Last Updated: November 10, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Annual Adjusted 2009 Prevailing Wage Rates are now available!

• Announcing Public Act 09-183  "An Act Concerning the Standard Wage Rates for Certain Connecticut Workers" (including definitions of Light Cleaner and Heavy Cleaner.)

• Connecticut's minimum wage is $8.00 per hour.  January 1, 2010 Connecticut's minimum wage will increase to $8.25 per hour.

   

WEB SITE CONTENTS

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

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

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

• Working Conditions - workplace laws, ELAWS, high-risk occupations listing.

• Employment of Minors - laws and information regarding minors.

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

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

• Standard Wage Rates - service rates, reference guide, payroll certification, wage request forms.

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

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

• Stop Work Orders - 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.