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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 12
February Session, 2024
AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO 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 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statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2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
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 Substitute Bill No. 12
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[(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 or an individual related to the 47
employee by blood or affinity whose close association with the 48
employee shows to be equivalent to those family relationships; 49
(5) "Family violence" has the same meaning as provided in section 50
46b-38a; 51 Substitute Bill No. 12
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(6) "Grandchild" means a grandchild related to a person by blood, 52
marriage, adoption by a child of the grandparent or foster care by a child 53
of the grandparent; 54
(7) "Parent" means (A) a biological, foster or adoptive parent, 55
stepparent, parent-in-law, legal guardian of an employee or an 56
employee's spouse, (B) an individual standing in loco parentis to an 57
employee, or (C) an individual who stood in loco parentis to the 58
employee when the employee was a child; 59
(8) "Paid sick leave" means paid time that is provided by an employer 60
to an employee for the purposes described in section 31-57t, as amended 61
by this act; 62
[(6)] (9) "Mental health wellness day" means a day during which [a 63
service worker] an employee attends to such [service worker's] 64
employee's emotional and psychological well-being in lieu of attending 65
a regularly scheduled shift; 66
[(7)] (10) "Retaliatory personnel action" means any termination, 67
suspension, constructive discharge, demotion, unfavorable 68
reassignment, refusal to promote, disciplinary action or other adverse 69
employment action taken by an employer against an employee; [or a 70
service worker;] 71
[(8) "Service worker" means an employee primarily engaged in an 72
occupation with one of the following broad or detailed occupation code 73
numbers and titles, as defined by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics 74
Standard Occupational Classification system or any successor system: 75
(A) 11-9050 Food Service Managers; (B) 11-9110 Medical and Health 76
Services Managers; (C) 21-1020 Social Workers; (D) 21-1093 Social and 77
Human Service Assistants; (E) 21-1094 Community Health Workers; (F) 78
21-1099 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other; (G) 25-79
4020 Librarians; (H) 29-1050 Pharmacists; (I) 29-1070 Physician 80
Assistants; (J) 29-1120 Therapists; (K) 29-1140 Registered Nurses; (L) 29-81
1150 Nurse Anesthetists; (M) 29-1160 Nurse Midwives; (N) 29-1170 82
Nurse Practitioners; (O) 29-2020 Dental Hygienists; (P) 29-2040 83 Substitute Bill No. 12
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Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics; (Q) 29-2050 Health 84
Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians; (R) 29-2060 85
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses; (S) 31-1011 Home 86
Health Aides; (T) 31-1012 Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants; (U) 87
31-1013 Psychiatric Aides; (V) 31-9091 Dental Assistants; (W) 31-9092 88
Medical Assistants; (X) 33-9032 Security Guards; (Y) 33-9091 Crossing 89
Guards; (Z) 35-1010 Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving 90
Workers; (AA) 35-2010 Cooks; (BB) 35-2020 Food Preparation Workers; 91
(CC) 35-3010 Bartenders; (DD) 35-3020 Fast Food and Counter Workers; 92
(EE) 35-3030 Waiters and Waitresses; (FF) 35-3040 Food Servers, 93
Nonrestaurant; (GG) 35-9010 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants 94
and Bartender Helpers; (HH) 35-9020 Dishwashers; (II) 35-9030 Hosts 95
and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge and Coffee Shop; (JJ) 35-9090 96
Miscellaneous Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers; (KK) 37-97
2011 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners; 98
(LL) 37-2019 Building Cleaning Workers, All Other; (MM) 39-3030 99
Ushers, Lobby Attendants and Ticket Takers; (NN) 39-5010 Barbers, 100
Hairdressers, Hairstylists and Cosmetologists; (OO) 39-6010 Baggage 101
Porters, Bellhops and Concierges; (PP) 39-9010 Child Care Workers; 102
(QQ) 39-9021 Personal Care Aides; (RR) 41-1010 First-Line Supervisors 103
of Sales Workers; (SS) 41-2011 Cashiers; (TT) 41-2021 Counter and 104
Rental Clerks; (UU) 41-2030 Retail Salespersons; (VV) 43-3070 Tellers; 105
(WW) 43-4080 Hotel, Motel and Resort Desk Clerks; (XX) 43-4170 106
Receptionists and Information Clerks; (YY) 43-5020 Couriers and 107
Messengers; (ZZ) 43-6010 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants; 108
(AAA) 43-9010 Computer Operators; (BBB) 43-9020 Data Entry and 109
Information Processing Workers; (CCC) 43-9030 Desktop Publishers; 110
(DDD) 43-9040 Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks; (EEE) 111
43-9050 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service; 112
(FFF) 43-9060 Office Clerks, General; (GGG) 43-9070 Office Machine 113
Operators, Except Computer; (HHH) 43-9080 Proofreaders and Copy 114
Markers; (III) 43-9110 Statistical Assistants; (JJJ) 43-9190 Miscellaneous 115
Office and Administrative Support Workers; (KKK) 51-3010 Bakers; 116
