CT wage statement: per-paystub disclosures, 3-year retention.
Connecticut requires per-paystub wage disclosures under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-13a: hours worked, rate of pay, gross wages, itemized deductions, net wages, and pay period covered. PSL balance and usage must also be disclosed for covered employers. Records must be retained for 3 years. Beyond the statutory specifics, wage records are the audit foundation for proving the narrow good-faith defense to double damages — without records, employers cannot establish the documented compliance investigation that § 31-72 requires.
Wage Statement Generation + 3-Year Records
Generates compliant per-paystub statements with all required disclosures. Maintains 3-year wage records for audit. Records form the documentation foundation for narrow good-faith defense.
What those rules do at every payroll close.
The hero card configuration: Block on missing disclosures, Flag on retention.
Every payroll close generates wage statements with all required disclosures: hours worked, rate of pay, gross wages, itemized deductions, net wages, pay period, PSL balance and usage. Missing disclosures block payroll close.
Wage records are retained for 3 years per Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-13a. Records include time records, payroll, deductions, and supporting documentation. Records support the narrow good-faith defense to double damages.
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Per-paystub disclosures, 3-year retention, audit-ready.
Records are the audit foundation for both routine compliance and litigation defense. Without records, the narrow good-faith defense to double damages is structurally unavailable.
Required per-paystub disclosures
Each pay statement must include: (1) hours worked — total hours; (2) rate of pay — hourly rate or salary basis; (3) gross wages — total earnings before deductions, with straight time and overtime as SEPARATE entries; (4) itemized deductions — each deduction listed separately (taxes, garnishments, benefits contributions, etc.); (5) net wages — take-home amount; (6) pay period — start and end dates of the period; (7) PSL balance and usage — for covered employers, current accrued PSL balance and usage during the pay period.
Retention requirement: 3 years
All wage records must be retained for 3 years from the end of the pay period. Records include: time records (hours worked, schedule); payroll records (gross, deductions, net); supporting documentation (commission agreements, tip credit attestations, exemption duties analyses, classification decisions). The 3-year retention aligns with the willful violation extended SOL under § 31-72.
Teambridge generates compliant statements, retains records, and supports good-faith defense.
Records are operationally lower-stakes than the active wage compliance work — but litigation-stakes essential when the narrow good-faith defense to § 31-72 needs to be established.
All required disclosures included.
Every payroll close generates statements with all required disclosures: hours, rate, gross, deductions itemized, net, pay period, PSL balance and usage.
Records preserved with audit trail.
All wage records retained for 3 years. Records include time, payroll, deductions, supporting documentation. Retention aligns with willful violation extended SOL.
Compliance investigation captured.
Decisions involving legal interpretation (classification, regular rate, tip credit) capture the supporting compliance investigation. Documentation supports the narrow good-faith defense if challenged.
CT DOL inspection package.
On CT DOL audit notice, complete records export is generated: time records, payroll, classification documentation, attestations, policies, compliance investigations.
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