Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation
Section 31-57g. - Employment protection for displaced service contract workers at Bradley International Airport. Definitions. Obligations of awarding authority and contractors upon termination of service contract; ninety-day retention requirement; re...

(a)(1) “Awarding authority” means any person, including a contractor or subcontractor, that awards or otherwise enters into a contract to perform food and beverage services at Bradley International Airport.

(2) “Contractor” means any person that enters into a service contract with the awarding authority and any subcontractors to such service contract at any tier who employs ten or more persons.
(3) “Employee” means any person engaged to perform services pursuant to a service contract, but does not include a person who is (A) a managerial, supervisory or confidential employee, including any person who would be so defined under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or (B) employed for less than fifteen hours per week.
(4) “Person” means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust association or other entity that may employ or enter into other contracts, including the state and its political subdivisions.
(5) “Service contract” means a contract for the performance of food and beverage services at Bradley International Airport, let by the awarding authority (A) after July 1, 2001, and before July 1, 2002, provided the successor contractor had actual knowledge of the pendency in the General Assembly of proposed legislation with content similar to this section, or (B) on or after July 1, 2002.
(6) “Successor service contract” means a service contract with the awarding authority under which substantially the same services to be performed have previously been rendered to the awarding authority as part of the same program or at the same facility under another service contract or have previously been rendered by the awarding authority's own employees.
(7) “Terminated contractor” means a contractor whose service contract expires without renewal or whose contract is terminated, and includes the awarding authority itself when work previously rendered by the awarding authority's own employees is the subject of a successor service contract.
(b) Each contractor and awarding authority that enters into a service contract to be performed at Bradley International Airport shall be subject to the following obligations:
(1) The awarding authority shall give advance notice to a contractor and the exclusive bargaining representative of any of the contractor's employees, of the termination or nonrenewal of such service contract and shall provide the contractor and the exclusive bargaining representative with the name, telephone number and address of the successor contractor or contractors, if known. The terminated contractor shall, not later than three days after receipt of such notice, provide the successor contractor with the name, date of hire and employment occupation classification of each person employed by the terminated contractor at the site or sites covered by the service contract as of the date the terminated contractor receives the notice of termination or nonrenewal.
(2) On the date the service contract terminates, the terminated contractor shall provide the successor contractor with updated information concerning the name, date of hire and employment occupation classification of each person employed by the terminated contractor at the site or sites covered by the service contract, to ensure that such information is current up to the actual date of service contract termination.
(3) If the awarding authority fails to notify the terminated contractor of the identity of the successor contractor, as required by subdivision (1) of this subsection, the terminated contractor shall provide the information described in subdivision (2) of this subsection to the awarding authority not later than three days after receiving notice that the service contract will be terminated. The awarding authority shall be responsible for providing such information to the successor contractor as soon as the successor contractor has been selected.
(4) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (D) of this subdivision, a successor contractor shall retain, for at least ninety days from the date of first performance of services under the successor service contract, all of the employees who were continuously employed by the terminated contractor at the site or sites covered by the service contract during the six-month period immediately preceding the termination or nonrenewal of such service contract, including any periods of layoff or leave with recall rights.
(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (D) of this subdivision, if the successor service contract is terminated prior to the expiration of such ninety-day period, then any contractor awarded a subsequent successor service contract shall be bound by the requirements set forth in this subsection to retain, for a new ninety-day period commencing with the onset of the subsequent successor service contract, all of the employees who were previously employed by any one or more of the terminated contractors at the site or sites covered by the service contract continuously during the six-month period immediately preceding the date of the most recently terminated service contract, including any periods of layoff or leave with recall rights.
(C) At least five days prior to the termination of a service contract, or at least fifteen days prior to the commencement of the first performance of service under a successor service contract, whichever is later, the successor contractor shall hand-deliver a written offer of employment in substantially the form set forth below to each such employee in such employee's native language or any other language in which such employee is fluent:
“IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR EMPLOYMENT
To: ....(Name of employee)