(LLL) 51-3020 Butchers and Other Meat, Poultry and Fish Processing 117
Workers; (MMM) 51-3090 Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers; 118 Substitute Bill No. 12
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(NNN) 53-3010 Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency 119
Medical Technicians; (OOO) 53-3020 Bus Drivers; (PPP) 53-3040 Taxi 120
Drivers and Chauffeurs; or (QQQ) 29-2034 Radiologic Technologists, 121
and is (i) paid on an hourly basis, or (ii) not exempt from the minimum 122
wage and overtime compensation requirements of the Fair Labor 123
Standards Act of 1938 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as 124
amended from time to time. "Service worker" does not include day or 125
temporary workers;] 126
[(9)] (11) "Sexual assault" means any act that constitutes a violation of 127
section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 128
January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 129
53a-73a; 130
(12) "Sibling" means a brother or sister related to an employee by 131
blood, marriage or adoption by a parent of the employee or by foster 132
care placement; 133
[(10)] (13) "Spouse" means a [husband or wife, as the case may be] 134
person who is (A) legally married to an employee under the laws of any 135
state, or (B) a domestic partner of an employee registered under the laws 136
of any state or political subdivision; and 137
[(11)] (14) "Year" means any three-hundred-sixty-five-day period 138
used by an employer to calculate employee benefits. 139
Sec. 2. Section 31-57s of the general statutes is repealed and the 140
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 141
(a) Each employer shall provide paid sick leave annually to each of 142
such employer's [service workers] employees in the state. Such paid sick 143
leave shall accrue (1) beginning [January 1, 2012] October 1, 2024, or for 144
[a service worker] an employee hired after said date, beginning on the 145
[service worker's] employee's first date of employment, (2) at a rate of 146
one hour of paid sick leave for each [forty] thirty hours worked by [a 147
service worker] an employee, and (3) in one-hour increments up to a 148
maximum of forty hours per year. [Each service worker] An employer 149 Substitute Bill No. 12
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may provide its employees with a greater amount of paid sick leave or 150
provide paid sick leave at a faster rate than required by this subsection. 151
Each employee shall be entitled to carry over up to forty unused accrued 152
hours of paid sick leave from the current year to the following year, but 153
no [service worker] employee shall be entitled to use more than the 154
maximum number of accrued hours, as described in subdivision (3) of 155
this subsection, in any year. In lieu of any carry-over of unused paid sick 156
leave from the current year to the following year, an employer may 157
provide an employee with an amount of paid sick leave that meets or 158
exceeds the requirements of this subsection and is available for the 159
employee's immediate use at the beginning of the following year. 160
(b) [A service worker] An employee shall be entitled to the use of any 161
accrued paid sick leave [upon the completion of the service worker's six-162
hundred-eightieth hour of employment from January 1, 2012, if the 163
service worker was hired prior to January 1, 2012, or if hired after 164
January 1, 2012, upon the completion of the service worker's six-165
hundred-eightieth hour of employment from the date of hire, unless the 166
employer agrees to an earlier date. A service worker shall not be entitled 167
to the use of accrued paid sick leave if such service worker did not work 168
an average of ten or more hours per week for the employer in the most 169
recent complete quarter] on and after the one hundredth day of such 170
employee's employment. 171
(c) An employer shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section 172
if the employer offers any other paid leave, or combination of other paid 173
leave that (1) may be used for the purposes of, and under the same 174
conditions as provided in, section 31-57t, as amended by this act, and (2) 175
is accrued in total at a rate equal to or greater than the rate described in 176
[subsections] subsection (a) [and (b)] of this section. For the purposes of 177
this subsection, "other paid leave" may include, but need not be limited 178
to, paid vacation, personal days or paid time off. 179
(d) Each employer shall pay each [service worker] employee for paid 180
sick leave at a pay rate equal to [the greater of either] (1) the normal 181
hourly wage for that [service worker] employee, or (2) the minimum fair 182 Substitute Bill No. 12
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wage rate under section 31-58 in effect for the pay period during which 183
the employee [used] uses paid sick leave, whichever is greater. For any 184
[service worker] employee whose hourly wage varies depending on the 185
work performed by the [service worker] employee, "normal hourly 186
wage" means the average hourly wage of the [service worker] employee 187
in the pay period prior to the one in which the [service worker used] 188
employee uses paid sick leave. 189
[(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and sections 31-190
57t to 31-57w, inclusive, and upon the mutual consent of the service 191
