Substitute House Bill No. 5005
Public Act No. 24-8
AN ACT EXPANDING PAID SICK DAYS IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 31-57r of the 2024 supplement to the general
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective January 1, 2025):
As used in this section and sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as
amended by this act:
(1) "Child" means (A) a biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild
[,] or legal ward of [a service worker, or] an employee, (B) a child of [a
service worker] an employee standing in loco parentis, [who is (A)
under eighteen years of age; or (B) eighteen years of age or older and
incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability] or (C)
an individual to whom the employee stood in loco parentis when the
individual was a child;
[(2) "Day or temporary worker" means an individual who performs
work for another on (A) a per diem basis, or (B) an occasional or
irregular basis for only the time required to complete such work,
whether such individual is paid by the person for whom such work is
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defined in section 31-129;]
[(3)] (2) "Employee" means an individual engaged in service to an
employer in the business of the employer. "Employee" does not include
(A) an individual who is a member of a construction-related
tradesperson employee organization that is a party to a multiemployer
health plan in which more than one employer is required to contribute
to such plan and such plan is maintained pursuant to one or more
collective bargaining agreements between a construction-related
tradesperson employee organization or organizations and employers,
or (B) a seasonal employee;
[(4)] (3) "Employer" means any person, firm, business, educational
institution, nonprofit agency, corporation, limited liability company or
other entity that (A) on and after January 1, 2025, employs [fifty or more]
twenty-five or more individuals in the state, (B) on and after January 1,
2026, employs eleven or more individuals in the state, and (C) on and
after January 1, 2027, employs one or more individuals in the state which
shall be determined based on such person's, firm's, business',
educational institution's, nonprofit agency's, corporation's, limited
liability company's or other entity's payroll for the week containing
[October] January first, annually. ["Employer" does not include: (A) Any
business establishment classified in sector 31, 32 or 33 in the North
American Industrial Classification System, or (B) any nationally
chartered organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding
internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time
amended, that provides all of the following services: Recreation, child
care and education;] "Employer" does not include (i) an employer that
participates in a multiemployer health plan in which more than one
employer is required to contribute to such plan and such plan is
maintained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements
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organizations and employers, or (ii) a self-employed individual;
(4) "Family member" means a spouse, sibling, child, grandparent,
grandchild or parent of an employee or an individual related to the
employee by blood or affinity whose close association the employee
shows to be equivalent to those family relationships;
(5) "Family violence" has the same meaning as provided in section
46b-38a;
(6) "Grandchild" means a grandchild related to a person by blood,
marriage, adoption by a child of the grandparent or foster care by a child
of the grandparent;
(7) "Parent" means (A) a biological, foster or adoptive parent,
stepparent, parent-in-law, legal guardian of an employee or an
employee's spouse, (B) an individual standing in loco parentis to an
employee, or (C) an individual who stood in loco parentis to the
employee when the employee was a child;
[(6)] (8) "Mental health wellness day" means a day during which [a
service worker] an employee attends to such [service worker's]
employee's emotional and psychological well-being in lieu of attending
a regularly scheduled shift;
(9) "Paid sick leave" means paid time that is provided by an employer
to an employee for the purposes described in section 31-57t, as amended
by this act;
[(7)] (10) "Retaliatory personnel action" means any termination,
suspension, constructive discharge, demotion, unfavorable
reassignment, refusal to promote, disciplinary action or other adverse
employment action taken by an employer against an employee; [or a
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(8) "Service worker" means an employee primarily engaged in an
