Connecticut § 2-12 Bonus to employees of General Assembly prohibited. Overtime and meritorious service payments permitted.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 2-12 — Bonus to employees of General Assembly prohibited. Overtime and meritorious service payments permitted.

Connecticut § 2-12

Title 2General Assembly and Legislative Agencies

Ch. 16General Assembly

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 2-12 (2026).

Text

No bonus, gratuity or extra payment of any sort over and above the amount agreed upon as the salary or wage for each employee at the time of hiring or thereafter shall be voted or paid to any employee of the General Assembly or of either house thereof from public funds. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit (1) the payment of extra or overtime pay for extra or overtime work in accordance with a regularly established policy of any department, or (2) the award of specified annual lump sum payments for meritorious service, in accordance with an incentive plan established by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management or any subcommittee of said committee having cognizance of matters relating to personnel policies and based on annual performance appraisals made by office direct

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No bonus, gratuity or extra payment of any sort over and above the amount agreed upon as the salary or wage for each employee at the time of hiring or thereafter shall be voted or paid to any employee of the General Assembly or of either house thereof from public funds. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit (1) the payment of extra or overtime pay for extra or overtime work in accordance with a regularly established policy of any department, or (2) the award of specified annual lump sum payments for meritorious service, in accordance with an incentive plan established by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management or any subcommittee of said committee having cognizance of matters relating to personnel policies and based on annual performance appraisals made by office directors, or their designees, to nonpartisan employees of the General Assembly whose salaries equal the maximum salary for their job classification under the compensation plan for nonpartisan employees of the General Assembly. The amount of any such lump sum payment shall not be deemed an increase in salary.

Legislative History

(June, 1955, S. 17d; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 18.) History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 made a technical change and inserted Subdiv. (1) designator and new Subdiv. (2) re award of specified annual lump sum payments for meritorious service, effective October 6, 2007.