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General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 12
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 644
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
Request of the Governor Pursuant
to Joint Rule 9
AN ACT MODERNIZING THE PAID SICK DAYS STATUTES.
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 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective October 1, 2024): 3
As used in this section and sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 4
amended by this act: 5
(1) "Child" means (A) a biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild, 6
legal ward of [a service worker, or] an employee, (B) a child of [a service 7
worker] an employee standing in loco parentis, [who is (A) under 8
eighteen years of age; or (B) eighteen years of age or older and incapable 9
of self-care because of a mental or physical disability] or (C) an 10
individual to whom the employee stood in loco parentis when the 11
individual was a child; 12
[(2) "Day or temporary worker" means an individual who performs 13
work for another on (A) a per diem basis, or (B) an occasional or 14 Governor's Bill No. 12
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irregular basis for only the time required to complete such work, 15
whether such individual is paid by the person for whom such work is 16
performed or by an employment agency or temporary help service, as 17
defined in section 31-129;] 18
[(3)] (2) "Employee" means an individual engaged in service to an 19
employer in the business of the employer. "Employee" does not include 20
an individual who is a member of a construction-related trade person 21
employee organization that is a party to a multiemployer health plan in 22
which more than one employer is required to contribute to such plan 23
and such plan is maintained pursuant to one or more collective 24
bargaining agreements between a construction-related trade person 25
employee organization or organizations and employers; 26
[(4)] (3) "Employer" means any person, firm, business, educational 27
institution, nonprofit agency, corporation, limited liability company or 28
other entity that employs [fifty or more individuals in the state, which 29
shall be determined based on such person's, firm's, business', 30
educational institution's, nonprofit agency's, corporation's, limited 31
liability company's or other entity's payroll for the week containing 32
October first, annually. "Employer" does not include: (A) Any business 33
establishment classified in sector 31, 32 or 33 in the North American 34
Industrial Classification System, or (B) any nationally chartered 35
organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the 36
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 37
internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time 38
amended, that provides all of the following services: Recreation, child 39
care and education;] individuals in the state. "Employer" does not 40
include an employer that participates in a multiemployer health plan in 41
which more than one employer is required to contribute to such plan 42
and such plan is maintained pursuant to one or more collective 43
bargaining agreements between a construction-related trade person 44
employee organization or organizations and employers; 45
(4) "Family member" means a spouse, sibling, child, grandparent, 46
grandchild or parent of an employee. "Family member" does not include 47 Governor's Bill No. 12
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an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or cousin; 48
(5) "Family violence" has the same meaning as provided in section 49
46b-38a; 50
(6) "Grandchild" means a grandchild related to a person by blood, 51
marriage, adoption by a child of the grandparent or foster care by a child 52
of the grandparent; 53
(7) "Parent" means (A) a biological, foster or adoptive parent, 54
stepparent, parent-in-law, legal guardian of an employee or an 55
employee's spouse, (B) an individual standing in loco parentis to an 56
employee, or (C) an individual who stood in loco parentis to the 57
employee when the employee was a child; 58
(8) "Paid sick leave" means paid time that is provided by an employer 59
to an employee for the purposes described in section 31-57t, as amended 60
by this act; 61
[(6)] (9) "Mental health wellness day" means a day during which a 62
service worker attends to such service worker's emotional and 63
psychological well-being in lieu of attending a regularly scheduled shift; 64
[(7)] (10) "Retaliatory personnel action" means any termination, 65
suspension, constructive discharge, demotion, unfavorable 66
reassignment, refusal to promote, disciplinary action or other adverse 67
employment action taken by an employer against an employee; [or a 68
service worker;] 69
[(8) "Service worker" means an employee primarily engaged in an 70
occupation with one of the following broad or detailed occupation code 71
numbers and titles, as defined by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics 72