We have received information that you are employed by .... (name of predecessor contractor) and are currently performing work at .... (address of worksite) .... (name of predecessor contractor's) contract to perform .... (describe services under contract) at .... (address of worksite) will terminate as of .... (last day of predecessor contract) and it will no longer be providing those services as of that date.
We are .... (name of successor contractor) and have been hired to provide services similar to those of .... (name of predecessor contractor) at .... (address of worksite). We are offering you a job with us for a ninety-day probationary period starting .... (first day of successor contract) to perform the same type of work that you have already been doing for .... (name of predecessor contractor) under the following terms:
Payrate (per hour): $....
Hours per shift: ....
Total hours per week: ....
Benefits: ....
You must respond to this offer within the next ten days. If you want to continue working at .... (address of worksite) you must let us know by .... (no later than ten days after the date of this letter). If we do not receive your response by the end of business that day, we will not hire you and you will lose your job. We can be reached at .... (successor contractor telephone number).
Connecticut state law gives you the following rights:
1. You have the right with certain exceptions, to be hired by our company for the first ninety days that we begin to provide services at .... (address of worksite).
2. During this ninety-day period, you cannot be fired without just cause.
3. If you believe that you have been fired or laid off in violation of this law, you have the right to sue us and be awarded back pay, attorneys' fees and court costs.
From: .... (Name of successor contractor)
.... (Address of successor contractor)
.... (Telephone number of successor contractor)”
Each offer of employment shall state the time within which such employee must accept such offer but in no case shall that time be less than ten days from the date of the offer of employment.
(D) The provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision shall not be construed to require a successor contractor to retain any employee whose attendance and performance records, while working under the terminated service contract, would lead a reasonably prudent employer to terminate the employee.
(5) If at any time a successor contractor determines that fewer employees are required to perform the successor service contract than were required by the terminated contractor, the successor contractor shall be required to retain such employees by seniority within each job classification, based upon the employees' total length of service at the affected site or sites.
(6) During such ninety-day period, the successor contractor shall maintain a preferential hiring list of employees eligible for retention pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection, who were not initially retained by the successor contractor, from which the successor contractor shall hire additional employees, if necessary.
(7) Except as provided under subdivision (5) of this subsection, during such ninety-day period, the successor contractor shall not discharge without just cause an employee retained pursuant to this section. For purposes of this subdivision, “just cause” shall be determined solely by the performance or conduct of the particular employee.
(8) If the performance of an employee retained pursuant to this section is satisfactory during the ninety-day period, the successor contractor shall offer the employee continued employment under the terms and conditions established by the successor contractor, or as required by law.
(c) (1) An employee displaced or terminated in violation of this section, or such employee's collective bargaining representative, may bring an action in Superior Court against the awarding authority, the terminated contractor or the successor contractor, jointly or severally, to recover damages for any violation of the obligations imposed under this section.
(2) If the employee prevails in such action, the court may award the employee (A) back pay, including the value of benefits, for each day during which the violation continues, that shall be calculated at a rate of compensation not less than the higher of (i) the average regular rate of pay received by the employee during the last year of employment in the same job occupation classification, or, if the employee has been employed for less than one year, the average rate of pay for the employee's entire employment multiplied by the average number of hours worked per day over the last four months of employment preceding the date of the violation, or (ii) the final regular rate of pay received by the employee at the date of termination multiplied by the average number of hours worked per day over the last four months, and (B) reinstatement to the employee's former position at not less than the most recent rate of compensation received by the employee, including the value of any benefits.
(3) If the employee prevails in such action, the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney fees and costs.
(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit an employee's right to bring a common law cause of action for wrongful termination against the awarding authority, the terminated contractor or the successor contractor.
(d) Any awarding authority or contractor who knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall pay a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars per employee for each day the violation continues.
(P.A. 02-134, S. 1; P.A. 03-278, S. 90; P.A. 06-129, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 02-134 effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(1) and (2), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 06-129 amended Subsec. (c) to provide right of employee's collective bargaining representative to bring civil action for damages.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 31 - Labor

Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation

Section 31-12. - Hours of labor of minors in manufacturing or mechanical establishments.

