Many contractors know that they are treated unfairly by clients. But, they are not sure of what their options are. They don’t know how to proceed, even when payments are late or a building owner implies that they will not pay for certain services. The state of Connecticut recognizes the value in the hard work of a contractor, and realized the position that a contractor is in after having completed a job but not paid – you can’t go back and undo your hours of labor and work, so they created by law a mechanism to ensure you get paid.