Wages (Chapter 558) or Employment Regulation, State Contracts (Part III of Chapter 557)
Connecticut General Statutes Section 31-69b(a) provides that “[a]n employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed a claim or instituted or caused to be instituted any investigation or proceeding under part III of chapter 557 or this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by part III of chapter 557 or this chapter.”
NOTE: If you wish to file a complaint for unpaid wages, payment at less than minimum wage, unpaid overtime or other matters relating to wages or workplace standards, please file a complaint with our Wage and Workplace Standards Division. Complaints filed with the Legal Division are regarding retaliation.