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SB 831 Connecticut Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT CONCERNING ADVANCED NOTICE OF AN EMPLOYEE'S WORK SCHEDULE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.

SB 831 requires large employers (retail, hospitality, food service, or long-term care facilities with 500+ global employees) to provide advance notice of work schedules to specific employees, including retail workers, hospitality staff, and nursing assistants/ordinaries. Employers must give new hires a written schedule estimate before starting work and provide 14 days' notice for all scheduled shifts, with changes requiring written notice before shifts begin. Employees can decline unscheduled shifts without penalty, and employers must revise posted schedules within 24 hours of changes. The law applies only to defined large employers and excludes workers covered by federal minimum wage rules.
Issues: ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires 14-day written schedule notice for workers, protects scheduling rights, and allows employees to decline unscheduled shifts - directly advancing employment standards and worker predictability.90% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 28, 2025
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What changed between versions

Proposed Bill → Committee Bill · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised from a proposed version to a committee version, changing the legislative number and adding detailed definitions for key terms like 'employee' and 'employer.' The core purpose remains the same: requiring employers to provide advance notice of work schedules to certain workers in retail, food services, hospitality, and healthcare settings.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly defines which types of establishments and workers are covered, including specific employee counts and location thresholds for employers, and clarifies terms like 'on-call shift' and 'regular shift.'
DEFINITION

Added detailed definitions for 'employee,' 'employer,' 'food services establishment,' 'hospitality establishment,' 'long-term health care establishment,' 'nursing assistant,' 'orderly,' 'on-call shift,' 'regular shift,' 'regular rate,' 'retail establishment,' and 'work schedule' to clarify who and what the law applies to.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed employer eligibility criteria to require 500+ employees (or 30+ locations for food services) within the US or globally, and added a specific definition for 'franchisee' to clarify coverage.

REQUIREMENT

Added new requirements for employers to obtain a written availability statement from new employees and provide a good faith written estimate of anticipated work schedules before employment begins.

Added requirements that employers must provide written notice of schedule changes as soon as possible and revise posted schedules within 24 hours of making changes.

TIMELINE

Specified that work schedule notice must be provided no later than 14 days prior to the first date of any work schedule, with specific rules for new employees and schedule changes.

TECHNICAL

Removed the original 'Statement of Purpose' section and replaced it with formal statutory definitions and section numbering consistent with committee bill formatting.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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