Section 31-13. - Hours of labor of minors in mercantile establishments.

Section 31-13a. - Employer to furnish record of hours worked, wages earned and deductions. Employer to provide means to access and print electronically held records.

Section 31-13b. - Visible clock required as part of time card system.

Section 31-14. - Night work of minors regulated.

Section 31-15. - Penalty.

Section 31-15a. - Criminal penalty.

Section 31-16. - Night work in messenger service.

Section 31-17. - Hours of labor of minors and women in bowling alleys, shoe-shining establishments, billiard and pool rooms.

Section 31-18. - Hours of labor of minors in certain other establishments.

Section 31-19 and 31-20. - Employment of women between one a.m. and six a.m. Hours of women entertainers.

Section 31-21. - Legal day's work.

Section 31-22. - Labor Commissioner's duties of enforcement and reports.

Section 31-22m. (Formerly Sec. 31-51a). - Apprenticeship. Definitions.

Section 31-22n. (Formerly Sec. 31-51b). - Apprenticeship council.

Section 31-22o. (Formerly Sec. 31-51c). - Powers and duties of council.

Section 31-22p. (Formerly Sec. 31-51d). - Labor Commissioner's powers and duties.

Section 31-22q. (Formerly Sec. 31-51e). - Program of apprentice training. Informational campaign.

Section 31-22r. - Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors.

Section 31-22s. - Report re feasibility of on-line apprenticeship registration system.

Section 31-22t. (Formerly Sec. 31-51j). - Preclusion of apprentice training programs prohibited.

Section 31-22u. - Military training evaluation.

Section 31-22v. - Office of apprenticeship training. Internet web site.

Section 31-23. - Employment of minors prohibited in certain occupations. Exceptions.

Section 31-23a. - Minors employed on or after October 1, 2007, deemed to have been lawfully employed.

Section 31-24. - Hazardous employment of children forbidden.

Section 31-25. - Operation of elevators by minors.

Section 31-26 and 31-27. - Employment of women before and after confinement. Seats to be provided for female employees.

Section 31-28. - Registration of manufacturing and mechanical establishments.

Section 31-29. - Manufacturing license for residential buildings.

Section 31-30. - Home workers.

Section 31-31. - Records of home workers and materials.

Section 31-32. - Penalty.

Section 31-33. - Regulation of industrial home work.

Section 31-34. - Stained glass windows.

Section 31-35. - Lighting and sanitary condition of factories and roundhouses.

Section 31-36. - Toilet room required in foundries. Penalty.

Section 31-37. - Toilet accommodations in manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments and restaurants.

Section 31-38. - Toilet accommodations on tobacco plantations.

Section 31-38a and 31-38b. - Sanitary, lighting and heating facilities for railroad employees. Commissioner to enforce.

Section 31-39. - Employees in paper factory to be vaccinated.

Section 31-39a. - Operation of hydraulic loading and unloading equipment at resources recovery facilities.

Section 31-40. - Reporting serious accidents in establishments or work places under jurisdiction of Labor Commissioner.

Section 31-40aa. - Rehiring laid-off employees. Notice of available positions required. Offers of employment. Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Private right of action.

Section 31-40a and 31-40b. (Formerly Sec. 19-48). - Reports of occupational diseases and investigations concerning them. Employers required to provide lung function test to certain employees.

Section 31-40bb. - Access to public employee orientations and information by exclusive bargaining representative. Right to use electronic mail system, buildings and other facilities. Payroll deductions. Dispute proceedings. Prohibited practices.

Section 31-40c. - Information and notice requirements for employers using or producing carcinogens.

Section 31-40d. - Complaints of violations. Inspections. Discrimination prohibited.

