CT SB01091

Employers subject to unemployment compensation laws must submit quarterly wage information including employee names, Social Security numbers, wages, occupation, hours worked, and employer business mailing address zip code.

Starting in Q3 2026, employers may voluntarily include additional employee demographic data (gender identity, age, race, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, education level, home address, work site address, employment dates) in quarterly filings, with smaller employers without electronic payroll systems having until Q3 2028 to comply.

Employers must submit wage information electronically unless granted a waiver for undue hardship, and face a $25 late filing fee for untimely submissions.

Employee demographic data provided to the administrator is not a public record and cannot be disclosed under Freedom of Information Act; data may only be shared with other state agencies, federal government, or non-governmental organizations under executed data sharing agreements.

Data sharing agreements must include protections limiting data use to authorized purposes, restricting access to specified individuals, prohibiting sharing with immigration enforcement agencies without judicial warrant, and requiring secure storage and breach notification procedures.