Connecticut recently enacted a pay transparency law requiring employers to include a pay range and general description of benefits in all job postings. This is Connecticut’s first significant step to expand pay-related protections for job applicants since the state’s 2021 pay equity law, which required disclosure of a wage range to applicants and employees only upon request. Now, all Connecticut employers will be required to disclose pay ranges and include a general description of benefits in their job postings. The pay transparency law will take effect on October 1, 2026.
Connecticut’s new law applies to all employers, large and small. The pay transparency requirements apply to any jobs located in Connecticut as well as jobs performed outside Connecticut that require the employee to report directly to a supervisor, office or other worksite in Connecticut.
Covered employers must disclose in their postings for new jobs the range of wages they expect to pay, and a general description of benefits or other compensation for the position. This could include health insurance, retirement plans, bonuses, fringe benefits or other financial perks that come with the position.
The wage range must be the employer’s good faith estimate. But it should be based on an applicable pay scale, the previously determined range for the position, the actual range of others holding equivalent positions...
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