Connecticut SB 92: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF WAREHOUSE WORKERS.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 92
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 183

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
Request of the Governor Pursuant
to Joint Rule 9

AN ACT ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR
WAREHOUSE WORKERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) As used in this section and 1
sections 2 to 9, inclusive, of this act: 2
(1) "Employee" means an individual who is employed at a warehouse 3
distribution center and who is not exempt from the minimum wage and 4
overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as 5
amended from time to time. "Employee" does not include a driver or 6
courier traveling to or from a warehouse distribution center; 7
(2) "Employer" means an individual, corporation, partnership, 8
limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability 9
company, business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, agency, 10
instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity, whether 11
domestic or foreign, that directly or indirectly, or through an agent or 12
any other person, including through the services of a third-party 13
employer, temporary services, staffing agency, independent contractor 14

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or any similar entity, at any time in the prior twelve months, employs 15
or exercises control over the wages, hours or working conditions of two 16
hundred fifty or more employees at a single warehouse distribution 17
center in the state or one thousand or more employees at one or more 18
warehouse distribution centers in the state; 19
(3) "Quota" means a work performance standard under which an 20
employee is assigned or required to perform at a specified productivity 21
speed or a quantified number of tasks or to handle or produce a 22
quantified amount of material within a defined time period and under 23
which the employee may suffer an adverse employment action if the 24
employee fails to complete or meet such work performance standard; 25
(4) "Work speed data" means information an employer collects, 26
stores, analyzes or interprets relating to an individual employee's 27
performance of a quota, including, but not limited to, quantities of tasks 28
performed, quantities of items or materials handled or produced, rates 29
or speeds of tasks performed, measurements or metrics of employee 30
performance in relation to a quota and time categorized as performing 31
tasks or not performing tasks. "Work speed data" does not include wage 32
statements or data an employer collects, stores, analyzes or interprets 33
that does not relate to the performance of a quota, except for any content 34
of such records that includes work speed data; and 35
(5) "Warehouse distribution center" means an establishment as 36
defined by any of the following North American Industry Classification 37
System Codes, however such establishment is denominated: (A) 493110 38
for General Warehousing and Storage; (B) 423 for Merchant 39
Wholesalers, Durable Goods; (C) 424 for Merchant Wholesalers, 40
Nondurable Goods; (D) 454110 for Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order 41
Houses; or (E) 492110 for Couriers and Express Delivery Services. 42
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) On and after July 1, 2027, 43
an employer shall provide to each employee a written description of 44
each quota to which such employee is subject, including any potential 45

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adverse employment action that may result from a failure to satisfy such 46
quota. Such written description shall be provided to an employer's 47
current employees not later than August 1, 2027. For employees hired 48
after August 1, 2027, such written description shall be provided to the 49
employee upon hire. 50
(b) Whenever an employer makes a change to an existing quota for 51
an employee that results in a new quota for such employee, an employer 52
shall: 53
(1) Notify the employee of such change as soon as possible, either 54
verbally or in writing, and prior to the effective date of such new quota; 55
and 56
(2) Provide the employee with a written description of the new quota 57
to which such employee is subject not later than two business days after 58
the change is made. 59
(c) Any written description required pursuant to this section shall be 60
provided directly to an employee by a manager during such employee's 61
work hours. 62
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) On and after July 1, 2027, 63
no quota shall (1) prevent compliance with the provisions of section 31-64
51ii of the general statutes concerning meal periods, or (2) interfere with 65
an employee's use of the bathroom facilities, including reasonable travel 66
time to and from the bathroom facilities. 67
(b) Paid and unpaid breaks shall not be considered productive time 68
for the purposes of any quota or an employee