Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-354 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-354
Sec. 31-354. Second Injury Fund contributions. Duties and powers of State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Treasurer shall establish within the Second Injury Fund three accounts to be known as the operating account, the settlement account and the finance account which accounts shall be held separate and apart from each other. The operating account shall cover the costs and expenses to the state of operating the Second Injury Fund. The settlement account shall cover actual disbursement of the settled claims whether by one-time full payments or by payments over a period of time. The finance account shall contain such funds and be operated in the manner provided in section 31-354b .

*Note: Sections 8 and 9 of public act 96-242 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.

See Sec. 31-289 re deposit of certain fines and penalties in Second Injury Fund.

Cited. 150 C. 156; 159 C. 53. “Second Injury Fund”, legislative history and purpose discussed. 166 C. 352. Cited. 171 C. 577; 174 C. 181; 210 C. 626; 212 C. 427; 226 C. 569.

Cited. 37 CA 835; 46 CA 346.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-71b
Sec. 31-71b. Payment of wages. Electronic direct deposit of wages for state employees. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(2) Unless otherwise requested by the recipient, the Comptroller shall, as soon as is practicable, pay all wages due each state employee, as defined in section 5-196 , by electronic direct deposit to such employee's account in any bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union that has agreed with the Comptroller to accept such wage deposits.

(b) The end of the pay period for which payment is made on a regular pay day shall be not more than eight days before such regular pay day, provided, if such regular pay day falls on a nonwork day, payment shall be made on the preceding work day.

(c) This section shall not be construed to (1) prohibit a local or regional board of education or an entity called a state-aided institution pursuant to section 5-175 and a recognized or certified exclusive bargaining representative of its certified or noncertified employees from including within their collective bargaining agreement a schedule for the payment of wages to certified employees or noncertified employees that differs from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or (2) prohibit a private or parochial school from entering into a written agreement with its certified or noncertified employees for the payment of wages to such employees that differs from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(d) Any agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section shall be null and void if such private or parochial school ceases to operate prior to completing payment of all wages due to its certified or noncertified employees and such private or parochial school shall be liable for the payment of all wages due to its certified or noncertified employees.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to employees swapping workdays or shifts as permitted under a collective bargaining agreement.

Cited. 212 C. 294; 228 C. 106. Agreement between small company employer and employees that wages not due, before and after agreement, until employer has sufficient revenue violates statute and is contrary to public policy. 287 C. 464. Where condition precedent to accrual of commissions has not been satisfied, commissions are not “due” within the meaning of section. 322 C. 385.

Cited. 36 CA 29. Constitutional requirement of due process not violated merely because mens rea is not required element of a prescribed crime. 37 CA 379. Crime of failure to pay wages is a strict liability crime and does not require a mens rea of at least criminal negligence. 83 CA 67.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-232f — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-232f
Sec. 31-232f. Total extended benefit amount.
Status: in_force

(b) With respect to weeks of unemployment which begin in a high unemployment period, as defined in subdivision (14) of subsection (a) of section 31-232b , the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts: (1) Eighty per cent of the total amount of regular benefits, including dependents' allowances, which were payable to him under this chapter, in his applicable benefit year; and (2) twenty times his average weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, which was payable to him under this chapter, for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the benefit year of any individual ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended benefits that such individual would be entitled to receive in that extended benefit period, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of the benefit year, shall be reduced by the product of the number of weeks for which the individual received any amounts as trade readjustment allowances under the Trade Act of 1974 within that benefit year, multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit amount for extended benefits.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51kk — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51kk
Sec. 31-51kk. Family and medical leave: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Eligible employee” means an employee who has been employed for at least three months immediately preceding his or her request for leave by the employer with respect to whom leave is requested;

(2) “Employ” includes to allow or permit to work;

(3) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in this state in the business of the employer;

(4) “Employer” means a person engaged in any activity, enterprise or business who employs one or more employees, and includes any person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer to any of the employees of such employer and any successor in interest of an employer. “Employer” does not include a municipality, a local or regional board of education, or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school;

(5) “Employment benefits” means all benefits provided or made available to employees by an employer, including group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational benefits and pensions, regardless of whether such benefits are provided by practice or written policy of an employer or through an “employee benefit plan”, as defined in Section 1002(3) of Title 29 of the United States Code;

(6) “Family member” means a spouse, sibling, son or daughter, grandparent, grandchild or parent, or an individual related to the employee by blood or affinity whose close association the employee shows to be the equivalent of those family relationships;

(7) “Grandchild” means a grandchild related to a person by (A) blood, (B) marriage, (C) adoption by a child of the grandparent, or (D) foster care by a child of the grandparent;

(8) “Grandparent” means a grandparent related to a person by (A) blood, (B) marriage, (C) adoption of a minor child by a child of the grandparent, or (D) foster care by a child of the grandparent;

(9) “Health care provider” means (A) a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery by the state in which the doctor practices; (B) a podiatrist, dentist, psychologist, optometrist or chiropractor authorized to practice by the state in which such person practices and performs within the scope of the authorized practice; (C) an advanced practice registered nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife or clinical social worker authorized to practice by the state in which such person practices and performs within the scope of the authorized practice; (D) Christian Science practitioners listed with the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts; (E) any health care provider from whom an employer or a group health plan's benefits manager will accept certification of the existence of a serious health condition to substantiate a claim for benefits; (F) a health care provider as defined in subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of this subdivision who practices in a country other than the United States, who is licensed to practice in accordance with the laws and regulations of that country; or (G) such other health care provider as the Labor Commissioner determines, performing within the scope of the authorized practice. The commissioner may utilize any determinations made pursuant to chapter 568;

(10) “Municipality” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-245 ;

(11) “Parent” means a biological parent, foster parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, parent-in-law or legal guardian of an eligible employee or an eligible employee's spouse, an individual standing in loco parentis to an eligible employee, or an individual who stood in loco parentis to the eligible employee when the employee was a child;

(12) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives or organized groups of persons;

(13) “Reduced leave schedule” means a leave schedule that reduces the usual number of hours per workweek, or hours per workday, of an employee;

(14) “Serious health condition” means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves (A) inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, nursing home or residential medical care facility; or (B) continuing treatment, including outpatient treatment, by a health care provider;

(15) “Sibling” means a brother or sister related to a person by (A) blood, (B) marriage, (C) adoption by a parent of the person, or (D) foster care placement;

(16) “Son or daughter” means a biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or, in the alternative, a child of a person standing in loco parentis, or an individual to whom the employee stood in loco parentis when the individual was a child; and

(17) “Spouse” means a person to whom one is legally married.

See Secs. 31-49e to 31-49t, inclusive, re paid family and medical leave.

Interpretation of state leave statute should be consistent with interpretation of federal Family and Medical Leave Act. 276 C. 16. Under Subdiv. (4), an “employer” is one who employs a minimum of 75 employees in Connecticut, not including employees in other states. 306 C. 475.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-237i — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-237i
Sec. 31-237i. Referee section established. Appointment of referees; chief referee.
Status: in_force

(b) The chairperson of the board shall designate from among the referees a chief referee. The chief referee shall be the administrative head of the referee section and may delegate to any referee or any person employed in the referee section such authority as the chief referee deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of his or her duties.

(c) The first appointments under this section shall be made no later than March 1, 1975. Any vacancy in the office of referee shall be filled by appointment by the board.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40j — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40j
Sec. 31-40j. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons.

(2) “Employer” means a person engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof.

(3) “Employee” means any person who may be exposed under normal operating conditions or foreseeable emergencies to toxic substances while engaged in service to an employer in a business of his employer. For the purposes of this subdivision, “emergency” means any occurrence such as, but not limited to, equipment failure, rupture of containers or failure of control equipment which may or does result in an uncontrolled release of a toxic substance.

(4) “Toxic substance” means any substance: (A) Which has been identified as an air contaminant under the Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Chapter XVII, Subpart Z, Section 1910.1000, and (B) which an employer uses or produces in the manufacture of any item, product or material, or which he uses or produces for purposes of research, experimentation or treatment. “Toxic substance” shall not include carcinogenic substances, as described in sections 19a-329 and 19a-331 .

(5) “Trade secret” means any unpatented, secret, commercially valuable plan, appliance, formulation or process which is used for the making, preparing, compounding, treating or processing of articles or materials which are trade commodities obtained from a person and which are recognized by law as confidential.

Cited. 243 C. 66.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-249f — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-249f
Sec. 31-249f. Decisions of board as precedents, referees' decisions as authority. Index of cases decided.
Status: in_force

(b) The board shall publish an index of all cases decided by the board on and after July 1, 1983. The index shall include, but not be limited to, a subject reference and a reference of all statutory sections and court cases under which each case was decided.

Cited. 192 C. 581.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-230 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-230
Sec. 31-230. Benefit year, base period and alternative base period.
Status: in_force

(b) The base period of a benefit year for any individual who is ineligible to receive benefits using the base period set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be the four most recently completed calendar quarters prior to the individual's benefit year, provided such quarters were not previously used to establish a prior valid benefit year, except that for any such individual who is eligible to receive or is receiving workers' compensation or who is properly absent from work under the terms of an employer's sick leave or disability leave policy, the base period shall be the four consecutive quarters immediately preceding the most recently worked quarter prior to such benefit year, provided such quarters were not previously used to establish a prior valid benefit year and provided further, the last most recently worked calendar quarter is not more than twelve calendar quarters prior to the date such individual makes the initiating claim. If the wage information for an individual's most recently worked calendar quarter is unavailable to the administrator from regular quarterly reports of systematically accessible wage information, the administrator shall promptly contact the individual's employer to obtain such wage information.

Section is constitutional; does not impair vested rights. 137 C. 129. Workers' compensation benefits do not qualify as “wages” within meaning of Sec. 31-222(b)(1) and therefore could not be used to determine the base period of a benefit year under section. 239 C. 233.

Cited. 17 CA 441.

Cited. 44 CS 285.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40x — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40x
Sec. 31-40x. Employer inquiries re employee's or applicant's personal online accounts. Exceptions. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) “Applicant” means any person actively seeking employment from an employer;

(2) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of his or her employer;

(3) “Employer” means any person engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof, except “employer” shall not include any state or municipal law enforcement agency conducting a preemployment investigation of law enforcement personnel;

(4) “Electronic communications device” means any electronic device that is capable of transmitting, accepting or processing data, including, but not limited to, a computer, computer network and computer system, as those terms are defined in section 53a-250 , and a cellular or wireless telephone;

(5) “Personal online account” means any online account that is used by an employee or applicant exclusively for personal purposes and unrelated to any business purpose of such employee's or applicant's employer or prospective employer, including, but not limited to, electronic mail, social media and retail-based Internet web sites. “Personal online account” does not include any account created, maintained, used or accessed by an employee or applicant for a business purpose of such employee's or applicant's employer or prospective employer.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no employer shall:

(1) Request or require that an employee or applicant provide such employer with a user name and password, password or any other authentication means for accessing a personal online account;

(2) Request or require that an employee or applicant authenticate or access a personal online account in the presence of such employer;

(3) Require that an employee or applicant invite such employer or accept an invitation from the employer to join a group affiliated with any personal online account of the employee or applicant;

(4) Discharge, discipline, discriminate against, retaliate against or otherwise penalize any employee who (A) refuses to provide such employer with a user name and password, password or any other authentication means for accessing his or her personal online account, (B) refuses to authenticate or access a personal online account in the presence of such employer, (C) refuses to invite such employer or accept an invitation from the employer to join a group affiliated with any personal online account of the employee, or (D) files, or causes to be filed, any complaint, whether verbally or in writing, with a public or private body or court concerning such employer's violation of this subdivision and subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection; or

(5) Fail or refuse to hire any applicant as a result of his or her refusal to (A) provide such employer with a user name and password, password or any other authentication means for accessing a personal online account, (B) authenticate or access a personal online account in the presence of such employer, or (C) invite such employer or accept an invitation from the employer to join a group affiliated with any personal online account of the applicant.

