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How Good Is Connecticut For Remote Work?

2024 Rank: 36

2023 Rank: 36

Connecticut ranks 36th-best due to a lack of filing thresholds or reciprocity agreements, as well as a harmful retaliatory version of the convenience of the employer rule. The state does offer a 15-day withholding threshold which protects some employers from frivolous withholding obligations.

Category

Current Law

Score

Total Possible

Filing threshold

Global wage threshold

0

10

Reciprocity agreements

None

0

10

Convenience of the employer rule

Retaliatory

-2.5

0

Individual Income Tax Code

 

1.77

5

Withholding threshold

More than 15 days

6

10

Total Score

 

5.27

35

Ways to Improve:

  • Pass filing threshold, and raise withholding threshold, to greater than 30 days
  • Seek reciprocity agreements with:
    • New York: 43.02 percent of incoming commuters
    • Massachusetts: 33.04 percent
    • Rhode Island: 11.05 percent
  • Repeal retaliatory “convenience of the employer” rule

For further ideas for how your state could improve, see our Example Remote Work Provision.

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