Section 31-40e. - Order to comply. Citation. Hearing. Appeal.

Section 31-40f. - Penalties. Duties of Labor Commissioner. Private right of action.

Section 31-40g. - Information requirements for employers using or producing substances hazardous to reproductive systems.

Section 31-40h. - Sterilization as condition of employment prohibited.

Section 31-40i. - Enforcement. Private right of action.

Section 31-40j. - Definitions.

Section 31-40k. - Employee's right to information concerning toxic substances. Employer's list.

Section 31-40l. - Information requirements for employer using or producing toxic substances.

Section 31-40m. - Information requirements of supplier of toxic substances. Labor Department assistance.

Section 31-40n. - Trade secret protections. Registration with Labor Commissioner.

Section 31-40o. - Discrimination prohibited. Waiver of rights void.

Section 31-40p. - Severability.

Section 31-40q. - Prohibition on smoking and use of electronic nicotine and cannabis delivery systems and vapor products in the workplace.

Section 31-40r. - Regulations establishing guidelines for exemptions from nonsmoking area requirements.

Section 31-40s. - Smoking or use of tobacco products outside of the workplace.

Section 31-40t. - Employee's right to act in case of hazardous conditions. Complaints to and investigations by Labor Commissioner. Hearings. Regulations.

Section 31-40u. - Regulations establishing guidelines for use of video display terminals in state facilities.

Section 31-40v. - Establishment of safety and health committees by certain employers.

Section 31-40w. - Breastfeeding in the workplace.

Section 31-40x. - Employer inquiries re employee's or applicant's personal online accounts. Exceptions. Enforcement.

Section 31-40y. - Employer harassment of and discrimination against interns prohibited.

Section 31-40z. - Penalizing employees for discussion or disclosure of wage information prohibited. Enforcement.

Section 31-41. - Order to remove excessive dust.

Section 31-42. - Appliances for threading shuttles.

Section 31-43. - Public laundries; sanitation.

Section 31-44. - Penalty for violation of orders.

Section 31-45. - Emergency kits required in factories.

Section 31-45a. - Protection of feet.

Section 31-46 and 31-46a. - Safety regulations for workmen in building operations. Regulations for safe working conditions where no other provision; industrial safety committee.

Section 31-47. - Inspection of employee lodging houses.

Section 31-48. - Laborers not to be overcharged.

Section 31-48a. - Recruitment or referral of professional strikebreaker restricted.

Section 31-48b. - Use of electronic surveillance devices by employers limited. Prohibition on recording negotiations between employers and employees.

Section 31-48c. - Hiring of municipal police during labor dispute prohibited.

Section 31-48d. - Employers engaged in electronic monitoring required to give prior notice to employees. Exceptions. Civil penalty.

Section 31-49. - Care required of a master for his servant's safety.

Section 31-49e. - Paid family and medical leave. Definitions.

Section 31-49f. - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority established.

Section 31-49g. - Establishment and administration of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Employee contributions. Authority duties. Payments. Compensation. Spouses. Concurrent compensation. Reimbursement to General Fund.

Section 31-49h. - Implementation of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Written procedures. Paid Family and Medical Leave Authority. Board of directors. Requests for proposals.

Section 31-49i. - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund established.

Section 31-49j. - Duties of State Treasurer.

Section 31-49k. - State Treasurer. Investments.

Section 31-49l. - Board of directors. Responsibilities.

Section 31-49m. - Enrollment in program by self-employed individual or sole proprietor. Withdrawal from program.

Section 31-49n. - Public education campaign. Web site, web-based form, application or digital service.

Section 31-49o. - Private plans. Approval of. Conditions.

Section 31-49p. - Covered employees. Denial of compensation. Penalty. Appeals filed with Labor Commissioner. Court appeals.

Section 31-49q. - Written notice required of employer.

Section 31-49r. - Disqualification from program. Repayment of benefits. Wilful misrepresentation. Financial penalties. Health care providers. Medical certifications.