occupation with one of the following broad or detailed occupation code
numbers and titles, as defined by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Standard Occupational Classification system or any successor system:
(A) 11-9050 Food Service Managers; (B) 11-9110 Medical and Health
Services Managers; (C) 21-1020 Social Workers; (D) 21-1093 Social and
Human Service Assistants; (E) 21-1094 Community Health Workers; (F)
21-1099 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other; (G) 25-
4020 Librarians; (H) 29-1050 Pharmacists; (I) 29-1070 Physician
Assistants; (J) 29-1120 Therapists; (K) 29-1140 Registered Nurses; (L) 29-
1150 Nurse Anesthetists; (M) 29-1160 Nurse Midwives; (N) 29-1170
Nurse Practitioners; (O) 29-2020 Dental Hygienists; (P) 29-2040
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics; (Q) 29-2050 Health
Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians; (R) 29-2060
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses; (S) 31-1011 Home
Health Aides; (T) 31-1012 Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants; (U)
31-1013 Psychiatric Aides; (V) 31-9091 Dental Assistants; (W) 31-9092
Medical Assistants; (X) 33-9032 Security Guards; (Y) 33-9091 Crossing
Guards; (Z) 35-1010 Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving
Workers; (AA) 35-2010 Cooks; (BB) 35-2020 Food Preparation Workers;
(CC) 35-3010 Bartenders; (DD) 35-3020 Fast Food and Counter Workers;
(EE) 35-3030 Waiters and Waitresses; (FF) 35-3040 Food Servers,
Nonrestaurant; (GG) 35-9010 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants
and Bartender Helpers; (HH) 35-9020 Dishwashers; (II) 35-9030 Hosts
and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge and Coffee Shop; (JJ) 35-9090
Miscellaneous Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers; (KK) 37-
2011 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners;
(LL) 37-2019 Building Cleaning Workers, All Other; (MM) 39-3030
Ushers, Lobby Attendants and Ticket Takers; (NN) 39-5010 Barbers,
Hairdressers, Hairstylists and Cosmetologists; (OO) 39-6010 Baggage
Porters, Bellhops and Concierges; (PP) 39-9010 Child Care Workers;
(QQ) 39-9021 Personal Care Aides; (RR) 41-1010 First-Line Supervisors
of Sales Workers; (SS) 41-2011 Cashiers; (TT) 41-2021 Counter and Substitute House Bill No. 5005
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Rental Clerks; (UU) 41-2030 Retail Salespersons; (VV) 43-3070 Tellers;
(WW) 43-4080 Hotel, Motel and Resort Desk Clerks; (XX) 43-4170
Receptionists and Information Clerks; (YY) 43-5020 Couriers and
Messengers; (ZZ) 43-6010 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants;
(AAA) 43-9010 Computer Operators; (BBB) 43-9020 Data Entry and
Information Processing Workers; (CCC) 43-9030 Desktop Publishers;
(DDD) 43-9040 Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks; (EEE)
43-9050 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service;
(FFF) 43-9060 Office Clerks, General; (GGG) 43-9070 Office Machine
Operators, Except Computer; (HHH) 43-9080 Proofreaders and Copy
Markers; (III) 43-9110 Statistical Assistants; (JJJ) 43-9190 Miscellaneous
Office and Administrative Support Workers; (KKK) 51-3010 Bakers;
(LLL) 51-3020 Butchers and Other Meat, Poultry and Fish Processing
Workers; (MMM) 51-3090 Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers;
(NNN) 53-3010 Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency
Medical Technicians; (OOO) 53-3020 Bus Drivers; (PPP) 53-3040 Taxi
Drivers and Chauffeurs; or (QQQ) 29-2034 Radiologic Technologists,
and is (i) paid on an hourly basis, or (ii) not exempt from the minimum
wage and overtime compensation requirements of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as
amended from time to time. "Service worker" does not include day or
temporary workers;
(9)] (11) "Seasonal employee" means an employee who works one
hundred twenty days or less in any year;
(12) "Sexual assault" means any act that constitutes a violation of
section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to
January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or
53a-73a;
(13) "Sibling" means a brother or sister related to an employee by (A)
blood, marriage or adoption by a parent of the employee, or (B) by foster
care placement; Substitute House Bill No. 5005
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[(10)] (14) "Spouse" means a [husband or wife, as the case may be]
person who is (A) legally married to an employee under the laws of any
state, or (B) a domestic partner of an employee registered under the laws
of any state or political subdivision; and
[(11)] (15) "Year" means any three-hundred-sixty-five-day period
used by an employer to calculate employee benefits.