(c) (1) An employer may request or require that an employee or applicant provide such employer with a user name and password, password or any other authentication means for accessing (A) any account or service provided by such employer or by virtue of the employee's employment relationship with such employer or that the employee uses for such employer's business purposes, or (B) any electronic communications device supplied or paid for, in whole or in part, by such employer.

(2) No employer shall be prohibited from discharging, disciplining or otherwise penalizing an employee or applicant that has transferred, without such employer's permission, such employer's proprietary information, confidential information or financial data to or from such employee or applicant's personal online account.

(d) Nothing in this section shall prevent an employer from:

(1) (A) Conducting an investigation for the purpose of ensuring compliance with applicable state or federal laws, regulatory requirements or prohibitions against work-related employee misconduct based on the receipt of specific information about activity on an employee's or applicant's personal online account, or (B) conducting an investigation based on the receipt of specific information about an employee's or applicant's unauthorized transfer of such employer's proprietary information, confidential information or financial data to or from a personal online account operated by an employee, applicant or other source. Any employer conducting an investigation pursuant to this subdivision may require an employee or applicant to allow such employer to access his or her personal online account for the purpose of conducting such investigation, provided such employer shall not require such employee or applicant to disclose the user name and password, password or other authentication means for accessing such personal online account; or

(2) Monitoring, reviewing, accessing or blocking electronic data stored on an electronic communications device paid for, in whole or in part, by an employer, or traveling through or stored on an employer's network, in compliance with state and federal law.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an employer from complying with the requirements of state or federal statutes, rules or regulations, case law or rules of self-regulatory organizations.

(f) Any employee or applicant may file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging violations of subsection (b) of this section. Upon receipt of the complaint, the commissioner shall investigate such complaint and may hold a hearing. After the hearing, the commissioner shall send each party a written copy of his or her decision. Any employee or applicant who prevails in such hearing shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

(g) If the commissioner finds an employee has been aggrieved by an employer's violation of subdivision (1), (2), (3) or (4) of subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner may (1) levy against the employer a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars for the first violation and one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation, and (2) award such employee all appropriate relief including rehiring or reinstatement to his or her previous job, payment of back wages, reestablishment of employee benefits or any other remedies that the commissioner may deem appropriate.

(h) If the commissioner finds an applicant has been aggrieved by an employer's violation of subdivision (1), (2), (3) or (5) of subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner may levy against the employer a civil penalty of up to twenty-five dollars for the first violation and five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation.

(i) Any party aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(j) The commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the Superior Court to recover the penalties levied pursuant to subsections (g) and (h) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-235 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-235
Sec. 31-235. Benefit eligibility conditions; qualifications; involuntary retirees. Reemployment services. Profiling system.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section relating to the eligibility of students for benefits shall not be applicable to any claimant who attended a school, college or university as a regularly enrolled full-time student at any time during the two years prior to such claimant's date of separation from employment, unless such claimant was employed on a full-time basis, as determined by the administrator, for the two years prior to such date.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, an unemployed individual may limit such individual's availability for work to part-time employment, provided the individual (A) provides documentation from a licensed physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse that (i) the individual has a physical or mental impairment that is chronic or is expected to be long-term or permanent in nature, and (ii) the individual is unable to work full-time because of such impairment, and (B) establishes, to the satisfaction of the administrator, that such limitation does not effectively remove such individual from the labor force.

(2) In determining whether the individual has satisfied the requirements of subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the administrator shall consider the individual's work history, efforts to find work, the hours such individual is medically permitted to work and the individual's availability during such hours for work that is suitable in light of the individual's impairment.

“Available for work” construed with respect to waitress. 126 C. 441. Depends on whether or not there is a labor market for the work employee can do. 132 C. 651. Deliberate violation of reasonable rule in connection with work constitutes “wilful misconduct”. 133 C. 308. Rule forbidding solicitation for union membership in working hours reasonable. Id., 310. The word “paid” does not mean “payable”, and since all wages paid plaintiff were paid to him in one calendar quarter, he was not eligible to receive unemployment benefits. 135 C. 667. Cited. 136 C. 389. Section is constitutional; does not impair vested rights. 137 C. 129. A claimant who limits his availability for work because of personal reasons not related to the employment is not entitled to compensation. Id., 438. Plaintiff eligible for benefits for period of shutdown beyond the 1-week vacation to which he was entitled. 138 C. 253. Under former statute, disqualification for attending school did not apply after applicant had completed his studies. 139 C. 71. Power of court over commissioner's administrative decisions is very limited. Id., 588. Cited. 171 C. 318. Delay of 1,000 days in appellate determination of denial of unemployment benefits constitutes good cause for suspending reporting requirement. 175 C. 269. Cited. Id., 562; 184 C. 317; 205 C. 623; 209 C. 381.

Cited. 3 CA 264; 4 CA 183. “Quit to care” provision does not apply as an exception to the availability provision of section. 34 CA 620.

Qualifications to make claimant eligible for compensation are conditions precedent and burden of proof is on him. 15 CS 286. Cited. 20 CS 10; Id., 214; 44 CS 285.

Subsec. (a)(2):

To be available for work one must be ready, able and willing to accept suitable employment; must be exposed unequivocally to the labor market; eligibility for unemployment compensation discussed. 142 C. 160. Plaintiff attending school during the day held not available for work as he limited his availability for “first shift” work for a personal reason unrelated to his employment. 148 C. 475. Mere fact that person places certain restrictions on type of work he is willing to accept does not, in itself, make him unavailable for work within intent and meaning of section; work at a lesser skill and lower wages should not be deemed suitable unless claimant has been given a reasonable period in which to compete in the labor market for available jobs at his higher skill or related skills. 150 C. 278. Uncontroverted testimony concerning efforts to find work and willingness to rearrange a college schedule do not establish rights to benefits where referee not convinced that plaintiff would or could rearrange class schedule and that she was looking for work. 174 C. 527. Cited. 177 C. 132.

Claimant's primary devotion to self-employment activities in business open 7 days a week with one other person who lacked relevant business expertise renders claimant unavailable for work and disqualifies him from receiving benefits. 139 CA 26.

“Available for work”; affected by pregnancy. 7 CS 375; 13 CS 32. Conclusion that claimant with two badly broken legs could not perform any work was justified. 10 CS 186. As affects persons who can accept employment only at certain hours or on certain shifts because of domestic responsibilities. 12 CS 122; 13 CS 101; Id., 109; 16 CS 334; 17 CS 316. Wife who voluntarily left employment to reside in a distant area where husband was stationed wherein suitable opportunities were restricted was not “available”. 13 CS 423. In absence of finding that claimant refused to accept work, conclusion that she was not “available” was unwarranted. 15 CS 50. “Available for work” means available for employer's work and not necessarily for some other work. 17 CS 142. Availability is to be decided upon what claimant does and not upon the existence of regulation foreign to act which bars employers from hiring. Id., 318. State employee who voluntarily retires and is not willing to work for state because of loss of pension is not available for work and not entitled to benefits. 22 CS 99. One who limits his availability for work because of personal reasons unrelated to employment is not entitled to compensation. 23 CS 86. Claimant has burden not only to accept referral but also to make opportunity fruitful; where such person did not report for interview because he forgot, he was held ineligible for benefits. Id., 188. Cited. Id., 208. Search for work amounting to a few hours a day or one day a week held not to meet “reasonable effort” requirement of Subdiv. 24 CS 492. Applying to one or two places a week held as not making reasonable effort to obtain work. Id., 507. Where cessation of work was voluntary on plaintiff's part, through agency of union, plaintiffs could not be said to be “available for work”. 25 CS 294–296. Unemployment commissioner's conclusion that plaintiff was not physically able to engage in work so as to be “available for work” was sufficiently supported by subordinate facts when plaintiff had qualified for Social Security disability benefits. Id., 447. “Reasonable efforts” defined; not unreasonable or arbitrary for commissioner to find that plaintiff's one or two attempts to find work each week did not constitute reasonable effort; courts are bound by findings of subordinate facts and reasonable conclusions of facts made by commissioner. 26 CS 336. Where plaintiff did not go to more than 3 establishments in person in any week in her search for work, she failed to meet statutory requirement that she make reasonable efforts to obtain work. 27 CS 38. Burden of proving work availability of claimant. 29 CS 316. When telephone operator ineligible for benefits. Id., 492. Bona fide attempt to obtain temporary full-time job satisfies availability for work requirement. 31 CS 4. Seasonal worker who makes a bona fide attempt to obtain a temporary full-time job satisfies the requirements of availability set forth in section. Id., 238. Cited. 32 CS 3.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-299b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-299b
Sec. 31-299b. Initial liability of last employer. Reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Cited. 231 C. 469; 232 C. 758; 241 C. 282. Application is limited to cases of ongoing repetitive trauma or occupational disease. 263 C. 279. Connecticut Insurance Guarantee Association can be held liable for the obligations of an insolvent workers' compensation insurer that would have been the last insurer on a risk and that result does not conflict with Sec. 38a-845. 302 C. 219. Plain and unambiguous language of section permits an award of interest against a prior insurer if apportionment claim has been submitted to a commissioner after conclusion of formal hearings; existence of an agreement did not deprive commissioner of authority to make a determination as to apportionment liability and to award interest. 313 C. 735.

Cited. 33 CA 695; judgment reversed, see 231 C. 469. Once commissioner concluded that claimant had not suffered a new injury but had suffered complications from first injury, commissioner had authority to order former employer-insurer to reimburse present employer-insurer. 121 CA 400.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-95 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 560 / Section 31-95
Sec. 31-95. Powers of board. Subpoena.
Status: in_force

Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613; 200 C. 91.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-49i — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-49i
Sec. 31-49i. Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund established.
Status: in_force

(b) The fund shall constitute an instrumentality of the state and shall perform essential governmental functions, in accordance with the provisions of this section. The trust shall receive and hold all payments and deposits and premiums intended for the trust, as well as gifts, bequests, endowments or federal, state or local grants and any other funds from any public or private source and all earnings until disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(c) The amounts on deposit in the trust shall not constitute property of the state and the trust shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state. Amounts on deposit in the trust shall not be commingled with state funds and the state shall have no claim to or against, or interest in, such funds. Any contract entered into by or any obligation of the trust shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the state and the state shall have no obligation to any designated beneficiary or any other person on account of the trust and all amounts obligated to be paid from the trust shall be limited to amounts available for such obligation on deposit in the trust. The trust shall continue in existence as long as it holds any deposits or has any obligations and until its existence is terminated by law and upon termination any unclaimed assets shall return to the state. Property of the trust shall be governed by section 3-61a .

(d) The State Treasurer shall be responsible for the receipt and investment of moneys held by the trust. The trust shall not receive deposits in any form other than cash. No depositor or designated beneficiary may direct the investment of any contributions or amounts held in the trust other than the specific fund options provided for by the trust.

(e) The assets of the trust shall be used for the purpose of distributing family and medical leave compensation to covered employees, paying the operational and administrative costs of the authority, educating and informing persons about the program and paying the operational, administrative and investment costs of the trust, including those incurred pursuant to section 31-49j .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-301a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-301a
Sec. 31-301a. Decision of Compensation Review Board.
Status: in_force

Awards become final if and when parties fail to appeal within applicable statutory time period and are not “pending matters” subject to modification based on subsequent changes in law. 244 C. 1.

