Any state employee, except an employee who has been designated managerial, who is assigned, by the employee's appointing authority, duties and responsibilities of a job classification higher than the class in which the employee is placed, which assignment has been approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, and who works in such assignment on a continuous basis for a period of more than sixty working days, shall be compensated for such time in excess of sixty days at a rate in the higher class which shall not be less than one step in that class above the employee's existing rate of pay. Service in a higher classification under this section shall not constitute permanent status in such class.(1967, P.A. 657, S. 18; P.A. 73-225; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 3, 10; P.A. 00-68, S. 7.)History: P.A. 73-225 reworded section to require personnel commissioner's approval for assignment rather than approval for payment at higher classification; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231 excluded managerial employees from provisions of section and replaced commissioner with director of personnel and labor ersonnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231 excluded managerial employees from provisions of section and replaced commissioner with director of personnel and labor relations; P.A. 00-68 substituted 'Commissioner of Administrative Services' for 'Director of Personnel and Labor Relations' and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality.Cited. 175 C. 127.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 5.209
Connecticut Title 5 — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_067.htm#sec_5-209· Version 2026