Sec. 31-62-C2. Wage order for women and minors

(a) Rate. The minimum wage rate shall be the minimum fair wage established by subsection (j) of section 31-58 of the Connecticut General Statutes per hour.

(b) Overtime. Time and one-half the regular rate shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of forty weekly.

(c) Minimum daily earnings guaranteed. Any employee regularly reporting or called for work in any day shall be assured a minimum of four hours' earnings and shall be paid the minimum rate or his regular rate, whichever is higher, if the employee is able and willing to work for that length of time. Payment shall be made even though no work is provided by the employer, except when there is a suspension of operations due to breakdown or an act of God.

(d) Divided employment. Where a person is engaged in operations incidental to cleaning and dyeing and is also engaged in duties other than cleaning and dyeing and when the work time records are not separated, the higher rate shall prevail.

(e) Deductions. No deductions shall be made from the minimum wage rates except those required or authorized by law, and except deductions made by the employer for the purpose of paying the employee's premium in an individual or group life insurance policy or a hospitalization policy. Deductions for such premiums shall not be made without the written consent of the employee. Such written consent shall be kept on file and subject to review by the labor department.

(f) Piece work and commissions. Each employee who is paid on a piece work, commission or other basis shall receive not less than the minimum fair wage for the first forty hours worked each week and not less than one and one-half time minimum rate or one and one-half the regular hourly rate, whichever is higher for all hours worked in excess of forty per week. Regular hourly rate is computed by adding together the employee's total weekly earnings from piece rates or commissions and all other incentive wage allowances and any sums paid for waiting time or other hours worked and then dividing this sum by the number of hours in the week for which compensation was paid to yield the pieceworkers' or commission workers' "regular rate" for that week.

(Effective August 8, 1972; Amended January 4, 2001)