State Comptroller Sean Scanlon announced legislation on Monday that would target companies that are under investigation for wage theft by empowering his office to cut off payments for state contracts. The bill would create a system in which the comptroller would be notified when a company with state contracts comes under investigation for violating wage law. The comptroller could then choose to stop payments for that project until an investigation has been completed and penalties are finalized. Scanlon was joined by Rep. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, who co-chairs the Labor and Public Employees Committee, Rep. Darrell Wilson, D-Norwich, Sen. Jorge Cabrera, D-Hamden, Sen. Joe Toner, executive director of the Connecticut State Building Trades Council, and Kimberly Glassman, the director of the Foundation for Fair Contracting.
