Any employer or any officer or agent of an employer or any other person authorized by an employer to pay wages who violates any provision of this part: (1) Shall be guilty of a class D felony, except that such employer, officer or agent shall be fined not less than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is more than two thousand dollars; (2) may be fined not less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is more than one thousand dollars but not more than two thousand dollars; (3) may be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is more than five hundred but not more than one thousand dollars; or (4) may be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both, for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an employee is five hundred dollars or less.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 7; P.A. 78-358, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-392, S. 4; P.A. 13-258, S. 98.)
History: P.A. 78-358 made imposition of penalty optional rather than mandatory, substituting “may” for “shall”, imposed minimum fine of $200 and raised maximum fine from $200 to $1,000; P.A. 93-392 increased the maximum penalty for violating the state's wage laws from $1,000 and 30 days to $5,000 and five years, and to allow for the imposition of varying fines and prison terms based on the amount of wages owed by an employer; P.A. 13-258 substituted provision re class D felony for provision re imprisonment of not more than 5 years in Subdiv. (1) and made technical changes.
Cited. 212 C. 294. Structural relationship to Sec. 31-72 discussed. 243 C. 454.
Cited. 36 CA 29; 37 CA 379.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Section 31-58a. - Minimum wage for minors in government or agricultural employment.
Section 31-59. - Investigation.
Section 31-60. - Payment of less than minimum or overtime wage. Regulations.
Section 31-61 and 31-62. - Wage board. Report and regulations.
Section 31-63. - Orders and appeal.
Section 31-64 and 31-65. - Reconsideration of wage rates. Modification of orders.
Section 31-66. - Employers' records. Orders to be posted.
Section 31-67. - Exception for person with impaired capacity.
Section 31-68a. - Enforcement of chapter.
Section 31-68b. - Reciprocal agreements.
Section 31-69a. - Additional penalty.
Section 31-69b. - Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action.
Section 31-70. - Withholding wages.
Section 31-71. - Weekly payment of wages; how paid when employment ends.
Section 31-71a. - Payment of wages: Definitions.
Section 31-71c. - Payment of wages on termination of employment.
Section 31-71d. - Payment where wages disputed.
Section 31-71e. - Withholding of part of wages.
Section 31-71f. - Employer to furnish employee certain information.
Section 31-71h. - Regulations.
Section 31-71i. - Waiver of payment schedule requirement.
Section 31-71j. - Automatic enrollment retirement plans.
Section 31-71k. - Payment of wages by payroll cards. Study of payroll card usage. Regulations.
Section 31-71l. - Domestic workers education and training grants program.
Section 31-72. - Civil action to collect wage claim, fringe benefit claim or arbitration award.
Section 31-73. - Refund of wages for furnishing employment.
Section 31-74. - Wages not to be scaled.
Section 31-74a. - Computation and payment of vacation pay.
Section 31-76b. - Overtime pay: Definitions.
Section 31-76c. - Length of workweek.
Section 31-76d. - Workweek for certain establishments.
Section 31-76e. - Maximum workweek under contract or collective bargaining agreement.
Section 31-76f. - Piece rates; two or more kinds of work.
Section 31-76g. - Crediting of certain extra compensation.
Section 31-76h. - Hospital employees.
Section 31-76j. - Prior wage orders and regulations.
Section 31-76k. - Payment of fringe benefits upon termination of employment.
Section 31-76l. - Regulations.
Section 31-76m. - Remission of portion of fine or civil penalty to municipality.
Section 31-76n. - Connecticut Low Wage Employer Advisory Board. Duties. Members. Report.
Section 31-76o. - Civil action to collect past due payments to employee welfare fund.