Cited. 28 CA 113.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-425 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 574 / Section 31-425
Sec. 31-425. Violations. Permissible civil actions.
Status: in_force

(b) If a qualified employer fails to remit contributions to the program in the time period specified in subsection (e) of section 31-422 , such failure to remit such contributions shall be a violation of section 31-71e .

(c) If a qualified employer fails to enroll a covered employee as required under subsection (a) of section 31-422 , such covered employee, the Labor Commissioner or the Comptroller, may bring a civil action to require the qualified employer to enroll the covered employee and shall recover such costs and reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-274j — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-274j
Sec. 31-274j. Voluntary shared work unemployment compensation program.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the administrator shall establish a voluntary shared work unemployment compensation program allowing participating employees to collect unemployment compensation benefits if the employees work a reduced number of hours per week with a corresponding reduction in wages under a shared work plan submitted by an employer subject to the provisions of this chapter and approved by the administrator.

(c) The administrator shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish requirements for and administer the shared work unemployment compensation program.

(d) In the event of any conflict between any provision of this section, or of the regulations implemented pursuant to this section, and applicable federal law, the federal law shall prevail and such provision shall be deemed invalid or ineffective.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-97 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 560 / Section 31-97
Sec. 31-97. Submission of grievance or dispute; procedure. Claim of nonarbitrability of issue.
Status: in_force

(b) No panel of said board may consider any claim that one or more of the issues before the panel are improper subjects for arbitration unless the party making such claim has notified the opposing party and the chairman of the panel of such claim, in writing, at least ten days prior to the date of hearing, except that the panel may consider such claim if it determines there was reasonable cause for the failure of such party to comply with said notice requirement.

Applies as against general provision of Sec. 52-416. 136 C. 205. Cited. 145 C. 53; 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613; 200 C. 91; 206 C. 465.

Cited. 9 CA 260.

Cited. 31 CS 88.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-290d — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-290d
Sec. 31-290d. Workers' compensation fraud unit.
Status: in_force

(b) The workers' compensation fraud unit shall submit a quarterly report detailing its activities to the chairperson and the Advisory Board of the Workers' Compensation Commission and to the Insurance Commissioner.

(c) The cost of the workers' compensation fraud unit shall be appropriated by the General Assembly as an expense of the Workers' Compensation Commission and shall be paid from the Workers' Compensation Administration Fund established under section 31-344a . The unit shall not engage in nor be assigned any duties or responsibilities other than those authorized by or necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

No indication that legislature intended statutes authorizing penalties for workers' compensation fraud to encompass sanctions against employees for misrepresentations on employment applications. 244 C. 781.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-283f — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-283f
Sec. 31-283f. Statistical Division.
Status: in_force

(b) Sufficient funding for the establishment and maintenance of the Workers' Compensation Statistical Division shall be supplied from the Administrative Costs Fund, as provided in section 31-345 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-420 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 574 / Section 31-420
Sec. 31-420. Establishment and maintenance of individual retirement accounts. Unclaimed funds. Total annual fees.
Status: in_force

(b) Interest, investment earnings and investment losses shall be allocated to each participant's individual retirement account. A participant's benefit under the program shall be equal to the balance in such participant's individual retirement account as of any applicable measurement date prescribed by the program.

(c) The Comptroller shall establish, or cause to be established, processes to prevent a participant's contributions to the program from exceeding the maximum amount of deduction under 26 USC 219(b)(1) for the participant's tax year.

(d) The Comptroller shall not be liable for the payment of any benefit to any participant or beneficiary of any participant, except with respect to any individual retirement accounts established and maintained by the Comptroller.

(e) Any unclaimed funds in a participant's individual retirement account shall be governed by section 3-57a .

(f) The Comptroller shall minimize total annual fees associated with the program, except on and after the completion of the fourth calendar year following the first date on which the program becomes effective pursuant to section 31-422 , the total annual fees associated with the program shall not exceed three-quarters of one per cent of the total value of the program assets.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-240 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-240
Sec. 31-240. Claim procedure. Filing.
Status: in_force

Cited. 126 C. 442; 129 C. 75. Expenses of appeal denied where not claimed before administrator. 133 C. 310. Cited. 192 C. 581.

Cited. 34 CA 620.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-2e — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-2e
Sec. 31-2e. Establishment of Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. Powers. Designation of Unemployed Workers' Advocate.
Status: in_force

(b) The Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate may:

(1) Assist unemployed individuals seeking benefits administered by the Labor Department under chapter 567;

(2) Assist unemployed individuals to understand their rights and responsibilities with respect to benefits administered by the department under chapter 567;

(3) Provide information to the public, state agencies, legislators and others regarding the problems and concerns of unemployed individuals and make recommendations for resolving such problems and concerns;

(4) Assist unemployed individuals with the filing of appeals in connection with the benefits administered by the department under chapter 567;

(5) Analyze and monitor the development and implementation of federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies relating to unemployed individuals and recommend changes the office deems necessary to the appropriate federal, state or local governmental entity;

(6) Receive and review complaints of unemployed individuals and make recommendations to the commissioner for resolving such complaints;

(7) Access prior employment records of an unemployed individual to the extent permitted under state and federal law;

(8) Establish and maintain an Internet web site and a toll-free number, or any other free calling option, to allow unemployed individuals access to the services and information provided by the Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate; and

(9) Take any other actions necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section.

(c) Not later than October 1, 2021, the Labor Commissioner shall designate an Unemployed Workers' Advocate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner, to manage the daily activities and duties of the Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. The Unemployed Workers' Advocate shall have the necessary qualifications to perform the duties of said office, including, but not limited to, having expertise and experience in the fields of unemployment compensation benefits and advocacy for the rights of unemployed individuals. Within available appropriations, the Unemployed Workers' Advocate shall appoint and employ such assistants, employees and personnel as deemed necessary for the efficient and effective administration of the activities of the office.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-15 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-15
Sec. 31-15. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) A certificate of the age of a person made as provided in section 10-193 shall be conclusive evidence of such person's age upon the trial of any person other than the parent or guardian for violation of any provision of said section 31-12 , 31-13 or 31-14 .

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the provisions of section 10-184 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-294e — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-294e
Sec. 31-294e. Employee's option to obtain medical care at employee's expense. Refusal of employee to accept or obtain reasonable medical care.
Status: in_force

(b) If it appears to the administrative law judge that an injured employee has refused to accept and failed to obtain reasonable medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service, all rights of compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall be suspended during such refusal and failure.

Cited. 228 C. 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-18 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-18
Sec. 31-18. Hours of labor of minors in certain other establishments.
Status: in_force

(b) The hours of labor of such persons shall be conspicuously posted in such establishment in such form and manner as the Labor Commissioner determines.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person under eighteen years of age who has graduated from a secondary educational institution.

See Secs. 31-15a, 31-69a re penalties for violation of section.

Former statute a valid exercise of police power; women entertainers within statute. 126 C. 678.

Constitutionality; prohibition of employment of females between designated hours in certain establishments held to be valid exercise of police powers. 14 CS 485.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40c — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40c
Sec. 31-40c. Information and notice requirements for employers using or producing carcinogens.
Status: in_force

(1) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons.

(2) “Employer” means a person engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof.

(3) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in a business of his employer.

(b) Each employer shall post a list of all carcinogenic substances, as described in sections 19a-329 and 19a-331 , which he uses or produces in the manufacture of any item, product or material, or which he uses or produces for purposes of research, experimentation or treatment. Such list shall be readily available for viewing by the employees. Such list shall be updated to reflect any changes to sections 19a-329 and 19a-331 within ninety days of the effective date of such changes.

(c) Upon offering employment to a prospective employee and on January first of each year each employer shall furnish to each of his employees a list of all such carcinogenic substances which he uses or produces in the manufacture of any item, product or material, or which he uses or produces for purposes of research, experimentation or treatment, and the dangers inherent in exposure to such substances.

(d) Each employer shall provide an education and training program for his new employees, during the first month of their employment, adequately describing the presence of such carcinogenic substances which he uses or produces in the manufacture of any item, product or material, or which he uses or produces for purposes of research, experimentation or treatment, the dangers inherent in exposure to such substances and proper methods for avoiding harmful effects from such substances by keeping exposure within the allowable limits set by regulations promulgated by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

(e) Any person who supplies such carcinogenic substances to an employer shall label all such substances by generic or basic chemical name only and shall provide safe handling procedures for such substances.

Cited. 243 C. 66.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-297 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-297
Sec. 31-297. Hearing of claims.
Status: in_force

10 days' notice does not apply to hearing on motion for extension of time. 109 C. 469. Cited. 159 C. 302. The giving of notice by employer as to the specific grounds on which the right to compensation is contested is a condition precedent to defense of the action. 165 C. 338, 348. Cited. 177 C. 107; 227 C. 333; 239 C. 408.

Cited. 2 CA 365; 13 CA 208; 29 CA 441; 30 CA 320; 40 CA 278.

Cited. 38 CS 331; 39 CS 403.

Subsec. (b):

Applies only to contests of initial liability to pay compensation, not to contests of extent of disability, in requiring filing of a specific defense. 177 C. 107. Inquiry on existence of subject matter jurisdiction proper. 207 C. 420. Preclusion available to one claimant establishes compensability as to all eligible claimants. Id., 665. Cited. 213 C. 54; 218 C. 181; 222 C. 62; 228 C. 535.

Held to be constitutional under both state and federal constitutions. 2 CA 363. Cited. Id., 162; 9 CA 91; Id., 425. Timely filing of a notice of claim under Sec. 31-294 is a precondition to statutory preclusion from contesting liability under this section. 13 CA 276. Cited. 16 CA 676; 19 CA 273; 21 CA 63; Id., 610; 22 CA 515; 25 CA 350. Amendment not to be applied retroactively; date of injury rule applies. 29 CA 441. Amendment applied only prospectively. Id., 654. Cited 30 CA 295; 33 CA 495; 42 CA 147; 45 CA 499. Does not expressly provide for notice to claimants who are not employees or dependents; notice to last-known address of decedent employee, which was also claimants' address, was adequate. 63 CA 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-310a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-310a
Sec. 31-310a. Average weekly wage of supernumerary policemen and volunteer police officers.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purposes of this section, compensation shall not be prorated because of other employment by a supernumerary policeman.

(c) For the purpose of determining compensation payable under this chapter for death, disability or injury incurred by volunteer police officers, the average weekly wage of such officers shall be the average production wage in the state as determined by the Labor Commissioner under the provisions of section 31-309 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51p — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51p
Sec. 31-51p. Membership in health care center as part of health benefits plan.
Status: in_force

(b) For those employees of an employer represented by a bargaining representative, the offer of the health care center alternative shall be made in a manner which is consistent with the collective bargaining process.

(c) If there is more than one health care center which is engaged in the provision of health services in the area in which at least twenty-five eligible employees of the employer reside and which has requested inclusion in the health benefits plan offered by the employer, the employer shall be required to offer the option of membership in (1) at least one health care center which provides health services primarily through staff physicians or medical groups or a combination thereof; and (2) at least one health care center which arranges for the delivery of health services primarily through physicians who provide services out of their own offices, provided that health care centers in the area differ in their primary method of health service delivery.

(d) No employer shall be required to pay more for health benefits as a result of the application of subsection (b) of section 38a-199 , subsection (b) of section 38a-214 or this section than would otherwise be required by any prevailing collective bargaining agreement or other legally enforceable contract for the provision of health benefits between an employer and its employees.

