-71i, 4
inclusive, of the general statutes. 5
(b) A delay caused by the failure to meet the provisions of this section 6
shall be deemed a failure to timely pay wages under sections 31-71a to 7
31-71i, inclusive, of the general statutes. 8
(c) Employers shall provide clear and timely communication directly 9
to employees regarding pay discrepancies, payment confirmation or a 10
change in payment status, including, but not limited to, providing 11
employees: (1) Sufficient notice prior to their pay date, with specific 12
information about any problem with submitted time records which 13
would impact the amount of pay an employee will receive on their pay 14
date; (2) a specific and accessible option to address any such problem in 15 Raised Bill No. 942
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sufficient time to correct the amount received on their pay date; and (3) 16
a timely method to receive pay between payroll cycles where a pay 17
discrepancy has not been resolved within twenty-four hours after the 18
pay date. Such method shall provide for pay not later than forty-eight 19
hours after such pay date. For purposes of this subsection "sufficient 20
notice" means a length of time to allow an employee to respond to and 21
correct any issues in time to be properly paid on their pay date. 22
(d) An employer who violates any provision of this section shall be 23
fined twenty-five dollars per day for each separate violation. The Labor 24
Commissioner shall assess all such fines. 25
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To requiring fiscal intermediaries who provide payroll services for
employers funded in whole or in substantial part by state funds to meet
employer timely pay obligations.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]