2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor
Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation
Section 31-57 - Hours of labor on construction, alteration or repair of public works project.
Each contract entered into by the Commissioner of Construction Services for the construction, alteration or repair of any public works project shall contain a provision to the effect that no person shall be employed to work or be permitted to work more than eight hours in any day or more than forty hours in any week on any work provided for in such contract. The operation of such limitation of hours of work may be suspended during an emergency, upon the approval of the Commissioner of Construction Services.
(1949 Rev., S. 7373; 1963, P.A. 240, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 87-496, S. 98, 110; P.A. 11-51, S. 90.)
History: 1963 act substituted “public works project” for “public building” and added reference to alterations; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011.
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