Sec. 2. Section 31-57s of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025):
(a) Each employer shall provide paid sick leave annually to each of
such employer's [service workers] employees in the state. Such paid sick
leave shall accrue (1) (A) beginning (i) January 1, [2012] 2025, for an
employee of an employer that employs twenty-five or more individuals
in the state, (ii) January 1, 2026, for an employee of an employer that
employs eleven or more individuals in the state, or (iii) January 1, 2027,
for an employee of an employer that employs one or more individuals
in the state, or (B) for [a service worker] an employee hired after said
[date] dates, beginning on the [service worker's] employee's first date of
employment, (2) at a rate of one hour of paid sick leave for each [forty]
thirty hours worked by [a service worker] an employee, and (3) in one-
hour increments up to a maximum of forty hours per year. [Each service
worker] An employer may provide its employees with a greater amount
of paid sick leave or provide paid sick leave at a faster rate than required
by this subsection. Each employee shall be entitled to carry over up to
forty unused accrued hours of paid sick leave from the current year to
the following year, but no [service worker] employee shall be entitled to
use more than the maximum number of accrued hours, as described in
subdivision (3) of this subsection, in any year. In lieu of any carry-over
of unused paid sick leave from the current year to the following year, an
employer may provide an employee with an amount of paid sick leave
that meets or exceeds the requirements of this subsection and is
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following year.
(b) [A service worker] An employee shall be entitled to the use of any
accrued paid sick leave [upon the completion of the service worker's six-
hundred-eightieth hour of employment from January 1, 2012, if the
service worker was hired prior to January 1, 2012, or if hired after
January 1, 2012, upon the completion of the service worker's six-
hundred-eightieth hour of employment from the date of hire, unless the
employer agrees to an earlier date. A service worker shall not be entitled
to the use of accrued paid sick leave if such service worker did not work
an average of ten or more hours per week for the employer in the most
recent complete quarter] on and after the one hundred twentieth
calendar day of such employee's employment.
(c) An employer shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section
if the employer offers any other paid leave, or combination of other paid
leave that (1) may be used for the purposes of, and under the same
conditions as provided in, section 31-57t, as amended by this act, and (2)
is accrued in total at a rate equal to or greater than the rate described in
[subsections] subsection (a) [and (b)] of this section. For the purposes of
this subsection, "other paid leave" may include, but need not be limited
to, paid vacation, personal days or paid time off, including unlimited
paid time off.
(d) Each employer shall pay each [service worker] employee for paid
sick leave at a pay rate equal to [the greater of either] (1) the normal
hourly wage for that [service worker] employee, or (2) the minimum fair
wage rate under section 31-58 in effect for the pay period during which
the employee [used] uses paid sick leave, whichever is greater. For any
[service worker] employee whose hourly wage varies depending on the
work performed by [the service worker] such employee, "normal hourly
wage" means the average hourly wage of the [service worker] employee
in the pay period prior to the one in which the [service worker used]
employee uses paid sick leave. Substitute House Bill No. 5005
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(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and sections 31-57t
to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, and upon the mutual
consent of the [service worker] employee and employer, [a service
worker] an employee who chooses to work additional hours or shifts
during the same or following pay period, in lieu of hours or shifts
missed, shall not use accrued paid sick leave.
(f) An employee who is exempt from overtime requirements under
the provisions of 29 USC 213(a)(1), as amended from time to time, shall
be presumed to work forty hours each work week for purposes of paid
sick leave accrual, except each such employee, whose normal work
week is less than forty hours, shall accrue paid sick leave based upon
the hours worked in such normal work week.
(g) (1) If an employee is transferred by an employer to another
division, entity or worksite but remains employed by such employer,
such employee shall retain and may use all paid sick leave accrued or
received by the employee while working at such prior division, entity
or worksite.
(2) If another employer succeeds or takes the place of an existing
employer, each employee of the original employer who remains
employed by such other successor employer shall retain and may use
all paid sick leave accrued or received while employed by the original
employer.
(h) No employer shall require an employee who will use or is using
paid sick leave to search for or find another employee to serve as a
replacement for such employee to work the hours that such employee is
or was scheduled to work.
[(f)] (i) No employer shall (1) terminate any employee, (2) dismiss any
employee, or (3) transfer any employee from one worksite to another
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57r, as amended by this act.
