A Guide to Connecticut's Wage & Workplace Standards and its Laws

• Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Law
• Connecticut's minimum wage is $8.25 per hour as of January 1, 2010.

• The Annual Adjusted 2012 Prevailing Wage Rates are now available!

WEB SITE CONTENTS

• Employment of Minors - laws and information regarding minors.

• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - laws, decisions, information, and forms regarding FMLA.

• File a Wage Complaint - instructions, information, and forms to file a wage complaint.

• Forms - all workplace standards forms available on our web site.

• General Information - FAQs, employee record retention, posters and guidebooks, debarment list.

• Joint Enforcement Commission for Worker Misclassification

• Prevailing Wage Information - annual rates, bid package, payroll certification, rate schedules issued, prevailing wage rates requested.

• Professional Employer Organizations - information for any person engaged in the business of providing professional employer services.

• Registrations for Employer Fee Agencies

• Standard Wage Rates - service rates, reference guide, payroll certification, wage request forms.
  NOTE: As of July 1, 2013 security services will be covered under 31-57f. Please refer to the Department of Administrative Services for contract information.

  • Fringe Benefit Calculation Chart - assists contractors in calculating certain fringe benefits.

• Stop Work Orders (PDF, 351KB) - these are issued to employers who knowingly misrepresent employees as independent contractors or provide false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company on the number of employees for the purpose of paying a lower premium.

• Wage and Hour Information - laws, exempt/non-exempt employees, gratuities in the restaurant industry, and other pertinent information.

• Workplace Standards - workplace laws, ELAWS, high-risk occupations listing.