Connecticut's daily record rule, in plain English
Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-53(j), enacted through Public Acts 26-12 and 26-68 (section 373). Effective October 1, 2026. Summary prepared September 2026 from the text of the act; citation confirmed with the Connecticut Department of Labor on September 29, 2026. Not legal advice.
Who has to do it
Each employer subject to the prevailing-wage statutes: C.G.S. 31-53 (public works), 31-53c (projects with DECD financial assistance), 31-53d(f) (covered renewable energy projects) and 31-54 (state highway work). That means the general contractor and every subcontractor with workers on the site. Under 31-53, prevailing wage applies when a public works project costs $1,000,000 or more for new construction, or $100,000 or more for remodeling, renovation or repair.
What goes on the record, every day
- The name and location of the project
- The current date
- The printed name or signature of each person doing the work of a mechanic, laborer or worker, and their trade license number where one applies
- Each person's arrival and departure time at the work site
What you do with it
Keep, maintain and preserve the records, and submit them weekly to the contracting agency (or to DECD, or to the developer of a covered project) by mail, email or another method the recipient accepts. The records are public records that anyone may inspect and copy.
Penalty
Failure to file the daily records is a class C misdemeanor. The employer may be fined up to $500, imprisoned for up to three months, or both.
Where the records go, and in what form
On September 29, 2026 the Connecticut Department of Labor confirmed to us that the contracting agencies, including the Department of Economic and Community Development, are the ones who receive the daily records, and that each agency sets its own requirements for how. The Department of Labor has no form or format of its own for this record. So the question to ask is not the state but your contracting agency: how does it want the weekly records (email, paper, a portal) and to which address. This sheet carries every field the statute lists; if your agency publishes a required form, we will match it.
Full text
(j) (1) Each employer subject to the provisions of this section, section 31-53c, subsection (f) of section 31-53d or section 31-54 shall complete a daily record of each person performing the work of any mechanic, laborer or worker at a work site. Such daily record shall include (A) the name and location of the project, (B) the current date, (C) the printed name or signature and, where applicable, the trade license number of each person performing the work of a mechanic, laborer or worker, and (D) the arrival and departure time to the work site of each person performing the work of a mechanic, laborer or worker.
(2) An employer shall (A) keep, maintain and preserve such daily records, and (B) submit such daily records weekly to the contracting agency or the Department of Economic and Community Development, pursuant to section 31-53c, or to the developer of a covered project, as defined in section 31-53d, as applicable, by mail, electronic mail or other method accepted by such agency, the Department of Economic and Community Development or such developer.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210, the daily records required pursuant to this subsection shall be considered a public record and every person shall have the right to inspect and copy such daily log or sign-in sheet in accordance with the provisions of section 1-212.
(4) Failure to file the daily records required pursuant to this subsection is a class C misdemeanor for which the employer may be fined up to five hundred dollars, imprisoned for up to three months, or both.
Source: text as printed in Public Act 26-68, section 373, page 605 of the PDF. Per the Connecticut Department of Labor (September 29, 2026), both Public Act 26-12 and Public Act 26-68 were involved in creating the requirement; the citation to use is C.G.S. 31-53(j).