worker and employer, a service worker who chooses to work additional 192
hours or shifts during the same or following pay period, in lieu of hours 193
or shifts missed, shall not use accrued paid sick leave.] 194
(e) An employee who is exempt from overtime requirements under 195
the provisions of 29 USC 213(a)(1), as amended from time to time, shall 196
be presumed to work forty hours each work week for purposes of paid 197
sick leave accrual, except each such employee, whose normal work 198
week is less than forty hours, shall accrue paid sick leave based upon 199
the hours worked in such normal work week. 200
(f) (1) If an employee is transferred by an employer to another 201
division, entity or worksite but remains employed by the same 202
employer, such employee shall retain and may use all paid sick leave 203
accrued or received by the employee while working at such prior 204
division, entity or worksite. 205
(2) If another employer succeeds or takes the place of an existing 206
employer, each employee of the original employer who remains 207
employed by such other successor employer shall retain and may use 208
all paid sick leave accrued or received while employed by the original 209
employer. 210
(g) No employer shall require an employee to search for or identify a 211
replacement to work the hours for which such employee is using paid 212
sick leave. 213 Substitute Bill No. 12
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[(f)] (h) No employer shall (1) terminate any employee, (2) dismiss 214
any employee, or (3) transfer any employee from one worksite to 215
another solely in order to not qualify as an employer, as defined in 216
section 31-57r, as amended by this act. 217
Sec. 3. Section 31-57t of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes is 218
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 219
1, 2024): 220
(a) An employer shall permit [a service worker] an employee to use 221
the paid sick leave accrued pursuant to section 31-57s, as amended by 222
this act: 223
(1) For (A) [a service worker's] an employee's illness, injury or health 224
condition, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of [a service 225
worker's] an employee's mental [illness] or physical illness, injury or 226
health condition, (C) preventative medical care for [a service worker] an 227
employee for mental or physical health, or (D) a mental health wellness 228
day; 229
(2) For (A) [a service worker's child's or spouse's] an employee's 230
family member's illness, injury or health condition, (B) the medical 231
diagnosis, care or treatment of [a service worker's child's or spouse's] an 232
employee's family member's mental or physical illness, injury or health 233
condition, or (C) preventative medical care for [a child or spouse of a 234
service worker; and] an employee's family member for mental or 235
physical health; 236
(3) For closure by order of a public official, due to a public health 237
emergency, of (A) an employer's place of business, or (B) an employee's 238
family member's school or place of care; 239
(4) For a determination by a health authority having jurisdiction, 240
employer of the employee, employer of an employee's family member, 241
or health care provider that such employee or employee's family 242
member poses a risk to the health of others due to such employee or 243
family member's exposure to a communicable illness, whether or not the 244 Substitute Bill No. 12
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employee or employee's family member contracted the communicable 245
illness; and 246
[(3)] (5) Where [a service worker] an employee or an employee's 247
family member is [(A)] a victim of family violence or sexual assault, [or 248
(B) the parent or guardian of a child who is a victim of family violence 249
or sexual assault,] provided such [service worker] employee is not the 250
perpetrator or alleged perpetrator of such family violence or sexual 251
assault, for [(i)] (A) medical care or psychological or other counseling 252
for physical or psychological injury or disability, [(ii)] (B) obtaining 253
services from a victim services organization, [(iii)] (C) relocating due to 254
such family violence or sexual assault, or [(iv)] (D) participating in any 255
civil or criminal proceedings related to or resulting from such family 256
violence or sexual assault. 257
(b) (1) If [a service worker's] an employee's need to use paid sick leave 258
is foreseeable, an employer may require advance notice, not to exceed 259
seven days prior to the date such leave is to begin, of the intention to use 260
such leave. If [a service worker's] an employee's need for such leave is 261
not foreseeable, an employer may require [a service worker] an 262
employee to give notice of such intention as soon as practicable. 263
(2) For paid sick leave of three or more consecutive days, an employer 264
may require reasonable documentation that such leave is being taken 265
for one of the purposes permitted under subsection (a) of this section. If 266
such leave is permitted under subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of 267
this section, documentation signed by a health care provider who is 268
treating the [service worker] employee or the [service worker's child or 269
spouse] employee's family member indicating the need for the number 270
of days of such leave shall be considered reasonable documentation. If 271
