Getting Paid
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71b — weekly or every two weeks, and twice the wages in a suit when they are not paid
Each employer pays all wages due each employee weekly or once every two weeks, on a regular pay day designated in advance, by cash, check, direct deposit at the employee's request, or a payroll card meeting the rules for one.
Who handles this in Connecticut: CT Department of Labor, Wage and Workplace Standards Division; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Connecticut directory.
- The pay period paid on a regular pay day ends not more than eight days before that pay day.
- When the pay day falls on a day off, payment is made on the work day before.
An employee whose wages are not paid as the wage statutes require recovers in a civil action twice the full amount, with costs and reasonable attorney's fees, or the full amount where the employer shows a good faith belief that the underpayment was lawful. An agreement to be paid some other way is no defense, and the Labor Commissioner may collect the wages too.
That recovery section, as quoted here, is in force until 1 January 2027, when an act passed this year replaces it.
Sources for this section (2)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71b — Payment of wages. Electronic direct deposit of wages for state employees. Exemptions
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-72 — Civil action to collect wage claim, fringe benefit claim or arbitration award
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Connecticut attorney.