Section 31-49s. - Employer providing more expansive benefits.

Section 31-49t. - Authority's annual report.

Section 31-50. - Enforcement.

Section 31-50a. - Noncompete agreements: Security guards.

Section 31-50b. - Noncompete agreements: Broadcast employees.

Section 31-51. - Blacklisting.

Section 31-51aa. - Drug testing: Effect of collective bargaining agreement.

Section 31-51bb. - Right of employee to pursue cause of action.

Section 31-51cc to 31-51gg. - Family and medical leave: Definitions, length of leave, eligibility. Prohibition of discrimination. Regulations, report. Phase-in provisions. Report on establishment of state-wide job bank.

Section 31-51f. - Participation in Manpower Development and Training Act.

Section 31-51g. - Use of polygraph prohibited. Penalty. Exceptions.

Section 31-51h. - Employer not to cancel insurance coverage or cease making contributions to welfare fund of employee eligible to receive or receiving workers' compensation or sick leave payments. Employer accident report. Complaint. Hearing. Appeal.

Section 31-51hh. - Reimbursement by employee of any loss or shortage resulting from wrongdoing by a customer.

Section 31-51i. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Employer inquiries about erased criminal record prohibited. Discrimination on basis of erased criminal record, provisional pardon or certificate of rehabilitation prohibi...

Section 31-51ii. - Meal periods. Exemptions. Regulations.

Section 31-51jj. - Notice to employees of incoming emergency telephone calls.

Section 31-51k. - Employment of alien not entitled to residence.

Section 31-51kk. - Family and medical leave: Definitions.

Section 31-51l. - Leave of absence for certain public and private employees elected to public office.

Section 31-51ll. - Family and medical leave: Length of leave; eligibility; intermittent or reduced leave schedules; substitution of accrued paid leave; notice to employer.

Section 31-51m. - Protection of employee who discloses employer's illegal activities or unethical practices or reports a suspected incident of child abuse or neglect. Civil action.

Section 31-51mm. - Family and medical leave: Certification.

Section 31-51n. - Definitions.

Section 31-51nn. - Family and medical leave: Employment and benefits protection.

Section 31-51o. - Continuation of group health insurance for employees affected by relocation or closing of covered establishment. Exceptions.

Section 31-51oo. - Family and medical leave: Confidentiality of medical records and documents.

Section 31-51p. - Membership in health care center as part of health benefits plan.

Section 31-51pp. - Family and medical leave: Prohibited acts, complaints, rights and remedies.

Section 31-51q. - Liability of employer for discipline or discharge of employee on account of employee's exercise of certain constitutional rights or employee's refusal to attend employer-sponsored meeting or listen to speech relating to employer's o...

Section 31-51qq. - Family and medical leave: Regulations.

Section 31-51r. - Execution of employment promissory note prohibited.

Section 31-51rr. - Family and medical leave benefits for employees of political subdivisions.

Section 31-51s. - Notice to retired employees of sale of employer's business and effect on retirement benefits.

Section 31-51ss. - Leave from employment for victims of family violence. Action for damages and reinstatement.

Section 31-51t. - Drug testing: Definitions.

Section 31-51tt. - Employer inquiries about an employee's or prospective employee's credit. Exceptions. Enforcement.

Section 31-51u. - Drug testing: Requirements.

Section 31-51uu. - Optional exclusion of employee health insurance premiums from gross income.

Section 31-51v. - Drug testing: Prospective employees.

Section 31-51vv. - Employment of person coerced to engage in such employment prohibited.

Section 31-51w. - Drug testing: Observation prohibited. Privacy of results.

Section 31-51x. - Drug testing: Reasonable suspicion required. Random tests.

Section 31-51y. - Drug testing: Medical screenings, regulation of employees and testing of gaming participants permitted.

Section 31-51z. - Drug testing: Enforcement. Damages.

Section 31-51aaa. - Individual Development Account Reserve Fund: Use and administration.

Section 31-51bbb. - Account funds excluded in determination of eligibility for or benefit level of certain programs.