such sick leave is permitted under subdivision (3) or (4) of subsection 272
(a) of this section, a written statement from an employee affirming that 273
such employee is using or has used paid sick leave for the purpose of 274
said subdivision shall be considered reasonable documentation. Such 275
written statement may be written in the employee's primary language. 276
No employer shall require such written statement to be notarized or in 277 Substitute Bill No. 12
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any particular format. If such leave is permitted under subdivision [(3)] 278
(5) of subsection (a) of this section, a court record or documentation 279
signed by [a service worker] an employee or a volunteer working for a 280
victim services organization, an attorney, a police officer or other 281
counselor involved with the [service worker] employee shall be 282
considered reasonable documentation. No employer shall require an 283
employee to provide any documentation to explain the nature of the 284
illness or the details of the family violence or sexual assault. 285
(3) If an employer requires an employee to provide documentation 286
for paid sick leave under this section and such employer does not offer 287
health insurance to the employee, the employer shall pay all out-of-288
pocket expenses the employee incurs in obtaining the documentation. If 289
an employee has health insurance, the employer shall pay any costs 290
charged to such employee by the employee's health care provider for 291
providing the specific documentation required by the employer. An 292
employer shall pay any costs charged to an employee for documentation 293
of family violence or sexual assault required by the employer. 294
(c) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 295
this act, shall be deemed to require any employer to provide paid sick 296
leave for [a service worker's] an employee's leave for any purpose other 297
than those described in this section. 298
(d) Unless an employee policy or collective bargaining agreement 299
provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination, 300
no [service worker] employee shall be entitled to payment of unused 301
accrued paid sick leave under this section upon termination of 302
employment. 303
(e) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 304
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer from taking 305
disciplinary action against [a service worker] an employee who uses 306
paid sick leave provided under sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 307
amended by this act, for purposes other than those described in this 308
section. 309 Substitute Bill No. 12
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Sec. 4. Section 31-57u of the general statutes is repealed and the 310
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 311
(a) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 312
this act, shall be construed to (1) prevent employers from providing 313
more paid sick leave than is required under said sections, [31-57s to 31-314
57w, inclusive,] (2) diminish any rights provided to any employee [or 315
service worker] under a collective bargaining agreement, or (3) preempt 316
or override the terms of (A) any collective bargaining agreement 317
effective prior to January 1, 2012, or (B) any collective bargaining 318
agreement entered into on or after July 1, 2012, pursuant to chapter 319
319pp. 320
(b) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 321
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer (1) from establishing 322
a policy whereby [a service worker] an employee may donate unused 323
accrued paid sick leave to another [service worker] employee, and (2) 324
who provides more paid sick leave than is required under sections 31-325
57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, for the purposes 326
described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 31-57t, as 327
amended by this act, from limiting the amount of such leave [a service 328
worker] an employee may use for other purposes. 329
(c) Any termination of [a service worker's] an employee's 330
employment by an employer, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall 331
be construed as a break in service. Should any [service worker] 332
employee subsequently be rehired by the employer following a break in 333
service, the [service worker] employee (1) shall [(1)] begin to accrue sick 334
leave in accordance with section 31-57s, as amended by this act, and (2) 335
shall not be entitled to any unused hours of paid sick leave that had been 336
accrued prior to the [service worker's] employee's break in service 337
unless agreed to by the employer. 338
Sec. 5. Section 31-57v of the general statutes is repealed and the 339
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 340
(a) No employer shall take retaliatory personnel action or 341 Substitute Bill No. 12
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discriminate against an employee because the employee (1) requests or 342
uses paid sick leave either in accordance with sections 31-57s, as 343
amended by this act, and 31-57t, as amended by this act, or in 344
accordance with the employer's own paid sick leave policy, as the case 345
may be, or (2) files a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging 346
the employer's violation of sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 347
amended by this act. 348
