Connecticut public jobs need a daily sign-in record from October 1, 2026
A new state law makes every contractor and subcontractor on a prevailing-wage project keep a daily record of who was on site, with arrival and departure times, and send those records to the contracting agency every week. Here is a free sheet that has every field the law asks for.
No sign-up. Print it, photocopy it, put it on a clipboard at the gate.
What the sheet looks like
One page per day. Print it blank, or type your project once and every page of the week carries it.
Who
Every employer on a project covered by C.G.S. 31-53 (public works of $1,000,000 or more new, $100,000 or more renovation), 31-53c (DECD-funded), 31-53d(f) (renewable energy) or 31-54 (state highways). General contractors and subs alike.
What
Each day: project name and location, the date, each worker's printed name or signature, trade license number where one applies, and arrival and departure time.
Then
Keep the records and submit them weekly to the contracting agency by mail, email or another method it accepts. Failure to file is a class C misdemeanor: a fine of up to $500, imprisonment for up to three months, or both.
How the daily record works
The top row is your part, the middle row is what Gatesheet gives you, and the bottom row is the contracting agency. Start at step 1 and follow the arrows.Five steps. The label on each one says who does it.
- YouPrint the sheetOne page per day with every field the law lists. No sign-up.
- YouSign in at the gateEach worker: name or signature, trade license number, time in and time out.
- GatesheetWeekly cover sheetFriday: the week's sheets behind one cover page per project.
- YouSend to the agencyEmail or mail, whichever the contracting agency accepts. Keep the receipt.
- YouKeep the recordIt is a public record. Not filing is a class C misdemeanor.
Your part
- A clipboard at the gate, every working day.
- One email or envelope to the agency each week. Keep the receipt.
Planned (early access)
- Workers tap in and out on their own phone.
- The weekly PDF goes to the agency by email, with a delivery receipt.
What the act says
"Each employer ... shall complete a daily record of each person performing the work of any mechanic, laborer or worker at a work site."
Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-53(j), enacted through Public Acts 26-12 and 26-68 (section 373). Plain-English summary with the full text.
Planned: no clipboard, no scanning, no Friday scramble
We build this once enough Connecticut contractors ask for it. Join the early-access list below and we will email you when it is ready to try. Until then, the free sheet above has every field the law asks for.
- Workers scan a QR code at the gate and tap in and out on their own phone. No app to install. A foreman can enter the whole crew instead.
- Names and trade license numbers are remembered after the first day.
- Every week the records for each project go to the contracting agency as one PDF, by email, with a delivery receipt you can show an inspector.
- General contractors see which subs have filed and which have not.
Solo
$39/month
- 2 active projects
Contractor
$79/month
- Unlimited projects
GC
$149/month
- Sub roll-up and filing status
Planned prices. Early-access firms get the first two months free.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island already requires a certified prevailing-wage daily log, kept on site, on public works contracts of $1,000,000 or more (R.I. Gen. Laws 37-13-13; road, highway and bridge work excepted). It has to be on the Department of Labor and Training form, so use the official one: DLT prevailing wage forms (Certified Prevailing Wage Daily Log, revised January 1, 2026). The automated version will fill that form from the same sign-ins. Tell us on the early-access form if you work in Rhode Island.