On March 3, 2026, Governor Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill (SB) 298 into law, ushering in significant new standards applicable to warehouse workers and logistics operations in Connecticut.

Quick Hits

• Connecticut has established new workplace standards for large warehouse and distribution center employers, including requirements to provide written notice of performance quotas, maintain work speed data records for three years, and protect covered nonexempt employees from adverse action for exercising their rights under the law.
• The law applies to employers with 250 or more employees at a single Connecticut warehouse distribution center or with 1,000 or more employees across multiple such centers.
• August 1, 2026, is the deadline for providing written quota descriptions to current employees.

The new law goes into effect July 1, 2026, making Connecticut the first state in New England to enact such standards.

Tucked inside of Senate Bill 298’s sweeping provisions are new notice and recordkeeping requirements and protections applicable to certain warehouse and distribution center workers in Connecticut.

Covered Entities

An employer under the law includes any individual, or any legal or commercial entity, that directly or indirectly, at any time in the prior twelve months: (a) employs or exercises control over the wages, hours, or working conditions of 250 or more employees at a single warehouse distribution center in Connecticut; or (b) 1,000 or more employees at one or more...

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