(b) The Labor Commissioner shall advise any employee who (1) is 349
covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for paid sick 350
days, and (2) files a complaint pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 351
of [his or her] the employee's right to pursue a grievance with [his or 352
her] the employee's collective bargaining agent. 353
(c) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of 354
sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, may file a 355
complaint with the Labor Commissioner. Upon receipt of any such 356
complaint, [said] the commissioner may hold a hearing. After the 357
hearing, any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a 358
preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of 359
subsection (a) of this section shall be liable to the Labor Department for 360
a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation. Any employer 361
who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the 362
evidence, to have violated the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57u, 363
inclusive, as amended by this act, or section 31-57w, as amended by this 364
act, shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of up to 365
one hundred dollars for each violation. The Labor Commissioner may 366
award the employee all appropriate relief, including the payment for 367
used paid sick leave, rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's 368
previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee 369
benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if 370
the employee had not been subject to such retaliatory personnel action 371
or discriminated against. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the 372
commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in 373
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. 374 Substitute Bill No. 12
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(d) The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section within 375
available appropriations. 376
Sec. 6. Section 31-57w of the general statutes is repealed and the 377
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 378
(a) Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s, as 379
amended by this act, shall, at the time of hiring, provide notice to each 380
[service worker] employee (1) of the entitlement to sick leave for [service 381
workers] employees, the amount of sick leave provided to [service 382
workers] employees and the terms under which sick leave may be used, 383
(2) that retaliation by the employer against the [service worker] 384
employee for requesting or using sick leave for which the [service 385
worker] employee is eligible is prohibited, and (3) that the [service 386
worker] employee has a right to file a complaint with the Labor 387
Commissioner for any violation of this section and of sections 31-57s to 388
31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act. [Employers may] Each 389
employer shall comply with the provisions of this section by (A) 390
displaying a poster in a conspicuous place, accessible to [service 391
workers] employees, at the employer's place of business that contains 392
the information required by this section in both English and Spanish, [. 393
The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with 394
chapter 54, to establish additional requirements concerning the means 395
by which employers shall provide such notice. The Labor Commissioner 396
shall administer this section within available appropriations.] and (B) 397
providing written notice to each employee not later than January 1, 2025, 398
or at the time of hire, whichever is later. The Labor Commissioner shall 399
create a model of such poster and written notice and make such models 400
available to all employers on the Labor Department's Internet web site. 401
For employers that do not maintain a physical workplace or for 402
employees that telework or perform work through a web-based or 403
application-based platform, employers shall comply with the provisions 404
of this section by sending such information via electronic 405
communication or by a conspicuous posting of such information on a 406
web-based or application-based platform. 407 Substitute Bill No. 12
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(b) Each employer shall include in the record required under section 408
31-13a (1) the number of hours, if any, of paid sick leave accrued by or 409
provided to the employee, and (2) the number of hours, if any, of paid 410
sick leave used by the employee during the calendar year. Each 411
employer shall retain such records for a period of three years and shall 412
allow the Labor Commissioner, with appropriate notice and at a 413
mutually agreeable time, access to such record in order to monitor 414
compliance with the requirements of this section. Failure by an 415
employer to retain adequate records documenting hours worked by an 416
employee and paid sick leave used by such employee or to allow 417
reasonable access to such records shall be a violation of this subsection. 418
(c) The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance 419
with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this 420
section and sections 31-57s to 31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act. 421
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
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