Standard Occupational Classification system or any successor system: 73
(A) 11-9050 Food Service Managers; (B) 11-9110 Medical and Health 74
Services Managers; (C) 21-1020 Social Workers; (D) 21-1093 Social and 75
Human Service Assistants; (E) 21-1094 Community Health Workers; (F) 76
21-1099 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other; (G) 25-77 Governor's Bill No. 12
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4020 Librarians; (H) 29-1050 Pharmacists; (I) 29-1070 Physician 78
Assistants; (J) 29-1120 Therapists; (K) 29-1140 Registered Nurses; (L) 29-79
1150 Nurse Anesthetists; (M) 29-1160 Nurse Midwives; (N) 29-1170 80
Nurse Practitioners; (O) 29-2020 Dental Hygienists; (P) 29-2040 81
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics; (Q) 29-2050 Health 82
Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians; (R) 29-2060 83
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses; (S) 31-1011 Home 84
Health Aides; (T) 31-1012 Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants; (U) 85
31-1013 Psychiatric Aides; (V) 31-9091 Dental Assistants; (W) 31-9092 86
Medical Assistants; (X) 33-9032 Security Guards; (Y) 33-9091 Crossing 87
Guards; (Z) 35-1010 Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving 88
Workers; (AA) 35-2010 Cooks; (BB) 35-2020 Food Preparation Workers; 89
(CC) 35-3010 Bartenders; (DD) 35-3020 Fast Food and Counter Workers; 90
(EE) 35-3030 Waiters and Waitresses; (FF) 35-3040 Food Servers, 91
Nonrestaurant; (GG) 35-9010 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants 92
and Bartender Helpers; (HH) 35-9020 Dishwashers; (II) 35-9030 Hosts 93
and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge and Coffee Shop; (JJ) 35-9090 94
Miscellaneous Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers; (KK) 37-95
2011 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners; 96
(LL) 37-2019 Building Cleaning Workers, All Other; (MM) 39-3030 97
Ushers, Lobby Attendants and Ticket Takers; (NN) 39-5010 Barbers, 98
Hairdressers, Hairstylists and Cosmetologists; (OO) 39-6010 Baggage 99
Porters, Bellhops and Concierges; (PP) 39-9010 Child Care Workers; 100
(QQ) 39-9021 Personal Care Aides; (RR) 41-1010 First-Line Supervisors 101
of Sales Workers; (SS) 41-2011 Cashiers; (TT) 41-2021 Counter and 102
Rental Clerks; (UU) 41-2030 Retail Salespersons; (VV) 43-3070 Tellers; 103
(WW) 43-4080 Hotel, Motel and Resort Desk Clerks; (XX) 43-4170 104
Receptionists and Information Clerks; (YY) 43-5020 Couriers and 105
Messengers; (ZZ) 43-6010 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants; 106
(AAA) 43-9010 Computer Operators; (BBB) 43-9020 Data Entry and 107
Information Processing Workers; (CCC) 43-9030 Desktop Publishers; 108
(DDD) 43-9040 Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks; (EEE) 109
43-9050 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service; 110
(FFF) 43-9060 Office Clerks, General; (GGG) 43-9070 Office Machine 111
Operators, Except Computer; (HHH) 43-9080 Proofreaders and Copy 112 Governor's Bill No. 12
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Markers; (III) 43-9110 Statistical Assistants; (JJJ) 43-9190 Miscellaneous 113
Office and Administrative Support Workers; (KKK) 51-3010 Bakers; 114
(LLL) 51-3020 Butchers and Other Meat, Poultry and Fish Processing 115
Workers; (MMM) 51-3090 Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers; 116
(NNN) 53-3010 Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency 117
Medical Technicians; (OOO) 53-3020 Bus Drivers; (PPP) 53-3040 Taxi 118
Drivers and Chauffeurs; or (QQQ) 29-2034 Radiologic Technologists, 119
and is (i) paid on an hourly basis, or (ii) not exempt from the minimum 120
wage and overtime compensation requirements of the Fair Labor 121
Standards Act of 1938 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as 122
amended from time to time. "Service worker" does not include day or 123
temporary workers;] 124
[(9)] (11) "Sexual assault" means any act that constitutes a violation of 125
section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 126
January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 127
53a-73a; 128
(12) "Sibling" means a brother or sister related to an employee by 129
blood, marriage or adoption by a parent of the employee or by foster 130
care placement; 131
[(10)] (13) "Spouse" means a [husband or wife, as the case may be] 132
person who is (A) legally married to an employee under the laws of any 133
state, or (B) a domestic partner of an employee registered under the laws 134
of any state or political subdivision; and 135
[(11)] (14) "Year" means any three-hundred-sixty-five-day period 136
used by an employer to calculate employee benefits. 137
Sec. 2. Section 31-57s of the general statutes is repealed and the 138
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 139
(a) Each employer shall provide paid sick leave annually to each of 140
such employer's [service workers] employees in the state. Such paid sick 141
leave shall accrue (1) beginning [January 1, 2012] October 1, 2024, or for 142