(e) Each employer required to offer the option of membership in a health care center pursuant to the provisions of this section and which provides payroll deductions as a means of paying employees' contributions for health benefits shall, with the consent of an employee who exercises such option, provide for the collection of employee premiums through payroll deductions provided such payroll deductions are made for employees who choose other health benefits options.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-23 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-23
Sec. 31-23. Employment of minors prohibited in certain occupations. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a minor who has reached the age of fourteen may be employed or permitted to work as a caddie or in a pro shop at any municipal or private golf course, and a minor who has reached the age of fifteen may be employed or permitted to work as a staff member at a youth camp, as defined in section 19a-420 , as a lifeguard or in any mercantile establishment as a bagger, cashier or stock clerk, provided such employment is (A) limited to periods of school vacation during which school is not in session for five consecutive days or more except that such minor employed in a retail food store may work on any Saturday during the year; (B) for not more than forty hours in any week; (C) for not more than eight hours in any day; and (D) between the hours of seven o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock in the evening, except that from July first to the first Monday in September in any year, any such minor may be employed until nine o'clock in the evening. Any minor who has reached the age of fifteen and is employed or works as a staff member at a youth camp or as a lifeguard shall be supervised by a person of at least eighteen years of age.

(2) (A) Each person who employs a fourteen-year-old minor as a caddie or in a pro shop at any municipal or private golf course pursuant to this section shall obtain a certificate stating that such minor is fourteen years of age or older, as provided in section 10-193 , and (B) each person who employs a fifteen-year-old minor as a staff member at a youth camp, as a lifeguard or in any mercantile establishment pursuant to this subsection shall obtain a certificate stating that such minor is fifteen years of age or older, as provided in section 10-193 , except that no such certificate shall be required for such minor employed by a municipality as a staff member at a youth camp or as a lifeguard. Such certificate shall be kept on file at the place of employment and shall be available at all times during business hours to the inspectors of the Labor Department.

(3) The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(c) No minor under the age of eighteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation which has been or shall be pronounced hazardous to health by the Department of Public Health or pronounced hazardous in other respects by the Labor Department. This section shall not apply to (1) the employment or enrollment of minors sixteen years of age and over as registered apprentices or registered preapprentices in a bona fide registered apprenticeship program or registered preapprenticeship program in manufacturing or mechanical establishments, technical education and career schools or public schools, (2) the employment of such minors who have graduated from a public or private secondary or technical education and career school in any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, (3) the employment of such minors who are participating in a manufacturing or mechanical internship, registered apprenticeship or registered preapprenticeship in any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, or (4) the enrollment of such minors in a cooperative work-study program approved by the Commissioner of Education and the Labor Commissioner or in a program established pursuant to section 10-20a . No provision of this section shall apply to agricultural employment, domestic service, street trades or the distribution of newspapers. For purposes of this subsection, (A) “internship” means supervised practical training of a high school student or recent high school graduate that is comprised of curriculum and workplace standards approved by the Department of Education and the Labor Department, (B) “cooperative work-study program” means a program of vocational education, approved by the Commissioner of Education and the Labor Commissioner, for persons who, through a cooperative arrangement between the school and employers, receive instruction, including required academic courses and related vocational instruction by alternation of study in school with a job in any occupational field, provided these two experiences are planned and supervised by the school and employers so that each contributes to the student's education and to his employability. Work periods and school attendance may be on alternate half days, full days, weeks or other periods of time in fulfilling the cooperative work-study program, (C) “apprentice” means a person (i) employed under a written agreement to work at and learn a specific trade, and (ii) registered with the Labor Department, and (D) “preapprentice” means a person, student or minor (i) employed under a written agreement with an apprenticeship sponsor for a term of training and employment not exceeding two thousand hours or twenty-four months in duration, and (ii) registered with the Labor Department.

(d) Each person who employs a minor under the age of eighteen years shall obtain a certificate stating the age of such minor as provided in section 10-193 . Such certificates shall be kept on file at the place of employment and shall be available at all times during business hours to the inspectors of the Labor Department.

See Secs. 22-13 to 22-17, inclusive, re employment of minors in agriculture.

See Secs. 31-15a, 31-69a re penalties for violation of section.

See Sec. 46b-140(g) re employment of certain children for whom continued school attendance is deemed to be of no benefit.

Child employed in violation of section is not thereby precluded from compensation for injury otherwise compensable. 95 C. 164. Former statute cited. 111 C. 232. Violation of statute as actionable cause of death. 129 C. 439. Although employed in violation of statute, plaintiff within workmen's compensation act. 131 C. 157. Cited. 203 C. 34; 221 C. 465.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-294f — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-294f
Sec. 31-294f. Medical examination of injured employee. Medical reports.
Status: in_force

(b) All medical reports concerning any injury of an employee sustained in the course of his employment shall be furnished within thirty days after the completion of the reports, at the same time and in the same manner, to the employer and the employee or his attorney.

Cited. 228 C. 1.

Statute provides employer the right to an independent and meaningful medical examination of injured employee. 65 CA 592. Although plain language of statute authorizes physical or mental examinations by reputable practicing physician or surgeon and defendant's vocational rehabilitation expert is not a medical doctor, statute does not limit broad equitable powers of commissioner to act pursuant to the more general provisions that encourage full disclosure and cooperation among the parties during pendency of a claim; workers' compensation review board properly affirmed commissioner's decision to compel plaintiff to undergo vocational rehabilitation examination by a nonphysician selected by defendant, and commissioner did not abuse his discretion in precluding plaintiff from admitting evidence from her vocational rehabilitation expert when she disregarded commissioner's order to submit to examination by defendant's vocational rehabilitation expert. 91 CA 470. Section does not mandate commissioner order a commissioner's examination to resolve conflicting evidence, though nothing in the statute prohibits the commissioner from doing so. 169 CA 103.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-354b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-354b
Sec. 31-354b. Finance account within Second Injury Fund. Subaccounts. Duties of State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established within the finance account (1) a single cost of issuance and finance administration subaccount, (2) a bond proceeds subaccount, and (3) a debt service and reserve subaccount, which subaccounts shall be held separate and apart from each other. Additional subaccounts may be established by the State Treasurer as he deems necessary.

(c) There shall be deposited in the bond proceeds subaccount proceeds of revenue bonds issued in accordance with section 8 of public act 96-242* for application, in accordance with the bond authorization documentation for one or more of the following purposes: (1) To pay in full the settlement of certain claims, including any interest due thereon; (2) to provide cash advances for payment of other claims pending receipt of anticipated current year assessments therefor; and (3) to provide for cost of issuance, capitalized interest, if necessary, reinsurance premiums, if any, and other cash flow requirements.

(d) There shall be deposited in the debt service and reserve subaccount, in accordance with the proceeding authorizing the bonds, the proceeds of the issuance of revenue bonds which are expected to be applied as capitalized interest to the extent required prior to receipt of special assessment premium surcharges and to provide for a reserve which shall not exceed the maximum debt service in any year.

(e) There shall be deposited in the cost of issuance and finance administration subaccount: (1) The proceeds of revenue bonds expected to be deposited into the said subaccount; and (2) any additional money received from employers in payment of special assessment premium surcharges established in accordance with section 31-354 to offset the costs and expenses of administering and operating the finance account.

(f) Investment earnings credited to the assets of the finance account and to any subaccount within the account shall become part of the assets of the Second Injury Fund and applied in accordance with the bond authorization documents. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account and subaccount for the next fiscal year.

(g) Upon the issuance of revenue bonds and to the extent there are sufficient proceeds or other amounts in the finance account available therefor, the State Treasurer may withdraw from the finance account, in accordance with the bond authorization documents amounts determined to be necessary for the purposes of section 9 of public act 96-242*. The State Treasurer shall, from time to time and at least annually, determine the amount of interest, amortization, reserve and associated costs required for the finance account under this section and such amounts shall be assessed as a special assessment premium surcharge as provided in section 31-354 .

(h) Unless the context requires a different meaning, the term “bonds” or “revenue bonds” under this section and section 8 of public act 96-242* includes notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of revenue bonds or notes issued pursuant to a commercial paper program.

*Note: Sections 8 and 9 of public act 96-242 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-354a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-354a
Sec. 31-354a. Assistant administrators of the Second Injury Fund.
Status: in_force

(b) Any administrative and personnel costs incurred pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be paid from the Second Injury Fund.

Cited. 37 CA 835.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-293a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-293a
Sec. 31-293a. No right against fellow employee; exception.
Status: in_force

Cited. 167 C. 499; 169 C. 630. Fact that employer worked with plaintiff did not change his status to “fellow employee” to come within statute provisions. 178 C. 371. Employee has no right of action against fellow employee who directed operation of truck's hydraulic hoist since actions did not constitute “the operation of a motor vehicle”. 180 C. 469. Cited. 182 C. 24; 183 C. 508. Specific language of Sec. 4-165 prevails over general language of this statute as applied to fellow state employees. 185 C. 616. Section, which permits an action against a fellow employee for injuries arising out of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle, does not supersede the more specific provisions of Sec. 7-308. 187 C. 53. Term “operation of a motor vehicle” construed as not including activities unrelated to movement of the vehicle. 189 C. 354. Cited. Id., 550; 193 C. 59; 196 C. 91; 203 C. 34; 206 C. 495; 208 C. 589. “Motor vehicle” exception discussed. 215 C. 55. Cited. 220 C. 721; 221 C. 356; 222 C. 744; 237 C. 1; 242 C. 375. Tort actions for emotional injuries that are not compensable under act are not barred by exclusivity provisions of act. 259 C. 729. When read in conjunction with Sec. 31-275, statute plainly states that emotional distress not arising from physical injury is not compensable through workers' compensation. 265 C. 21. Trial court improperly granted defendant's motion for summary judgment because legislature did not intend to create a special hazard exception to the liability created under statute for injuries sustained by employee as a result of another employee's negligent operation of a motor vehicle; discussion of legislative intent of statute; overruled 65 CA 771. 279 C. 177. Unicover insurance policy did not provide umbrella coverage. 285 C. 342.

Cited. 2 CA 174; 3 CA 40. Exception under statute is concerned only with those engaged in any activity related to driving or moving a vehicle or related to a circumstance resulting from the movement of a vehicle. Id., 246. Cited. 7 CA 296; Id., 575; 9 CA 290; 10 CA 18; Id., 618; 20 CA 619; 22 CA 88. Definition of “motor vehicle” for purposes of the exception in section is controlled by Sec. 14-1(a)(47) definition as further refined by Sec. 14-165(i). 30 CA 263. Cited. 41 CA 664. Golf cart not a “motor vehicle” for purposes of the “motor vehicle” exception to exclusivity provision of Workers' Compensation Act. 54 CA 479. Statute does not authorize plaintiff's action against his employer arising out of a fellow employee's negligent operation of a motor vehicle. 56 CA 325. Defendant's operation of a payloader to jump start plaintiff's dump truck did not constitute “operation of a motor vehicle” so as to bring the incident within the exception contained in section. 64 CA 409. Injuries caused by operation of external controls of garbage truck are not caused by operation of motor vehicle and do not fall within exception of exclusive remedy of worker's compensation. 99 CA 464. Container and chassis together constituted a trailer, and because the trailer was a vehicle suitable for transportation of property, was drawn by nonmuscular power, and was suitable for operation on a highway, it constituted a motor vehicle. 126 CA 860. A payloader is the same type of equipment as a bucket loader, as defined in Sec. 14-165, and not a motor vehicle under this section, therefore the motor vehicle exception to the exclusivity of the Workers' Compensation Act does not apply. 156 CA 727.