Sec. 3. Section 31-57t of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January
1, 2025):
(a) An employer shall permit [a service worker] an employee to use
the paid sick leave accrued pursuant to section 31-57s, as amended by
this act:
(1) For (A) [a service worker's] an employee's illness, injury or health
condition, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of [a service
worker's] an employee's mental [illness] or physical illness, injury or
health condition, (C) preventative medical care for [a service worker] an
employee's mental or physical health, or (D) a mental health wellness
day;
(2) For (A) [a service worker's child's or spouse's] illness, injury or
health condition of an employee's family member, (B) the medical
diagnosis, care or treatment of a [service worker's child's or spouse's]
mental or physical illness, injury or health condition of an employee's
family member, or (C) preventative medical care for [a child or spouse
of a service worker; and] an employee's family member for such family
member's mental or physical health;
(3) For closure by order of a public official, due to a public health
emergency, of either (A) an employer's place of business, or (B) a family
member's school or place of care;
(4) For a determination by a health authority having jurisdiction, an
employer of the employee, an employer of a family member or a health
care provider, that such employee or family member poses a risk to the
health of others due to such employee's or family member's exposure to
a communicable illness, whether or not the employee or family member
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[(3)] (5) Where [a service worker] an employee or an employee's
family member is [(A)] a victim of family violence or sexual assault, [or
(B) the parent or guardian of a child who is a victim of family violence
or sexual assault,] provided such [service worker] employee is not the
perpetrator or alleged perpetrator of such family violence or sexual
assault, for [(i)] (A) medical care or psychological or other counseling
for physical or psychological injury or disability, [(ii)] (B) obtaining
services from a victim services organization, [(iii)] (C) relocating due to
such family violence or sexual assault, or [(iv)] (D) participating in any
civil or criminal proceedings related to or resulting from such family
violence or sexual assault.
(b) [If a service worker's need to use paid sick leave is foreseeable, an
employer may require advance notice, not to exceed seven days prior to
the date such leave is to begin, of the intention to use such leave. If a
service worker's need for such leave is not foreseeable, an employer may
require a service worker to give notice of such intention as soon as
practicable. For paid sick leave of three or more consecutive days, an
employer may require reasonable documentation that such leave is
being taken for one of the purposes permitted under subsection (a) of
this section. If such leave is permitted under subdivision (1) or (2) of
subsection (a) of this section, documentation signed by a health care
provider who is treating the service worker or the service worker's child
or spouse indicating the need for the number of days of such leave shall
be considered reasonable documentation. If such leave is permitted
under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, a court record or
documentation signed by a service worker or volunteer working for a
victim services organization, an attorney, a police officer or other
counselor involved with the service worker shall be considered
reasonable documentation.] No employer shall require an employee to
provide any documentation that such leave is being taken for one of the
purposes permitted under subsection (a) of this section. Substitute House Bill No. 5005
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(c) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by
this act, shall be deemed to require any employer to provide paid sick
leave for [a service worker's] an employee's leave for any purpose other
than those described in this section.
(d) Unless an employee policy or collective bargaining agreement
provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination,
no [service worker] employee shall be entitled to payment of unused
accrued paid sick leave under this section upon termination of
employment.
(e) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer from taking
disciplinary action against [a service worker] an employee who uses
paid sick leave provided under sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as
amended by this act, for purposes other than those described in this
section.
Sec. 4. Section 31-57u of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025):
(a) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by
this act, shall be construed to (1) prevent employers from providing
more paid sick leave than is required under said sections, [31-57s to 31-
57w, inclusive,] (2) diminish any rights provided to any employee [or
service worker] under a collective bargaining agreement, or (3) preempt
or override the terms of (A) any collective bargaining agreement
effective prior to January 1, 2012, or (B) any collective bargaining
agreement entered into on or after July 1, 2012, pursuant to chapter
319pp.
(b) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer (1) from establishing
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accrued paid sick leave to another [service worker] employee, and (2)
who provides more paid sick leave than is required under sections 31-
57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, for the purposes
described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 31-57t, as
amended by this act, from limiting the amount of such leave [a service
worker] an employee may use for other purposes.
(c) Any termination of [a service worker's] an employee's
employment by an employer, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall
be construed as a break in service. Should any [service worker]
employee subsequently be rehired by the employer following a break in
service, the [service worker] employee (1) shall [(1)] begin to accrue sick
leave in accordance with section 31-57s, as amended by this act, and (2)
shall not be entitled to any unused hours of paid sick leave that had been
accrued prior to the [service worker's] employee's break in service
unless agreed to by the employer.
Sec. 5. Section 31-57v of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025):
(a) No employer shall take retaliatory personnel action or
discriminate against an employee because the employee (1) requests or
uses paid sick leave either in accordance with sections 31-57s, as
amended by this act, and 31-57t, as amended by this act, or in
accordance with the employer's own paid sick leave policy, as the case
may be, or (2) files a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging
the employer's violation of sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as
amended by this act.