Section 31-51ccc. - Program evaluation. Report.

Section 31-51ddd. - Regulations.

Section 31-51eee. - Receipt of funds authorized.

Section 31-51fff. - Restrictions on funding expenditures to apply.

Section 31-51ww. - Individual development account programs: Definitions.

Section 31-51xx. - Connecticut IDA Initiative established. Implementation.

Section 31-51yy. - Eligibility. Duties of community-based organizations and financial institutions.

Section 31-51zz. - Individual Development Account Reserve Fund: Funds deposited in.

Section 31-52. - Preference to state citizens in construction of public buildings. Enforcement of violations.

Section 31-52a. - Residents' preference in work on other public facilities.

Section 31-52b. - Exceptions.

Section 31-53. - Construction, alteration or repair of public works project by state or political subdivision; wage rates; certified payroll. Penalties. Civil action. Exceptions.

Section 31-53a. - Distribution of accrued payments. Debarment list. Limitation on awarding contracts. Sworn affidavits required of subcontractors. Civil penalty. Right of action.

Section 31-53b. - Worker training requirements for public works projects. Enforcement. Regulations. Exceptions.

Section 31-53c. - Construction projects funded by the Department of Economic and Community Development; wage rates. Penalties.

Section 31-53d. - Renewable energy projects. Community benefits agreement. Workforce development program. Contractor sworn certification. Wages. Penalties. Exceptions.

Section 31-54. - Rate of wages for work on state highways.

Section 31-55. - Posting of wage rates by contractors doing state work.

Section 31-55a. - Annual adjustments to wage rates by contractors doing state work.

Section 31-56. - Hours of labor on state bridges.

Section 31-56a. - Definitions.

Section 31-56b. - Project labor agreements for public works projects.

Section 31-56c. - Use of project labor agreement re public school design-build contract.

Section 31-56d. - Severability.

Section 31-57. - Hours of labor on construction, alteration or repair of public works project.

Section 31-57a. - Awarding of contracts to National Labor Relations Act violators prohibited.

Section 31-57b. - Awarding of contracts to occupational safety and health law violators prohibited.

Section 31-57c. - Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in state public works contracts: Disqualification by Commissioner of Administrative Services; procedure; causes. Exception.

Section 31-57d. - Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in public works contracts with the state: Disqualification by Commissioner of Transportation; procedure; causes. Exception permitting disqualifie...

Section 31-57e. - Contracts between the state and federally recognized Indian tribes. Employment Rights Code; protection of persons employed by a tribe.

Section 31-57f. - Standard wage rate for certain service workers. Definitions. Standard rate required. Civil penalty. Complaints. Determination of standard rate by Labor Commissioner. Effect on employers bound by collective bargaining agreements. Rec...

Section 31-57g. - Employment protection for displaced service contract workers at Bradley International Airport. Definitions. Obligations of awarding authority and contractors upon termination of service contract; ninety-day retention requirement; re...

Section 31-57h. - Joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification. Members. Duties. Report.

Section 31-57i. - Employee Misclassification Advisory Board. Members. Duties.

Section 31-57aa. - Relocation of call center to foreign country. Notice to commissioner. Penalty. Annual list. Ineligibility for state financial support. State contracts.

Section 31-57r. - Definitions.

Section 31-57s. - Employer requirement to provide sick leave to service workers. Use of leave. Employer compliance. Rate of pay during leave.

Section 31-57t. - Permitted uses for sick leave.

Section 31-57u. - Additional leave. Donation of unused leave. Breaks in service.

Section 31-57v. - Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Filing of complaint with Labor Commissioner. Hearing. Penalties.

Section 31-57w. - Notice to service workers of sick leave requirements. Regulations.

Section 31-57x. - Paid family and medical leave program. Implementation plan. Report.

Section 31-57y. - Unpaid time off for purposes of voting at an election.

Section 31-57z. - Education assistance programs. Notice to employees.