Cited. 30 CS 233; 36 CS 101; 39 CS 102; 40 CS 165. “Motor vehicle” exception discussed. 41 CS 326. Cited. 41 CS 391; 44 CS 148. Legislature did not treat or intend to treat golf carts differently from any other non-highway-type mechanism for purposes of section. 46 CS 24. Injury occurring from use of motor vehicle at service station did not fall under the motor vehicle exception but rather is attributable to “the special hazards of the work place”. 49 CS 351. Rules of statutory construction did not permit court to extend umbrella coverage based on facts of case. 50 CS 486.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-249b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-249b
Sec. 31-249b. Appeal.
Status: in_force

Cited. 172 C. 492; 175 C. 562; 177 C. 132; 181 C. 1; 184 C. 317; 192 C. 104; Id., 581; 196 C. 440; 209 C. 381; 238 C. 273. There is no language in this or any other unemployment compensation statute suggesting that court may hear claims on appeal from board over which board lacks jurisdiction. 280 C. 745.

Cited. 1 CA 591; 2 CA 1; 5 CA 309; 6 CA 588; 25 CA 130; 34 CA 620; 39 CA 441; 43 CA 779. Plaintiff's failure to appeal timely from trial court's prior dismissal of his unemployment compensation claim concluded his cause of action for unemployment benefits; accordingly, plaintiff's petition for declaratory and injunctive relief based on identical claim arising from the same underlying proceeding was properly dismissed. 93 CA 37. When making a finding of wilful misconduct, reviewing administrative authority must expressly make findings as to all elements listed in the relevant regulation, including a recitation of the facts that are the basis of those findings. 147 CA 661. Reviewing court exceeded the scope of its review by finding facts, and improperly used such facts to determine that board abused its discretion. 191 CA 578.

Reviewing court does not try the matter de novo, but only determines whether board acted unreasonably, arbitrarily or illegally. 36 CS 210. Cited. 37 CS 38; 40 CS 305; 44 CS 285.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-221h — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 566a / Section 31-221h
Sec. 31-221h. Commissioner's duties re professional employer organizations. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) Establishing guidelines for the electronic filing of applications, documents, reports and other filings by a bonded, independent and qualified assurance organization approved by the commissioner which may satisfy the filing requirements of sections 31-221c and 31-221d ;

(2) Establishing criteria for notice and written summaries to covered employees of the professional employer organization arrangement;

(3) Requiring specific notice as to whether all or only a part of a client's employees are covered employees; and

(4) Requiring notice of who is the controlling entity of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-389 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 572 / Section 31-389
Sec. 31-389. Project grants. Determination of amount.
Status: in_force

(b) Before entering into such contract the commissioners shall have approved an application submitted by such municipality on forms provided by the commissioners.

(c) No such project shall be undertaken until the commissioners have approved the plans, specifications and estimated costs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-107 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 561 / Section 31-107
Sec. 31-107. Complaints of unfair labor practices. Investigations, complaints, hearings and orders.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon receiving a complaint issued by the agent, the board shall set a time and place for the hearing, which time and place may be changed by the board at the request of the agent or the employer for cause shown. Any such complaint may be amended with the permission of the board. The person so complained of shall have the right to file an answer to the original or amended complaint within five days after the service of such complaint or within such other time as the board may limit. Such person shall have the right to appear in person or otherwise to defend against such complaint. In the discretion of the board any person may be allowed to intervene in such proceeding. In any hearing the board shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence prevailing in the courts.

(c) A stenographic or electronic record of the testimony shall be taken at all hearings of the board and a transcript thereof shall be filed with the board upon its request. The board shall have the power to order the taking of further testimony and for further argument. If, upon all the testimony, the board determines that the employer has engaged in or is engaging in any unfair labor practice, it shall state its finding of fact and shall issue and cause to be served on such employer an order requiring him to cease and desist from such unfair labor practice, and shall take such further affirmative action as will effectuate the policies of this chapter, including, but not limited to: (1) Withdrawal of recognition from and refraining from bargaining collectively with any company union, established, maintained or assisted by any action defined in this chapter as an unfair labor practice; (2) awarding of back pay; (3) reinstatement with or without back pay of any employee discriminated against in violation of section 31-105 or by maintenance of a preferential list from which such employee shall be returned to work; (4) reinstatement with or without back pay of all employees whose work has ceased or whose return to work has been delayed or prevented as the result of unfair labor practice in respect to any employee or employees or the maintenance of a preferential list from which such employees shall be returned to work. Such order may further require such person to make reports from time to time showing the extent to which the order has been complied with. If upon all the testimony the board is of the opinion that the person or persons named in the complaint have not engaged in or are not engaging in any such unfair labor practice, then the board shall make its finding of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint. The board shall not require as a condition of taking action or issuing any order under this chapter that employees on strike or engaged in any other lawful concerted activity shall discontinue such strike or such activity. Until a transcript of the record in a case has been filed in the Superior Court, as provided in section 31-109 , the board may, at any time, upon notice, modify or set aside in whole or in part any finding or order made or issued by it. Proceedings before the board shall be held with all possible expedition.

When agent filed report recommending dismissal of charges, board held a hearing to review agent's action; held, though board did not follow procedure set out in statute, in effect its action amounted to a hearing on the merits of the controversy; if board at one hearing found probable cause on a complaint, it is not barred from then sitting in judgment on such complaint. 148 C. 135. Cited. 175 C. 625; 217 C. 110; 232 C. 91.

Cited. 22 CS 144; 43 CS 340.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40k — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40k
Sec. 31-40k. Employee's right to information concerning toxic substances. Employer's list.
Status: in_force

(b) On January 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, the employer shall furnish to the Labor Department a list of all such toxic substances.

(c) Each employee, or his representative, may request in writing from his employer all information relating to toxic substances, as provided in section 31-40 l . If an employee, or his representative, has made a request for information on such a substance, and the employer has not supplied such information within five working days, the employer shall not require the employee to work with the substance until the information has been provided to the employee.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51vv — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51vv
Sec. 31-51vv. Employment of person coerced to engage in such employment prohibited.
Status: in_force

(b) The Attorney General, upon the request of the Labor Commissioner, may bring a civil action in the Superior Court to recover a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation of subsection (a) of this section and such injunctive or other equitable relief as the court may, in its discretion, order.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-399 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 573 / Section 31-399
Sec. 31-399. Collection of data regarding occupational illnesses and injuries.
Status: in_force

(b) The division shall coordinate data collection activities from current available and competent sources, from new sources and from occupational health clinics and auxiliary occupational health clinics and shall, in cooperation with the Division of Worker Education within the Workers' Compensation Commission, educate unions, employers and individual workers on use of the surveillance system. Data collection and reporting shall be in a form which is consistent with the system used by the United States Centers for Disease Control.

(c) The division shall publish a summary of the data collected pursuant to this section on a not less than annual basis.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-349b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-349b
Sec. 31-349b. Certificate for permanent vocational disability. Employer reimbursed by Second Injury Fund for insurance premiums for certified employees.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Whenever any individual who has been issued a certificate of disability, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, is thereafter employed, the employer, upon written application and presentation of sufficient proof to the State Treasurer, shall be reimbursed from the Second Injury Fund for any workers' compensation insurance premiums paid by the employer which are attributable to such individual's employment during the effective period of such certificate. (2) Whenever any such certified individual is hired by an employer to whom a certificate of self-insurance has been issued pursuant to section 31-284 , the employer, upon written application and presentation of sufficient proof to the State Treasurer, shall be reimbursed from the Second Injury Fund at the rate of two per cent of the gross wages paid to the individual for work performed during the effective period of his certificate. No employer may make more than one such application related to a certified employee within a twelve-month period.

(c) Upon the expiration of any certificate of disability or of an extension of such certificate, the person to whom such certificate was issued may file a written request with the administrative law judge for an extension of the effective period of such certificate. The determination as to whether such an extension should be granted shall be made by the administrative law judge in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, provided such extension shall be effective for a stated period of time of from one to five years.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-309 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-309
Sec. 31-309. Maximum weekly compensation. Determination of average weekly earnings of state workers and production and related workers in manufacturing.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The average weekly earnings of all workers in the state shall be determined by the Labor Commissioner on or before the fifteenth day of August of each year, to be effective the following October first, and shall be the average of all workers' weekly earnings for the year ending the previous June thirtieth and shall be so determined in accordance with the standards for the determination of average weekly earnings of all workers established by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(2) Prior to July 1, 1993, the Labor Commissioner shall determine the average weekly earnings of all workers in the state to be effective during the period July 1, 1993, to October 1, 1993.

(c) The average weekly earnings of production and related workers in manufacturing in the state shall be determined by the Labor Commissioner on or before the fifteenth day of August of each year, to be effective the following October first, and shall be the average of the manufacturing production and related workers' weekly earnings for the year ending the previous June thirtieth and shall be so determined in accordance with the standards for the determination of average weekly earnings of production and related workers in manufacturing established by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Rate applicable to volunteer firemen under Sec. 7-314a. 159 C. 53. Cited. 187 C. 363; 217 C. 42; 220 C. 739; 239 C. 676.

Cited. 38 CA 754; 40 CA 409.

Cited. 39 CS 449.

Subsec. (a):

Claimant's weekly compensation limit under Subsec. does not encompass lump-sum payment made pursuant to commutation award. 208 CA 615.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-315 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-315
Sec. 31-315. Modification of award or voluntary agreement.
Status: in_force

Power of commissioner to modify award. 94 C. 625; 95 C. 298; 97 C. 83; Id., 335. Modification because disability has ceased may be retroactive to the date when it ceased. 108 C. 36. No bar that the controlling facts were known to claimant and might have been presented in the former hearing. 95 C. 356; 97 C. 76, 84. Aliter in case of long continued negligence of moving party. 100 C. 185. Power to open corresponds to that of a court during the term. 98 C. 741. But this is only as to the change of facts named in section. 100 C. 185; 103 C. 704. Employer may claim revision as well as employee. 97 C. 332. Death of employee after award does not entitle employer to retry the question of liability. 103 C. 705; 105 C. 419. Commissioner may open award because he misunderstood the facts. 106 C. 92. Can open only on the motion of person entitled to claim revision. 101 C. 113. Procedure on petition to open award. 94 C. 626; 106 C. 5. Having opened award, commissioner may try it de novo. 97 C. 84. May determine who shall receive payments after employee's death. 100 C. 419. No right of appeal from denial of motion to reopen and rehear unless commissioner exceeds limits of legal discretion. 112 C. 333. As to power to reopen. 109 C. 601; 128 C. 1; Id., 284; Id., 574. Motion to reopen should follow terminology of statute. 113 C. 747; 126 C. 522. Reopening rests largely within discretion of commissioner. 119 C. 170; Id., 522. No power to reopen to correct mistake of law. 116 C. 1. When it is error in refusing to reopen. 112 C. 333; 113 C. 282. If question of law involved, decision subject to appeal. Id., 262. Cited. 110 C. 285; 111 C. 403; 113 C. 172; 114 C. 395; 116 C. 229; 120 C. 284. Voluntary agreement may be modified if fraud shown. 121 C. 149. Cited. 126 C. 494; 127 C. 297. Powers of commissioner under section. 129 C. 591. Cited. 130 C. 665; 132 C. 172. Power of commissioner to open award. 134 C. 269. Commissioner was justified in treating plaintiff's motion as one for a new trial rather than for a modification of award. 136 C. 340. Denial of a motion to reopen award is proper subject of a separate appeal; motion to reopen on ground of mistake denied. Id., 361. Cited. 137 C. 187; Id., 487. Status of dependent in fact involves three factual elements: (1) Reliance on contributions of decedent for necessary living expenses, (2) a reasonable expectation that the contributions will continue, (3) an absence of sufficient means at hand for meeting these expenses; the first two are fixed at the time of injury and consequently the measure of dependence in section can change from that existing at the time of injury only if there is a subsequent change in the financial resources of claimant. 152 C. 481. Where commissioner found claimant was partial dependent at time of injury but subsequently received sufficient funds from other sources to supply her present necessities, commissioner correctly concluded that, although claimant was dependent in fact at the time of injury, her “measure of dependence” had changed before the time of the hearing and consequently defendants were relieved from paying compensation to her unless and until she showed a further change in circumstances; award to a dependent in fact as well as to a presumptive dependent is award of compensation and subject to modification. Id., 481, 482. Trial court was in error in admitting testimony of draftsman of agreement made under Sec. 31-296 which was clear and unambiguous on its face as only commissioner could open and modify award. 157 C. 538. Cited. 159 C. 302; 177 C. 107; 206 C. 242; 210 C. 423; 212 C. 441; 219 C. 28; 221 C. 905; 226 C. 569; 231 C. 469. Authority to modify otherwise final awards does not authorize modifications based on changes of law. 244 C. 1. A motion to open or modify was not required under section because commissioner and parties considered application for total incapacity benefits to be the equivalent of such a motion, commissioner applied the applicable standard, there was no showing of prejudice to defendants, and it would violate public policy to deny benefits because of a failure to frame application for total incapacity benefits as a motion to open or modify. 294 C. 564. Commissioner did not have authority to void agreement pursuant to section; discovery that police department was not organized under Sec. 7-274 was not a changed condition of fact but mistake of law not within scope of this section. 296 C. 352.