(b) The Labor Commissioner shall advise any employee who (1) is
covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for paid sick
days, and (2) files a complaint pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
of [his or her] the employee's right to pursue a grievance with [his or
her] the employee's collective bargaining agent. Substitute House Bill No. 5005
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(c) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of
sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, may file a
complaint with the Labor Commissioner. Upon receipt of any such
complaint, [said] the commissioner may hold a hearing. After the
hearing, any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section shall be liable to the Labor Department for
a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation. Any employer
who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have violated the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57u,
inclusive, as amended by this act, or section 31-57w, as amended by this
act, shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of up to
one hundred dollars for each violation. The Labor Commissioner may
award the employee all appropriate relief, including the payment for
used paid sick leave, rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's
previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee
benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if
the employee had not been subject to such retaliatory personnel action
or discriminated against. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the
commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(d) The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section within
available appropriations.
Sec. 6. Section 31-57w of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025):
(a) Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s, as
amended by this act, shall, at the time of hiring, provide notice to each
[service worker] employee (1) of (A) the entitlement to paid sick leave
for [service workers,] employees, (B) the amount of paid sick leave
provided to [service workers] employees, and (C) the terms under
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against the [service worker] employee for requesting or using paid sick
leave for which the [service worker] employee is eligible is prohibited,
and (3) that the [service worker] employee has a right to file a complaint
with the Labor Commissioner for any violation of this section and of
sections 31-57s to 31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act. [Employers
may]
(b) Each employer shall comply with the provisions of subsection (a)
of this section by (1) displaying a poster in a conspicuous place,
accessible to [service workers] employees, at the employer's place of
business that contains the information required by this section in both
English and Spanish, [. The Labor Commissioner may adopt
regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish additional
requirements concerning the means by which employers shall provide
such notice. The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section
within available appropriations.] and (2) providing written notice to
each employee not later than January 1, 2025, or at the time of hire,
whichever is later. The Labor Commissioner shall create a model of such
poster and written notice and make such models available to all
employers on the Labor Department's Internet web site. For employers
that do not maintain a physical workplace or for employees that
telework or perform work through a web-based or application-based
platform, employers shall comply with the provisions of subdivision (1)
of this subsection by sending such information via electronic
communication or by a conspicuous posting of such information on a
web-based or application-based platform.
(c) Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s, as
amended by this act, shall include in the record required under section
31-13a (1) the number of hours, if any, of paid sick leave accrued by or
provided to the employee, and (2) the number of hours, if any, of paid
sick leave used by the employee during the calendar year. Each
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allow the Labor Commissioner, with appropriate notice and at a
mutually agreeable time, access to such record in order to monitor
compliance with the requirements of this section. Failure by an
employer to retain adequate records documenting hours worked by an
employee and paid sick leave used by such employee or to allow
reasonable access to such records shall be a violation of this subsection.
The Labor Commissioner may assess a civil penalty of not more than
one hundred dollars for such violation.
(d) The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this
section and sections 31-57s to 31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act.
Sec. 7. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to
study the establishment of paid sick leave tax credits for employers that
employ five or less individuals in the state. The task force shall examine
the feasibility of establishing a tax credit for such employers, including
whether or how to mitigate any expenses incurred by such employers
due to the provisions of sections 31-57r to 31-57w, inclusive, of the
general statutes, as amended by this act.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of
Representatives;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of
Representatives; and
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. Substitute House Bill No. 5005
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(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1),
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member
of the General Assembly.
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall
be filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty
days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and
public employees shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2025, the task force shall submit a report
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor
and public employees, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-
4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that
it submits such report or January 1, 2025, whichever is later.
Sec. 8. (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) The Labor Commissioner shall ensure
the necessary wage enforcement duties and responsibilities of the Labor
Department that are associated with the provisions of sections 31-57r to
31-57w, inclusive, of the general statutes, as amended by this act, are
performed within available appropriations for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2025.
(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall not
make any reductions to expenditures pursuant to the provisions of
section 15 of public act 23-204, or make any reductions to allotment Substitute House Bill No. 5005
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requisitions or allotments in force pursuant to the provisions of
subsection (a) of section 14 of public act 23-204 or section 4-85 of the
general statutes, concerning wage enforcement agents within the Labor
Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.