[a service worker] an employee hired after said date, beginning on the 143 Governor's Bill No. 12
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[service worker's] employee's first date of employment, (2) at a rate of 144
one hour of paid sick leave for each [forty] thirty hours worked by [a 145
service worker] an employee, and (3) in one-hour increments up to a 146
maximum of forty hours per year. [Each service worker] An employer 147
may provide its employees with a greater amount of paid sick leave or 148
provide paid sick leave at a faster rate than required by this subsection. 149
Each employee shall be entitled to carry over up to forty unused accrued 150
hours of paid sick leave from the current year to the following year, but 151
no [service worker] employee shall be entitled to use more than the 152
maximum number of accrued hours, as described in subdivision (3) of 153
this subsection, in any year. In lieu of any carry-over of unused paid sick 154
leave from the current year to the following year, an employer may 155
provide an employee with an amount of paid sick leave that meets or 156
exceeds the requirements of this subsection and is available for the 157
employee's immediate use at the beginning of the following year. 158
(b) [A service worker] An employee shall be entitled to the use of any 159
accrued paid sick leave [upon the completion of the service worker's six-160
hundred-eightieth hour of employment from January 1, 2012, if the 161
service worker was hired prior to January 1, 2012, or if hired after 162
January 1, 2012, upon the completion of the service worker's six-163
hundred-eightieth hour of employment from the date of hire, unless the 164
employer agrees to an earlier date. A service worker shall not be entitled 165
to the use of accrued paid sick leave if such service worker did not work 166
an average of ten or more hours per week for the employer in the most 167
recent complete quarter] on and after the one hundredth day of such 168
employee's employment. 169
(c) An employer shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section 170
if the employer offers any other paid leave, or combination of other paid 171
leave that (1) may be used for the purposes of, and under the same 172
conditions as provided in, section 31-57t, as amended by this act, and (2) 173
is accrued in total at a rate equal to or greater than the rate described in 174
[subsections] subsection (a) [and (b)] of this section. For the purposes of 175
this subsection, "other paid leave" may include, but need not be limited 176
to, paid vacation, personal days or paid time off. 177 Governor's Bill No. 12
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(d) Each employer shall pay each [service worker] employee for paid 178
sick leave at a pay rate equal to [the greater of either] (1) the normal 179
hourly wage for that [service worker] employee, or (2) the minimum fair 180
wage rate under section 31-58 in effect for the pay period during which 181
the employee [used] uses paid sick leave, whichever is greater. For any 182
[service worker] employee whose hourly wage varies depending on the 183
work performed by the [service worker] employee, "normal hourly 184
wage" means the average hourly wage of the [service worker] employee 185
in the pay period prior to the one in which the [service worker used] 186
employee uses paid sick leave. 187
[(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and sections 31-188
57t to 31-57w, inclusive, and upon the mutual consent of the service 189
worker and employer, a service worker who chooses to work additional 190
hours or shifts during the same or following pay period, in lieu of hours 191
or shifts missed, shall not use accrued paid sick leave.] 192
(e) An employee who is exempt from overtime requirements under 193
the provisions of 29 USC 213(a)(1), as amended from time to time, shall 194
be presumed to work forty hours each work week for purposes of paid 195
sick leave accrual, except each such employee, whose normal work 196
week is less than forty hours, shall accrue paid sick leave based upon 197
the hours worked in such normal work week. 198
(f) (1) If an employee is transferred by an employer to another 199
division, entity or worksite but remains employed by the same 200
employer, such employee shall retain and may use all paid sick leave 201
accrued or received by the employee while working at such prior 202
division, entity or worksite. 203
(2) If another employer succeeds or takes the place of an existing 204
employer, each employee of the original employer who remains 205
employed by such other successor employer shall retain and may use 206
all paid sick leave accrued or received while employed by the original 207
employer. 208
(g) No employer shall require an employee to search for or identify a 209 Governor's Bill No. 12
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replacement to work the hours for which such employee is using paid 210
sick leave. 211
[(f)] (h) No employer shall (1) terminate any employee, (2) dismiss 212