Cited. 26 CA 194; 28 CA 536; 37 CA 648; 45 CA 324. Commissioner lacked authority to modify award because statute does not authorize modifications based on a new interpretation of law and therefore lacked authority to recalculate plaintiff's benefits. 55 CA 789. Commissioner did not have authority to grant Second Injury Fund equitable relief under section to open approved stipulation and schedule approval hearing because there was no evidence that fund was prevented from making a defense by fraud, accident, mistake, surprise or improper management of opposite party. 66 CA 332. Under section, commissioner has same power as a court to open and modify an award. 75 CA 591.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-53c — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-53c
Sec. 31-53c. Construction projects funded by the Department of Economic and Community Development; wage rates. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) “Business organization” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, firm or other form of business or legal entity;

(2) “Financial assistance” means any and all forms of loans, cash payments, extensions of credit, guarantees, equity investments, tax abatements or any other form of financing totaling one million dollars or more; and

(3) “Project” means any construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any property owned by a business organization.

(b) On and after July 1, 2018, if the Department of Economic and Community Development provides financial assistance to any business organization for any construction project of such business organization, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall require, as a condition of providing such financial assistance, that any contract entered into by the business organization for such project shall contain the following provision: “The wages paid on an hourly basis to any person performing the work of any mechanic, laborer or worker on the work herein contracted to be done and the amount of payment or contribution paid or payable on behalf of each such person to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (i) of section 31-53 , shall be at a rate equal to the rate customary or prevailing for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town in which such construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair project is being undertaken. Any contractor who is not obligated by agreement to make payment or contribution on behalf of such persons to any such employee welfare fund shall pay to each mechanic, laborer or worker as part of such person's wages the amount of payment or contribution for such person's classification on each pay day.”

(c) Any contractor or subcontractor who knowingly or wilfully employs any mechanic, laborer or worker in any project receiving financial assistance from the Department of Economic and Community Development for such project, at a rate of wage on an hourly basis that is less than the rate customary or prevailing for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town in which such project is located, or who fails to pay the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each such person to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (i) of section 31-53 , or in lieu thereof to the person, as provided by subsection (b) of this section, shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars but not more than five thousand dollars for each offense and (1) for the first violation, shall be disqualified from bidding on contracts for projects for which the Department of Economic and Community Development provides financial assistance until the contractor or subcontractor has made full restitution of the back wages owed to such persons and for an additional six months thereafter, and (2) for subsequent violations, shall be disqualified from bidding on contracts for projects for which the Department of Economic and Community Development provides financial assistance until the contractor or subcontractor has made full restitution of the back wages owed to such persons and for not less than an additional two years thereafter. In addition, if it is found by the contracting officer representing the business organization that any mechanic, laborer or worker employed by the contractor or any subcontractor directly on the site for the work covered by the contract has been or is being paid a rate of wages less than the rate of wages required by the contract to be paid as required by this section, the business organization may (A) by written or electronic notice to the contractor, terminate such contractor's right to proceed with the work or such part of the work as to which there has been a failure to pay said required wages and to prosecute the work to completion by contract or otherwise, and the contractor and the contractor's sureties shall be liable to the business organization for any excess costs occasioned the business organization thereby, or (B) withhold payment of money to the contractor or subcontractor. The contracting business organization shall, not later than two days after taking such action, notify the Labor Commissioner, in writing or electronically, of the name of the contractor or subcontractor, the project involved, the location of the work, the violations involved, the date the contract was terminated and steps taken to collect the required wages.

(d) The Labor Commissioner may make complaint to the proper prosecuting authorities for the violation of any provision of subsection (c) of this section.

(e) The Labor Commissioner shall predetermine the prevailing rate and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each person to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (i) of section 31-53 , in each town where such contract is to be performed, in the same manner as provided in subsection (d) of section 31-53 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-262 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-262
Sec. 31-262. Deposits of contributions. Payments to United States Treasurer.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 31-264 re disposition of fund moneys upon discontinuance of or changes in Unemployment Trust Fund.

Cited. 175 C. 269.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-271 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-271
Sec. 31-271. Examination to determine liability of employer, sufficiency of reports, amount of contributions due, or ability to pay; subpoena.
Status: in_force

Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 314 U.S. 569; 175 C. 269.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-391 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 572 / Section 31-391
Sec. 31-391. State bonds.
Status: in_force

(b) None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require.

(c) Said bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-327 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-327
Sec. 31-327. Award of fees and expenses.
Status: in_force

(b) All fees of attorneys, physicians, podiatrists or other persons for services under this chapter shall be subject to the approval of the administrative law judge.

Cited. 103 C. 434.

Review board can review commissioner's award of attorney's fees for consistency with fee guidelines. 59 CA 816. Commissioner has authority to approve attorney's fees contained in an award separate from an award for compensation. 64 CA 301. Award of “reasonable attorney's fees” issued under section may, at the discretion of commissioner, include fees accrued by paralegals. 152 CA 116. The commissioner, and by extension the Workers' Compensation Commission, has the authority to adjudicate fee disputes among attorneys who have represented a claimant at different times during the pendency of a case before the commission. 179 CA 846.

Cited. 28 CS 5.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40q — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40q
Sec. 31-40q. Prohibition on smoking and use of electronic nicotine and cannabis delivery systems and vapor products in the workplace.
Status: in_force

(1) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons;

(2) “Employer” means a person engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof;

(3) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of his employer;

(4) “Business facility” means a structurally enclosed location or portion thereof at which employees perform services for their employer. The term “business facility” does not include: (A) Facilities listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 19a-342 or subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 19a-342a ; (B) any establishment with a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to section 30-22aa , issued on or before May 1, 2003; (C) for any business that is engaged in the testing or development of tobacco, tobacco products or cannabis, the areas of such business designated for such testing or development; or (D) during the period from October 1, 2003, to April 1, 2004, establishments with a permit issued for the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to section 30-22a or 30-26 .

(5) “Smoke” or “smoking” means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other similar device, whether containing, wholly or in part, tobacco, cannabis or hemp;

(6) “Cannabis” means marijuana, as defined in section 21a-240 ;

(7) “Electronic nicotine delivery system” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a ;

(8) “Electronic cannabis delivery system” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a ;

(9) “Vapor product” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a ;

(10) “Any area” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a ; and

(11) “Hemp” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-61 l .

(b) Each employer shall prohibit smoking and the use of electronic nicotine and cannabis delivery systems and vapor products in any area of any business facility under said employer's control.

(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit an employer from designating an entire business facility and the real property on which the business facility is located as a nonsmoking area.

Cited. 224 C. 666; 243 C. 66.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-301 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-301
Sec. 31-301. Appeals to the Compensation Review Board. Payment of award during pendency of appeal.
Status: in_force

(b) The appeal shall be heard by the Compensation Review Board as provided in section 31-280b . The Compensation Review Board shall hear the appeal on the record of the hearing before the administrative law judge, provided, if it is shown to the satisfaction of the board that additional evidence or testimony is material and that there were good reasons for failure to present it in the proceedings before the administrative law judge, the Compensation Review Board may hear additional evidence or testimony.

(c) Upon the final determination of the appeal by the Compensation Review Board, but no later than one year after the date the appeal petition was filed, the Compensation Review Board shall issue its decision, affirming, modifying or reversing the decision of the administrative law judge. The decision of the Compensation Review Board shall include its findings, conclusions of law and award.

(d) When any appeal is pending, and it appears to the Compensation Review Board that any part of the award appealed from is not affected by the issues raised by the appeal, the Compensation Review Board may, on motion or of its own motion, render a judgment directing compliance with any portion of the award not affected by the appeal; or if the only issue raised by the appeal is the amount of the average weekly wage for the purpose of determining the amount of compensation, as provided in section 31-310 , the administrative law judge shall, on motion of the claimant, direct the payment of the portion of the compensation payable under his award that is not in dispute, if any, pending final adjudication of the disputed portion thereof. In all appeals in which one of the parties is not represented by counsel, and in which the party taking the appeal does not prosecute the case within a reasonable time from the date of appeal, the Compensation Review Board may, of its own motion, affirm, reverse or modify the award.

(e) When an appeal is taken to the Compensation Review Board, the chief clerk thereof shall notify the administrative law judge from whose award the appeal was taken, in writing, of any action of the Compensation Review Board thereon and of the final disposition of the appeal, whether by judgment, withdrawal or otherwise, and shall upon the decision of the appeal, furnish the administrative law judge with a copy of the decision. Whenever any appeal is pending, if it appears to the Compensation Review Board that justice so requires, the Compensation Review Board shall order a certified copy of the evidence for the use of the employer, the employee or both, and the certified copy shall be made a part of the record on the appeal. The procedure in appealing from an award of the administrative law judge shall be the same as the procedure employed in an appeal from the Superior Court to the Supreme Court, where applicable. The chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish rules, methods of procedure and forms as the chairperson deems expedient for the purposes of this chapter.

(f) During the pendency of any appeal of an award made pursuant to this chapter, the claimant shall receive all compensation and medical treatment payable under the terms of the award to the extent the compensation and medical treatment are not being paid by any health insurer or by any insurer or employer who has been ordered, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, to pay a portion of the award. The compensation and medical treatment shall be paid by the employer or its insurer.

(g) If the final adjudication results in the denial of compensation to the claimant, and he has previously received compensation on the claim pursuant to subsection (f) and this subsection, the claimant shall reimburse the employer or its insurer for all sums previously expended, plus interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum. Upon any such denial of compensation, the administrative law judge who originally heard the case or his successor shall conduct a hearing to determine the repayment schedule for the claimant.

