Connecticut Governor Lamont Signs HB 5003

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Laborers’ Under the Dome
May 15, 2026

At a ceremony Monday in Hartford, Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 5003 a huge, omnibus labor bill, into law. Included in the bill’s 75 sections are measures important to LIUNA members, such as requiring contractors and subcontractors to submit daily site logs on public works projects, ensuring apprentices are paid full benefits on prevailing wage jobs, making contractors liable for wages owed by a subcontractor, and establishing new protections for operators of cranes and hoisting equipment.

“I am proud that Connecticut is a state that stands by its workforce to defend workers against labor violations and ensure that they are treated fairly, and this legislation extends those protections to include a number of commonsense safeguards on behalf of those who keep our state and our economy running,” Governor Lamont said.

Connecticut Laborers’ District Council
Keith R. Brothers, Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer

(Laborers’ Under the Dome 5-15-26)

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General contractor also found responsible for unpaid wages under contractor liability law that went into effect in 2018 (CA)

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LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/

The Labor Commissioner’s Office has issued citations totaling $597,933 in unpaid wages and penalties to Universal Structural Building Corp. of Chatsworth after 62 construction workers were never paid for weeks of work on two projects in Hollywood and Ventura. J.H McCormick Inc., a general contractor for one project, was named jointly and severally responsible for $68,657 of the citations pursuant to a section of the labor code added last year by Assembly Bill 1701 that holds general contractors liable for their subcontractor’s wage theft violations.

“Up-the-chain general contractors are now responsible for wage theft committed by their subcontractors on all construction projects in the state,” said California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su. “General contractors who choose subcontractors that do not pay wages owed will pay a hefty price. The Labor Commissioner’s Office will use all the tools at its disposal to return these stolen wages – including the placement of liens on these properties which will have a hold until the labor these workers poured into these projects is paid for in full.”

The Labor Commissioner’s Office has filed a civil action with the Los Angeles Superior Court against J.H McCormick to help secure funds to pay back wages.

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