Field Supervisor Of Wage Regulation

Are you an ambitious and experienced Department of Labor employee eager for new challenges and increased responsibilities? We are excited to announce an exceptional opportunity for Field Supervisor of Wage Regulation positions. This role offers you the chance to lead a team, develop innovative processes, and make a tangible impact on the working conditions of Connecticut’s labor force.

As a Field Supervisor of Wage Regulation, You Will:

• Assign and oversee work: Distribute tasks effectively and monitor progress.
• Train and guide staff: Support your team in reaching their full potential.
• Plan and prioritize section tasks: Organize work to meet the goals of the division.
• Develop and maintain procedures: Ensure consistency and compliance through well-crafted processes.
• Enhance operations: Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and implement changes.
• Adapt to division needs: Respond flexibly to the evolving demands of the role.

Position Details

• In order to be considered for this job opening you must be a current State of CT employee of the agency listed above for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language, and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening.  You must specify your qualifications on your application. 

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• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified. 
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.  
• In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.   
• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.  
• Note:  At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position.  These documents may include:  a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.  Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position.  
• Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Liz Pinette at elizabeth.pinette@ct.gov.
• This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. 
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class. 
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period.  It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception.  Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov. 
• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
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In the Labor Department this class is accountable for supervising the activities and staff of the division.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • and ability to apply federal acts and state minimum wage orders and laws regulating wages and hours of labor; 
  • payroll methods; 
• Knowledge of
  • investigatory techniques; 
  • Connecticut industries including the construction field; 
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills; 
  • oral and written communication skills; 
• Supervisory ability.

Eight (8) years of experience in the enforcement of labor-management relations, including experience conducting investigations in order to resolve disputes involving hours of work, conditions of employment and regulation of wages.

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in public or business administration, finance, or other related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
• For state employees one (1) year of experience as a Wage Enforcement Agent may be substituted for the General Experience.

• Experience with investigating complaints involving the misclassification of employees and issuing Stop Work Orders.
• Experience investigating complaints involving non-payment of prevailing and standard wages, as well as child labor and meal period violations.

Incumbents in this class may be required to travel within the State in the course of their daily work.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.