Appeal does not open the case for trial de novo. 89 C. 143, 150; Id., 370; 92 C. 90. Commissioner's finding is part of the record and may be corrected by the Superior Court in the same manner as the finding of a trial court by the Supreme Court. 90 C. 446; 91 C. 531; 92 C. 90; 93 C. 94; 95 C. 673; 96 C. 634; 98 C. 287; Id., 755; 99 C. 355; 103 C. 429; 104 C. 537; 107 C. 251. Reasons of appeal and answer thereto should be filed in the court. 91 C. 227. What justifies setting award aside. 93 C. 83; 94 C. 9; 96 C. 299. If the court materially alters the finding, it should recommit it to commissioner to decide on the altered facts. 97 C. 77; 106 C. 254. Conclusion of fact based on subordinate facts is reviewable by the court. 100 C. 347; 102 C. 5; Id., 237; Id., 472. There is no appeal from refusal of commissioner to rehear the case or alter his finding. 101 C. 358; 108 C. 161. Where the facts found are too indefinite to support the award, finding should be recommitted to commissioner. 102 C. 238; 106 C. 215; Id., 253; 107 C. 171; Id., 647. Nature of the appeal and correction of finding by Superior Court fully reviewed. 102 C. 514. Court should not set aside award because it differs with commissioner as to preponderance of evidence. 106 C. 109. There is no appeal from an award of commissioner made in compliance with the decision of the Superior Court on a former appeal; appeal must be to the Supreme Court from the Superior Court decision. 108 C. 159. Expense of printing testimony not taxable as costs on appeal. 109 C. 737. Superior Court cannot change finding unless commissioner has found facts without evidence or has reached unreasonable conclusions. 120 C. 606; 121 C. 56; Id., 483; Id., 541; Id., 708; 122 C. 129. When entire transcript may properly be filed; when testimony necessary for proper determination of case is not presented, case remanded for further hearing. 121 C. 274. Motion to erase proper method to raise question whether there was a judgment from which appeal might be taken. 123 C. 103. Cited. 132 C. 209. Where motion to open award is made by party who intends to appeal from award if motion is denied, he may postpone the filing of the appeal until the motion is determined. 134 C. 269. Where commissioner failed to pass upon specific claim potentially decisive of the case, it should be returned for further proceedings. 138 C. 482. Cited. 141 C. 321. Section affects the court to which appeal is taken, not employee's right to compensation; appeal brought to Superior Court after September 1, 1972 was brought to wrong court and Superior Court has no jurisdiction. 169 C. 646. Cited. 179 C. 662; 207 C. 420; 213 C. 54; 217 C. 143; 220 C. 739; 227 C. 333; 231 C. 287; 232 C. 758; 233 C. 14; 235 C. 790; 239 C. 408; 240 C. 788. Provision re payment deadline applies when payment is due under an award by compensation review board. 249 C. 365. 10-day appeal period tolled when aggrieved party establishes that, through no fault of his own, he did not receive notice of commissioner's decision within 10 days of the date it was sent. 250 C. 581. Provision re 10-day period for appeal commences on the date notice is sent to a party's counsel. Id., 592.

Cited. 1 CA 142; 7 CA 142; 11 CA 693; 16 CA 138; 33 CA 695; judgment reversed, see 231 C. 469; 36 CA 150; Id., 298; 38 CA 1; 39 CA 717; 45 CA 199. In matter where the issue was causation of injury, board did not improperly substitute its factual findings for those of commissioner but rather determined that commissioner's finding could not stand without the support of expert medical testimony and properly refused to remand the case for further proceedings. 62 CA 440.

Authority to extend time for taking an appeal. 9 CS 38. Imposes on party seeking order the burden of showing (1) inability to pay and (2) that justice requires the action of commissioner be appealed from. Id., 379. A plea in abatement and not a motion to expunge is appropriate remedy to attack appeal not brought within 10 days. 15 CS 33. Cited. 17 CS 288; 27 CS 410. Amendment of October 1, 1967, applied to pending appeal which was then dismissed for failure to prosecute with due diligence. 24 CS 411. Cited. 38 CS 648.

Subsec. (a):

Cited. 206 C. 242; 207 C. 535; 212 C. 441; 228 C. 535; 231 C. 469; 237 C. 1; 241 C. 282. Failure to take an appeal within the 20 day appeal limitation in Subsec. deprives board of subject matter jurisdiction, a defect which may be raised at any time. 299 C. 346. Sec. 31-355(b) is inapplicable for purposes of determining when appeal period begins to run under Subsec. re Second Injury Fund claim because the fund had already been participating in proceedings before Workers' Compensation Commission. Id., 376. Appellate Court improperly concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction for lack of a final judgment in matter in which defendant challenged commissioner's initial finding of plaintiff's total disability, but after remand by the board to commissioner, did not challenge commissioner's subsequent findings and award specifying amounts to be paid to plaintiff. 303 C. 238.

Cited. 33 CA 495. Proper interpretation of limitation period contained in section is that 10-day period begins to run on day on which party wanting appeal is sent meaningful notice of commissioner's decision. 36 CA 298. Cited. 37 CA 392; 46 CA 298. 10-day appeal period begins to run on day on which party wanting to appeal is sent meaningful notice of commissioner's decision. 49 CA 1. Notice must be sent directly to plaintiff, not plaintiff's attorney, in order for appeal period to commence. 51 CA 92. Appeal taken from a supplemental order directing the Second Injury Fund to compensate plaintiff is not a timely appeal challenging the findings and awards preceding that order if that appeal was taken outside the mandated 20 days from the issuing of the operative finding and award. 114 CA 58. The time limitation on an appeal from the finding and award of commissioner imposed by Subsec. does not deprive the appellate tribunal of subject matter jurisdiction over the appeal. Id., 81; judgment reversed, see 299 C. 346.

Subsec. (c):

It is implicit in statutory authority to reverse a decision of the trial commissioner that board may remand a case for a new hearing; legislature did not intend to impose unstated limitations on review board's discretion to order appropriately adjudicated new hearings. 251 C. 153.

Cited. 34 CA 673.

Subsec. (f):

Should be applied retroactively to all cases not actually transferred to the fund prior to the date provision became effective; concurring opinion based on legislative intent. 243 C. 311.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-287 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-287
Sec. 31-287. Provisions required in liability insurance policies.
Status: in_force

Cited. 113 C. 515; 114 C. 27; 116 C. 221. No reformation of policy where no mistake shown. 120 C. 503. Cited. 125 C. 31. Statute has no application to employer liability imposed by special bonus legislation unrelated to traditional workers' compensation concepts. 178 C. 664.

Cited. 37 CA 835.

Cited. 28 CS 4.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-11n — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556a / Section 31-11n
Sec. 31-11n. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds allocated to regional workforce development boards. Limitations.
Status: reserved

(b) Funds reserved for administrative costs by a regional workforce development board shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 128(b)(4) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-76f — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-76f
Sec. 31-76f. Piece rates; two or more kinds of work.
Status: in_force

Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51nn — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51nn
Sec. 31-51nn. Family and medical leave: Employment and benefits protection.
Status: in_force

(b) The taking of leave under section 31-51 ll shall not result in the loss of any employment benefit accrued prior to the date on which the leave commenced.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to entitle any restored employee to (1) the accrual of any seniority or employment benefits during any period of leave; or (2) any right, benefit or position of employment other than any right, benefit or position to which the employee would have been entitled had the employee not taken the leave.

(d) As a condition of restoration under subsection (a) of this section for an employee who has taken leave under subparagraph (D) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll , the employer may have a uniformly applied practice or policy that requires each such employee to receive certification from the health care provider of the employee that the employee is able to resume work, except that nothing in this subsection shall supersede a valid law of this state or a collective bargaining agreement that governs the return to work of such employees.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an employer from requiring an employee on leave under section 31-51 ll to report periodically to the employer on the status and intention of the employee to return to work.

(f) Employees may have additional rights under other state and federal law, including rights under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Nothing in sections 5-248a and 31-51kk to 31-51qq , inclusive, shall limit any such additional rights.

Section does not expressly obligate employer to accommodate employee's work-at-home requests or to refrain from taking adverse action against employee who persists in efforts to secure such arrangement. 249 C. 766.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-113 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 562 / Section 31-113
Sec. 31-113. Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Court may not enjoin peaceful picketing in labor dispute. 127 C. 421. Cited. 134 C. 627; 147 C. 608; 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.

Cited. 9 CS 154; 13 CS 47. When picketing is unlawful. 14 CS 22. Interference with ingress and egress from plant not peaceful picketing. 18 CS 75. Section does not deny courts power to hear and determine injunction actions but only limits them in exercise of that power. 27 CS 156. Cited. 42 CS 227.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-422 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 574 / Section 31-422
Sec. 31-422. Qualified employers to provide informational materials to covered employees. Enrollment of participants. Fund rollover. Withholding of compensation.
Status: in_force

(2) Not later than sixty days after a qualified employer provides informational materials to a covered employee in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, or such other time period as prescribed by the Comptroller, and subject to the provisions of subdivision (3) of this subsection, such qualified employer shall automatically enroll each of its covered employees in the program at the participant's contribution level in accordance with the provisions of section 31-71j .

(3) A covered employee may opt out of the program by electing a contribution level of zero.

(4) (A) A qualified employer that (i) maintains a retirement plan or retirement arrangement described under Section 219(g)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, or (ii) any other retirement arrangement approved by the Comptroller, shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.

(B) A qualified employer shall not be considered to maintain a retirement plan or retirement arrangement described under said Section 219(g)(5) or any other retirement arrangement approved by the Comptroller pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, if the Comptroller determines that (i) as of the first day of the previous calendar year, no new participant was eligible to be enrolled in a retirement plan or retirement arrangement maintained by such qualified employer, and (ii) on and after the first day of the previous calendar year, no contributions were made to such retirement plan or retirement arrangement by or on behalf of a participant in such plan or arrangement.

(5) The Comptroller may defer the effective date of the program, in whole or in part, and for particular categories of employers, as the Comptroller deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of section 31-71e , and sections 31-417 to 31-427 , inclusive, in a manner that minimizes the disruption and burdens that may exist for any qualified employer. The Comptroller shall provide notice of any deferment of the effective date of the program to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor not later than seven days after the Comptroller has deemed such deferment necessary. Such notice shall include the categories of employers affected, the purpose for which the deferment was granted and the new effective date of the program.

(b) A private employer with four employees or fewer may make the program available to its employees subject to such regulations as may be adopted by the Comptroller, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. No such employer shall require any employee to enroll in the program.

(c) Any individual who is not enrolled in the program pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may participate in the program at any time subject to such regulations as the Comptroller may adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. The Comptroller shall provide the informational materials described in section 31-419 to any such individual at or before the time of such individual's enrollment in the program.

(d) To the extent permitted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, the Comptroller shall allow any individual to establish or contribute to an individual retirement account maintained for such individual under the program by rolling over funds from an existing retirement savings account of the individual.

(e) A qualified employer that withholds a contribution from a covered employee's compensation in connection with the program shall transmit such contribution on the earliest date the amount withheld from the covered employee's compensation can be transmitted, but not later than ten business days following the date upon which the covered employee's contribution amounts were withheld from his or her paycheck.

(f) No employer shall be permitted to make a contribution to the program.

(g) The Comptroller shall disseminate information concerning the tax credits that may be available to small business owners for establishing new retirement plans.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-21 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-21
Sec. 31-21. Legal day's work.
Status: in_force

Statute is superseded by agreement express or implied; earnings on excess above 8 hours, in absence of agreement, not recoverable. 37 C. 221.

Cited. 18 CS 158.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-340 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-340
Sec. 31-340. Insurer directly liable to employee or dependent.
Status: in_force

Cited. 113 C. 130; Id., 515; 223 C. 336.

Cited. 46 CA 596.

Cited. 28 CS 4.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51g — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51g
Sec. 31-51g. Use of polygraph prohibited. Penalty. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) No person, firm, corporation, association or the state or any political subdivision thereof shall request or require any prospective employee or any employee to submit to, or take, a polygraph examination as a condition of obtaining employment or of continuing employment with such employer or dismiss or discipline in any manner an employee for failing, refusing or declining to submit to or take a polygraph examination. (2) No employment agency, as defined in section 31-129 , and no agent for an employer shall require any person to submit to, or take, a polygraph examination for any purposes whatsoever.