any employee, or (3) transfer any employee from one worksite to 213
another solely in order to not qualify as an employer, as defined in 214
section 31-57r, as amended by this act. 215
Sec. 3. Section 31-57t of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes is 216
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 217
1, 2024): 218
(a) An employer shall permit [a service worker] an employee to use 219
the paid sick leave accrued pursuant to section 31-57s, as amended by 220
this act: 221
(1) For (A) [a service worker's] an employee's illness, injury or health 222
condition, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of [a service 223
worker's] an employee's mental [illness] or physical illness, injury or 224
health condition, (C) preventative medical care for [a service worker] an 225
employee for mental or physical health, or (D) a mental health wellness 226
day; 227
(2) For (A) [a service worker's child's or spouse's] an employee's 228
family member's illness, injury or health condition, (B) the medical 229
diagnosis, care or treatment of [a service worker's child's or spouse's] an 230
employee's family member's mental or physical illness, injury or health 231
condition, or (C) preventative medical care for [a child or spouse of a 232
service worker; and] an employee's family member for mental or 233
physical health; 234
(3) For closure by order of a public official, due to a public health 235
emergency, of (A) an employer's place of business, or (B) an employee's 236
family member's school or place of care; 237
(4) For a determination by a health authority having jurisdiction, 238
employer of the employee, employer of an employee's family member, 239 Governor's Bill No. 12
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or health care provider that such employee or employee's family 240
member poses a risk to the health of others due to such employee or 241
family member's exposure to a communicable illness, whether or not the 242
employee or employee's family member contracted the communicable 243
illness; and 244
[(3)] (5) Where [a service worker] an employee or an employee's 245
family member is [(A)] a victim of family violence or sexual assault, [or 246
(B) the parent or guardian of a child who is a victim of family violence 247
or sexual assault,] provided such [service worker] employee is not the 248
perpetrator or alleged perpetrator of such family violence or sexual 249
assault, for [(i)] (A) medical care or psychological or other counseling 250
for physical or psychological injury or disability, [(ii)] (B) obtaining 251
services from a victim services organization, [(iii)] (C) relocating due to 252
such family violence or sexual assault, or [(iv)] (D) participating in any 253
civil or criminal proceedings related to or resulting from such family 254
violence or sexual assault. 255
(b) (1) If [a service worker's] an employee's need to use paid sick leave 256
is foreseeable, an employer may require advance notice, not to exceed 257
seven days prior to the date such leave is to begin, of the intention to use 258
such leave. If [a service worker's] an employee's need for such leave is 259
not foreseeable, an employer may require [a service worker] an 260
employee to give notice of such intention as soon as practicable. 261
(2) For paid sick leave of three or more consecutive days, an employer 262
may require reasonable documentation that such leave is being taken 263
for one of the purposes permitted under subsection (a) of this section. If 264
such leave is permitted under subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of 265
this section, documentation signed by a health care provider who is 266
treating the [service worker] employee or the [service worker's child or 267
spouse] employee's family member indicating the need for the number 268
of days of such leave shall be considered reasonable documentation. If 269
such sick leave is permitted under subdivision (3) or (4) of subsection 270
(a) of this section, a written statement from an employee affirming that 271
such employee is using or has used paid sick leave for the purpose of 272 Governor's Bill No. 12
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said subdivision shall be considered reasonable documentation. Such 273
written statement may be written in the employee's primary language. 274
No employer shall require such written statement to be notarized or in 275
any particular format. If such leave is permitted under subdivision [(3)] 276
(5) of subsection (a) of this section, a court record or documentation 277
signed by [a service worker] an employee or a volunteer working for a 278
victim services organization, an attorney, a police officer or other 279
counselor involved with the [service worker] employee shall be 280
considered reasonable documentation. No employer shall require an 281
employee to provide any documentation to explain the nature of the 282
illness or the details of the family violence or sexual assault. 283
