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Connecticut Employers With 100+ Workers Must Create a Pay Code Guide

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Last Updated: September 11, 2026

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Effective Oct. 1, 2026, Public Act 26-12 will require Connecticut employers with 100 or more employees to create a guide explaining their overtime and commonly used pay-differential codes, such as shift, on-call, hazard, call-back, holiday, weekend and geographic pay.

Where applicable, the guide must include at least 10 pay codes and be updated when a new overtime or pay-differential code is added.

It must also list a contact for disputes over hours or pay-differential calculations.

Employers with a website must post the guide in English, Spanish and other languages commonly spoken by employees.

At hire, employers must provide the guide’s web address or a written copy in English and the employee’s primary language. The web address must also appear on each record of hours provided to employees.

The act doesn’t require employers to create a website or new pay codes. A third-party payroll compliance provision also applies.

More info: Public Act 26-12

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