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There is not a comparable act or regulation for the State of Connecticut. Connecticut incorporates the Act into construction contracts when Federal funds are involved.
A typical contract statement might read: (6) Where federal financial assistance is to be provided in the implementation of a community development program, all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on construction or rehabilitation work, except as provided under section 110 of said Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, and part III of chapter 557 and part I of chapter 558, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction within the locality, as determined by the United States sec_retary of Labor under the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act, as from time to time amended, 40 USC, sections 276a to 276a-5, inclusive, [or by the Labor Commissioner under section 31-53,] and all such persons shall receive overtime compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, 40 USC, sections 327 to 332, inclusive, and section 31-60, as amended, or where no such federal financial assistance is to be provided, then compliance with part III of chapter 557 and part I of chapter 558 shall be required.
Summary of Federal Act
The "Anti-Kickback" section of the Copeland Act applies to all contractors and subcontractors performing on any federally funded or assisted contract for the construction, prosec_ution, completion or repair of any public building or public work, except contracts for which the only federal assistance is a loan guarantee. This provision applies even where no labor standards statute covers the contract.
The regulations pertaining to Copeland Act payroll deductions and submittal of the weekly statement of compliance apply only to contractors and subcontractors performing on federally funded contracts in excess of $2,000 and federally-assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 that are subject to federal wage standards.
The "Anti-Kickback" section of the Act precludes a contractor or subcontractor from in any way inducing an employee to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled under his or her contract of employment. The Act and implementing regulations require a contractor and subcontractor to submit a weekly statement of the wages paid to each employee performing on covered work during the preceding payroll period. The regulations also list payroll deductions that are permissible without the approval of the sec_retary of Labor and those deductions that require consent of the sec_retary of Labor.
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Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor
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