CT SB00106

Prohibits employers from engaging in "unfair immigration-related practices" against immigrant workers in retaliation for exercising wage and labor rights, including threatening to contact immigration authorities, filing false police reports, or improperly demanding additional employment verification documents

Creates a rebuttable presumption of retaliation if an employer engages in an unfair immigration-related practice within 90 days of an employee exercising their labor rights

Allows employees to file complaints with the Labor Commissioner within 180 days of a violation; penalties include civil fines of up to $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for subsequent violations, business license suspensions of up to 30 days (first) or 90 days (subsequent), and remedies such as reinstatement and back wages

Changes wage recovery in civil actions from permissive ("may") to mandatory ("shall"), requiring courts to award twice the full amount of unpaid minimum, overtime, or other owed wages, plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees

Provides a limited exception reducing the double damages to single damages if the employer demonstrates a good faith belief that the underpayment was in compliance with the law; effective date of October 1, 2015