(3) If an employer requires an employee to provide documentation 284
for paid sick leave under this section and such employer does not offer 285
health insurance to the employee, the employer shall pay all out-of-286
pocket expenses the employee incurs in obtaining the documentation. If 287
an employee has health insurance, the employer shall pay any costs 288
charged to such employee by the employee's health care provider for 289
providing the specific documentation required by the employer. An 290
employer shall pay any costs charged to an employee for documentation 291
of family violence or sexual assault required by the employer. 292
(c) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 293
this act, shall be deemed to require any employer to provide paid sick 294
leave for [a service worker's] an employee's leave for any purpose other 295
than those described in this section. 296
(d) Unless an employee policy or collective bargaining agreement 297
provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination, 298
no [service worker] employee shall be entitled to payment of unused 299
accrued paid sick leave under this section upon termination of 300
employment. 301
(e) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 302
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer from taking 303
disciplinary action against [a service worker] an employee who uses 304 Governor's Bill No. 12
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paid sick leave provided under sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 305
amended by this act, for purposes other than those described in this 306
section. 307
Sec. 4. Section 31-57u of the general statutes is repealed and the 308
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 309
(a) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 310
this act, shall be construed to (1) prevent employers from providing 311
more paid sick leave than is required under said sections, [31-57s to 31-312
57w, inclusive,] (2) diminish any rights provided to any employee [or 313
service worker] under a collective bargaining agreement, or (3) preempt 314
or override the terms of (A) any collective bargaining agreement 315
effective prior to January 1, 2012, or (B) any collective bargaining 316
agreement entered into on or after July 1, 2012, pursuant to chapter 317
319pp. 318
(b) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 319
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer (1) from establishing 320
a policy whereby [a service worker] an employee may donate unused 321
accrued paid sick leave to another [service worker] employee, and (2) 322
who provides more paid sick leave than is required under sections 31-323
57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, for the purposes 324
described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 31-57t, as 325
amended by this act, from limiting the amount of such leave [a service 326
worker] an employee may use for other purposes. 327
(c) Any termination of [a service worker's] an employee's 328
employment by an employer, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall 329
be construed as a break in service. Should any [service worker] 330
employee subsequently be rehired by the employer following a break in 331
service, the [service worker] employee (1) shall [(1)] begin to accrue sick 332
leave in accordance with section 31-57s, as amended by this act, and (2) 333
shall not be entitled to any unused hours of paid sick leave that had been 334
accrued prior to the [service worker's] employee's break in service 335
unless agreed to by the employer. 336 Governor's Bill No. 12
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Sec. 5. Section 31-57v of the general statutes is repealed and the 337
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 338
(a) No employer shall take retaliatory personnel action or 339
discriminate against an employee because the employee (1) requests or 340
uses paid sick leave either in accordance with sections 31-57s, as 341
amended by this act, and 31-57t, as amended by this act, or in 342
accordance with the employer's own paid sick leave policy, as the case 343
may be, or (2) files a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging 344
the employer's violation of sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 345
amended by this act. 346
(b) The Labor Commissioner shall advise any employee who (1) is 347
covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for paid sick 348
days, and (2) files a complaint pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 349
of [his or her] the employee's right to pursue a grievance with [his or 350
her] the employee's collective bargaining agent. 351
(c) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of 352
sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, may file a 353
complaint with the Labor Commissioner. Upon receipt of any such 354
complaint, [said] the commissioner may hold a hearing. After the 355
hearing, any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a 356
preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of 357
subsection (a) of this section shall be liable to the Labor Department for 358
a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation. Any employer 359
who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the 360
evidence, to have violated the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57u, 361
inclusive, as amended by this act, or section 31-57w, as amended by this 362
act, shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of up to 363
one hundred dollars for each violation. The Labor Commissioner may 364
award the employee all appropriate relief, including the payment for 365
used paid sick leave, rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's 366
previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee 367
benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if 368
the employee had not been subject to such retaliatory personnel action 369 Governor's Bill No. 12
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or discriminated against. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the 370
commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in 371
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. 372
(d) The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section within 373
available appropriations. 374
Sec. 6. Section 31-57w of the general statutes is repealed and the 375
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 376
(a) Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s, as 377
amended by this act, shall, at the time of hiring, provide notice to each 378
[service worker] employee (1) of the entitlement to sick leave for [service 379
workers] employees, the amount of sick leave provided to [service 380
workers] employees and the terms under which sick leave may be used, 381
(2) that retaliation by the employer against the [service worker] 382
employee for requesting or using sick leave for which the [service 383
worker] employee is eligible is prohibited, and (3) that the [service 384
worker] employee has a right to file a complaint with the Labor 385
Commissioner for any violation of this section and of sections 31-57s to 386
31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act. [Employers may] Each 387
employer shall comply with the provisions of this section by (A) 388
displaying a poster in a conspicuous place, accessible to [service 389
workers] employees, at the employer's place of business that contains 390
the information required by this section in both English and Spanish, [. 391
The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with 392
chapter 54, to establish additional requirements concerning the means 393
by which employers shall provide such notice. The Labor Commissioner 394
shall administer this section within available appropriations.] and (B) 395
providing written notice to each employee not later than January 1, 2025, 396
or at the time of hire, whichever is later. The Labor Commissioner shall 397
create a model of such poster and written notice and make such models 398
available to all employers on the Labor Department's Internet web site. 399
For employers that do not maintain a physical workplace or for 400
employees that telework or perform work through a web-based or 401
application-based platform, employers shall comply with the provisions 402 Governor's Bill No. 12
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of this section by sending such information via electronic 403
communication or by a conspicuous posting of such information on a 404
web-based or application-based platform. 405
(b) Each employer shall include in the record required under section 406
31-13a (1) the number of hours, if any, of paid sick leave accrued by or 407
provided to the employee, and (2) the number of hours, if any, of paid 408
sick leave used by the employee during the calendar year. Each 409
employer shall retain such records for a period of three years and shall 410
allow the Labor Commissioner, with appropriate notice and at a 411
mutually agreeable time, access to such record in order to monitor 412
compliance with the requirements of this section. Failure by an 413
employer to retain adequate records documenting hours worked by an 414
employee and paid sick leave used by such employee or to allow 415
reasonable access to such records shall be a violation of this subsection. 416
(c) The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance 417
with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this 418
section and sections 31-57s to 31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act. 419
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2024 31-57r
Sec. 2 October 1, 2024 31-57s
Sec. 3 October 1, 2024 31-57t
Sec. 4 October 1, 2024 31-57u
Sec. 5 October 1, 2024 31-57v
Sec. 6 October 1, 2024 31-57w
Statement of Purpose:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
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that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
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