Connecticut's October 1 work-time amendment explicitly includes employer-required security screening. The legislature's official business-and-jobs report identifies section 201 of Public Act 26-68 as the change to the state overtime-law definition of hours worked.
The report says the existing definition includes time an employee must remain on employer premises, including waiting when no work is provided. The addition makes a recurring before- or after-shift activity explicit. A scheduled shift may not describe all relevant time.
The change addresses required checks, not every voluntary delay, commute or unrelated visit. The summary does not calculate an individual award. Coverage, actual required time and applicable wage rules are needed to determine additional wages or overtime.
Preserve clock records and screening instructions and record when required queues begin and end. Compare that evidence with recorded hours rather than assume an estimated wait multiplied across weeks is already payable. This effective-date story is grounded in the legislature's official account, not a new lawsuit or a guarantee of back pay for every historical screening.