Connecticut Employment Agency
Licensing requirements for Connecticut employment, staffing and talent agencies.
This page provides an overview of employment services licensing in Connecticut for individuals and agencies. You will find state requirements, application fees, filing instructions, and more. For assistance with licensing, please contact us to learn about our software and managed license services.
Companies that provide employment services in Connecticut must apply for a license prior to doing business. Depending on the services offered, businesses may need to apply for more than one license type, and in some cases, an individual license will be required as well.
Company Licenses
Connecticut Employment and Business Support Services Company Licenses
Connecticut Private Employment Agency Registration
Agency: | Connecticut Department of Labor - Division of Wage and Workplace Standards |
Law: | CT Gen Stat § 31-130 |
Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite: | Yes |
Automatic Exemption
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Notes: | Employment agencies with no physical presence in Connecticut are automatically exempt from registration requirements. |
Initial Registration
This section applies to firms that are applying for a license in Connecticut for the first time.
Form: | Application for Employer Fee Paid Employment Agency Registration |
Agency Fee: | $150 |
Registration Renewal
This section applies to firms that are already licensed in Connecticut and need to renew their license.
Form: | Application for Employer Fee Paid Employment Agency Registration (Renewal) |
Agency Fee: | $150 |
Due: | Annually |
Connecticut Professional Employer Organization Group Registration
Initial Registration
Form: | |
Instructions: | Instructions and List of Form for Professional Employer Organization |
Agency Fee: | $1,500 |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Instructions: | Instructions and List of Form for Professional Employer Organization |
Agency Fee: | $1,000 |
Due: | Annually within 6 months after the entity's fiscal year end. |
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Connecticut Professional Employer Organization Limited Registration
Initial Registration
Form: | |
Instructions: | Instructions and List of Form for Professional Employer Organization |
Agency Fee: | $1,000 |
Required Attachments: |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Instructions: | Instructions and List of Form for Professional Employer Organization |
Agency Fee: | $1,000 |
Due: | Annually by the entity's fiscal year end. |
Required Attachments: |
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Connecticut Professional Employer Organization Registration
Initial Registration
Form: | |
Instructions: | Instructions and List of Form for Professional Employer Organization |
Agency Fee: | $1,500 |
Required Attachments: |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Instructions: | Instructions and List of Form for Professional Employer Organization |
Agency Fee: | $1,000 |
Due: | Annually within 6 months after the entity's fiscal year end. |
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Connecticut Talent Agency License
Agency: | Connecticut Department of Labor - Division of Wage and Workplace Standards |
Notes: | Connecticut does not have a separate talent agency license, but an employment agency license may be required. |
Initial Registration
Form: | |
Agency Fee: | $150 |
Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Agency Fee: | $150 |
Due: | Annually |
Connecticut Temporary Nursing Services Agency License
Agency: | Connecticut State Department of Public Health |
Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite: | No |
Registered Agent (Special Agency) Required? | No |
Initial Registration
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Agency Fee: | $500 |
Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $750 |
Due: | Annually |
Employee Leasing Company - Enter into leasing contracts with other businesses that require labor. The leasing company loans its workers to the lessee while still providing specified responsibilities, such as workers compensation insurance, to the employees. This includes long term (6 months or more) temporary arrangements but often excludes temporary help arrangements. Unlike professional employer organizations, employee leasing companies are contracted when an employer needs to hire staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Employment Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment for a person.
Professional Employer Organization - PEOs take on the human resources role for businesses and act as a co-employer in the sense that the client company's workers are administratively employees of the PEO but functionally these employees are controlled by the client company. Unlike employee leasing companies, PEOs are contracted when an employer already has staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Staffing Agency - An entity that procures temporary or part-time employment for a person who then works under the supervision of a worksite employer.
Talent Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment or placement for an artist. (Certain art forms are excluded)
American Staffing Association
Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solution industry advocacy group.
National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS)
Education and training oriented association for personnel services providers.
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
(NAPEO)
Provides advocacy efforts, information, and other services to members of the employment
industry.