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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 942
January Session, 2021
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) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Employer" means a fiscal intermediary who provides payroll 2
services funded in whole or in substantial part by state funds to pay 3
personal care attendants, but does not include a consumer, as defined in 4
section 17b-706 of the general statutes; and 5
(2) "Personal care attendant" has the same meaning as provided in 6
section 17b-706 of the general statutes. 7
(b) Each employer shall pay weekly, or once every two weeks, all 8
wages, salary or other compensation due each personal care attendant 9
on a regular pay day, designated in advance by the employer, using one 10
or more of the following methods: (1) Cash; (2) by negotiable checks; (3) 11
upon an employee's written or electronic request, by direct deposit; or 12
(4) by payroll card, provided the requirements of section 31-71k of the 13
general statutes are satisfied. 14
(c) Each employer shall provide clear and timely communication 15
directly to each personal care attendant regarding payment 16
confirmation, a change in payment status or any pay discrepancy. If 17 Substitute Bill No. 942
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there is a pay discrepancy or an issue with the time records submitted 18
by the personal care attendant that will impact the amount of wages, 19
salary or other compensation the personal care attendant will receive on 20
the personal care attendant's regular pay day, the communication shall 21
(1) contain specific information about the discrepancy or issue, and (2) 22
provide the personal care attendant with sufficient time, and a specific 23
and accessible method, to respond to the employer and attempt to 24
correct such discrepancy or issue prior to the personal care attendant's 25
regular pay date. If the pay discrepancy or issue has not been resolved 26
twenty-four hours or more before the personal care attendant's regular 27
pay day, the employer shall provide to the personal care attendant a 28
method to receive wages, salary or other compensation between payroll 29
cycles and not later than forty-eight hours after such discrepancy or 30
issue has been resolved. 31
(d) An employer who violates any provision of this section shall be 32
fined one hundred dollars per day for each separate violation from the 33
date of the violation to the date such violation is corrected. If the Labor 34
Commissioner imposes a fine under the provisions of this section, the 35
commissioner shall, not later than thirty days after collecting such fine, 36
remit the amount collected to the personal care attendant who was 37
subjected to the violation. 38
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
LAB Joint Favorable Subst.