Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-70 (2026)
Withholding wages
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Any person who or corporation which withholds any part of the wages of any person, because of any agreement expressed or implied requiring notice before leaving the employment, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 7360.)
Statute does not apply when it is agreed that reciprocal notice shall be given. 58 C. 104.
Never been construed as prohibiting assignment of wages. 15 CS 37.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1988–2013 · leading case: Lopez v. Burris Logistics Co., 952 F. Supp. 2d 396 (D. Conn. 2013).
Lopez v. Burris Logistics Co., 952 F. Supp. 2d 396 (D. Conn. 2013). “Under the present circumstances,- the Court is persuaded by the Felekey and Donahue opinions that Plaintiffs’ wrongful discharge claims, to the extent that they are based on an underlying public policy against wage violations, are precluded by the available statutory remedy of…”
Shortt v. New Milford Police Dep't, 547 A.2d 107 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988). “The employee’s rights under these statutory provisions are not- preempted by collective bargaining agreements. The plaintiff’s statutory right, under General Statutes § 31-72, to bring a separate civil action to collect wages allegedly due him was not foreclosed by his prior…”
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