(c) Any person, firm, corporation or association which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each violation.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons to be employed (1) by the state or any local government or any political subdivision thereof in any police department except for civilian employees within the department or (2) by the Department of Correction, but shall apply with respect to obtaining and maintaining employment of other persons by the state or any local government or political subdivision thereof.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-119 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 562 / Section 31-119
Sec. 31-119. Contempt of court.
Status: in_force

Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-121 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 562 / Section 31-121
Sec. 31-121. Solicitations for employees to state existence of strike or lockout.
Status: in_force

Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-48a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-48a
Sec. 31-48a. Recruitment or referral of professional strikebreaker restricted.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent or interfere with the recruiting or procuring of any person who is not a professional strikebreaker within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section, provided there shall be compliance with the provisions of section 31-121 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-289a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-289a
Sec. 31-289a. Civil action to recover civil penalties. Privileged assignment for trial.
Status: in_force

(b) An affidavit sworn to or affirmed by the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission, or by the administrative law judge who imposed the civil penalty referred to in the affidavit, stating the name of the administrative law judge who imposed the civil penalty, the amount of the civil penalty, the name of the violator against whom the civil penalty was imposed, whether or not an appeal was taken, the disposition of the appeal and whether or not the penalty was paid, shall constitute prima facie proof of the facts contained in the affidavit. Copies of the records of the Workers' Compensation Commission, or of any administrative law judge, certified by said chairperson or by the administrative law judge having custody of the records, containing the name of the administrative law judge who imposed a civil penalty, the amount of the civil penalty, the name of the violator against whom the civil penalty was imposed, whether or not an appeal was taken, the disposition of the appeal and whether or not the penalty was paid, shall constitute prima facie proof of the facts contained in the records.

(c) Civil actions pursuant to this section shall be privileged in their assignment for trial.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-11p — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556a / Section 31-11p
Sec. 31-11p. Development of workforce development plan. Required contents.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after July 1, 2021, the Governor may submit the Connecticut workforce development plan and any modifications to such plan to the United States Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, with the advice and assistance of the Governor's Workforce Council, provided such plan and any modifications are consistent with the requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-283a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-283a
Sec. 31-283a. Rehabilitation programs for employees suffering compensable injuries.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall be authorized to (1) enter into agreements with other state or federal agencies to carry out the purposes of this section and expend money for that purpose, and (2) on behalf of the state of Connecticut, develop matching programs or activities to secure federal grants or funds for the purposes of this section and may pledge or use funds supplied from the administrative costs fund, as provided in section 31-345 , to finance the state's share of the programs or activities.

Cited. 223 C. 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-232l — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-232l
Sec. 31-232l. Ineligibility for extended benefits. Suitable work defined. Duties of State Employment Service.
Status: in_force

(b) If the individual furnishes satisfactory evidence to the administrator that his prospects for obtaining work in his customary occupation within a reasonably short period are good, the determination of whether any work is suitable work with respect to such individual shall be made in accordance with the definition of suitable work for regular benefit claimants in subsection (a)(1) of section 31-236 , without regard to the definition specified by subsection (c) of this section.

(c) (1) For purposes of this section, “suitable work” means any work which is within an individual's capabilities, provided that: (A) The gross average weekly remuneration payable for the work exceeds the sum of (i) the individual's weekly extended benefit amount, as determined under section 31-232e , plus (ii) the amount, if any, of supplemental unemployment benefits, as defined in Section 501(c)(17)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, payable to such individual for such week; (B) the wage payable for the work is not less than the greater of the minimum wage provided by Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, without regard to any exemption, or the applicable state or local minimum wage, without regard to any exemption; and (C) no work shall be deemed to be suitable work which does not accord with the labor standard provisions required by Section 3304(a)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, an individual shall not be denied extended benefits for failure to accept an offer of or apply for any job which meets the definition of suitability as described in this subsection if: (A) The position was not offered to such individual in writing or was not listed with a state employment service; and (B) such failure could not result in a denial of benefits under the definition of suitable work for regular benefit claimants in section 31-236 to the extent that the criteria of suitability in that section are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection.

(d) For the purposes of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, an individual shall be treated as actively engaged in seeking work during any week if: (1) The individual has engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during such week, and (2) the individual furnishes tangible evidence that he has engaged in such effort during such week.

(e) The Connecticut State Employment Service shall refer any claimant entitled to extended benefits under this chapter to any suitable work which meets the criteria prescribed in subsection (c) of this section.

(f) An individual shall be ineligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period if such individual has been disqualified for regular or extended benefits under the provisions of this chapter because he voluntarily left work, was discharged for misconduct or failed to accept an offer of or apply for suitable work unless such individual has terminated the disqualification imposed for such reasons by again having been employed under an express or implied contract of hire creating an employer-employee relationship.

Cited. 40 CS 90.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-321 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-321
Sec. 31-321. Manner of serving notices.
Status: in_force

Cited. 226 C. 508. Strict compliance with statutory methods of service under section is necessary to constitute meaningful notice under Sec. 31-301(a); commission's failure to comply strictly with statutorily prescribed methods of notice and service under section will not trigger party's obligation to file appeal under Sec. 31-301(a). 263 C. 279.

Cited. 3 CA 162; 29 CA 441; 30 CA 295; 45 CA 199. Does not expressly provide for notice to claimants who are not employees or dependents; notice to last-known address of decedent employee, which was also claimants' address, was adequate. 63 CA 1. Section governs the manner in which notice is to be served when required under act, but does not independently require workers' compensation insurance providers to provide notice in any particular circumstance. 121 CA 144. Sending notice to contest liability to employee by certified mail meets requirements, despite employee's failure to claim it. 138 CA 826. Neither section nor form 43 contain any language that permits the filing of form 43 by facsimile transmission to the commission, rather, both section and form require that form be filed either in person, by registered mail or by certified mail. 190 CA 623.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-13a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-13a
Sec. 31-13a. Employer to furnish record of hours worked, wages earned and deductions. Employer to provide means to access and print electronically held records.
Status: in_force

(b) If the record of hours is furnished electronically pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the employer shall provide a means for each employee to securely, privately and conveniently access and print such record. The employer shall incorporate reasonable safeguards regarding any information contained in the record furnished electronically pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to protect the confidentiality of an employee's personal information.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-131b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 564 / Section 31-131b
Sec. 31-131b. Records to be kept.
Status: in_force

(b) The original or duplicate original of each application for employment shall be retained by every employment agency for one year following the date on which the application is filed.

(c) A true copy of every advertisement used, together with a true copy of the job order upon which it was predicated, shall be retained by every employment agency for a period of sixty days following the date of publication of such advertisement.

(d) All such records shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the examination of the commissioner or his authorized agents.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-274 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-274
Sec. 31-274. Saving clause. Conflict with federal law. Governmental districts and subdivisions defined.
Status: repealed

(b) No part of this chapter shall be deemed repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.

(c) The provisions of this chapter shall be construed, interpreted and administered in such manner as to presume coverage, eligibility and nondisqualification in doubtful cases.

(d) In the event of any conflict between any provision of this chapter and applicable federal law in respect to payment of benefits, coverage or eligibility, the federal law shall prevail if said federal law increases or extends benefits, coverage or eligibility beyond the provisions of this chapter, and the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to be in conformity with the law of the United States.

(e) As applied to this chapter, any amendment in the statute law of the United States which would by implication amend or repeal any provision of this chapter, where such amendment or repealer will increase or extend benefits, coverage or eligibility, shall be deemed and construed to be a provision of this chapter and the law of this state.

(f) As used in any of the provisions of this chapter, the clause “governmental districts, regions or entities, established under state statutes”, and the phrases “political and governmental subdivisions”, “political or governmental subdivision or entity” and similar terms shall be construed and interpreted to include any and all political subdivisions of this state, including, without limitation, any town, city, county, borough, district, school board, board of education, board of regents, social service or welfare agency, public and quasi-public corporation, housing authority, parking authority, redevelopment and urban renewal board or commission, or other authority or public agency established by law, irrespective of whether such authority or agency has power to hire and discharge employees separate and apart from any other political or governmental subdivision of which it is a part, or with which it may be affiliated, and any water district, sewer district or similar authority established by special act or existing under the general statutes of this state.

Section made plaintiff's right to benefits subject to contingency that General Assembly might amend or even repeal the law. 137 C. 129. Cited. 181 C. 1; 184 C. 317; 196 C. 546; 238 C. 273.

Cited. 2 CA 1.

Cited. 39 CS 371; 42 CS 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3b
Sec. 31-3b. Contracts with or funds from public or private agency or source.
Status: in_force

(b) The Labor Commissioner may accept and receive funds from any public or private source which become available for the purposes of this section and section 31-3d .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-108 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 561 / Section 31-108
Sec. 31-108. Oaths. Subpoenas. Service of process.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 52-260 re witness fees.

Cited. 234 C. 704.

Cited. 33 CS 205.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-267 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-267
Sec. 31-267. Priority of claim for contributions in case of insolvency, bankruptcy or dissolution.
Status: in_force

Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 314 U.S. 569; 175 C. 269.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-370 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 571 / Section 31-370
Sec. 31-370. Duties of employer and employee.
Status: in_force

(b) Each employer shall, upon the written request of any employee, furnish such employee with a written statement listing the substances which such employee uses or with which such employee comes into contact that have been identified as toxic and hazardous by occupational safety and health standards, under Title 29 CFR 1910.1000 “Air Contaminant Code of Federal Regulations”.

(c) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter.

(d) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all regulations and orders issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.

Cited. 184 C. 173; 243 C. 66.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-264a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-264a
Sec. 31-264a. Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established a fund to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund. The fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer as a trust fund, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 3-21a , 31-222 , 31-225a , 31-231a , 31-232b , 31-232d , 31-232f , 31-236 , 31-250a , 31-259 , 31-263 , 31-264b and 31-274j . The state treasurer may enter into contracts that may be useful to the organization, establishment, operation and administration of the fund under all applicable state and federal laws and may contract with any person to provide whatever services to the fund as, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, are necessary for the proper operation and administration of the fund. All costs of organizing, establishing and operating the fund, including the costs of personnel and contractual services, shall be a charge upon and paid by the State Treasurer from the fund. In addition, all costs of establishing and administering the necessary procedures for billing, payment and collection of the assessments authorized to be established by the administrator pursuant to section 31-225a shall be a charge upon and paid by the State Treasurer from the fund. All costs related to the organization, establishment and operation of the fund and all costs related to the establishment and administration of billing, payment and collection procedures for moneys received from employers in payment of assessments established in accordance with said section 31-225a , to the extent not payable from the fund, may be paid from other moneys of the state when made available for such purpose. There is established within the fund an advance account, a debt service and reserve account and an administration account, which accounts shall be held separate and apart from each other. Additional accounts and subaccounts may be established in the proceedings under which the revenue bonds are authorized.

(c) There shall be deposited in the advance account: (1) The proceeds of revenue bonds issued by the state for deposit into the account and use in accordance with this section and sections 3-21a , 31-222 , 31-225a , 31-231a , 31-232b , 31-232d , 31-232f , 31-236 , 31-250a , 31-259 , 31-263 , 31-264b and 31-274j ; (2) federal grants and awards or other federal assistance received by the state for deposit into the account or for other purposes in accordance with said sections; and (3) interest or other income earned on the investment of moneys in the advance account pending transfer or use pursuant to said sections.

(d) To the extent that amounts are available therefor in the advance account, and on request of the administrator pursuant to subsection (h) of this section, the State Treasurer shall apply the proceeds (1) to repay, in accordance with the proceedings authorizing any revenue bonds issued pursuant to this section and sections 3-21a , 31-222 , 31-225a , 31-231a , 31-232b , 31-232d , 31-232f , 31-236 , 31-250a , 31-259 , 31-263 , 31-264b and 31-274j , the outstanding balance of all or any part of the advances made to the state from the federal unemployment account under Title XII of the Social Security Act, 42 USC Sections 1321 to 1324, inclusive, and any interest due on the advances, and (2) to provide advances to the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund.

(e) Within the debt service and reserve account there are established the following subaccounts: (1) A reserve subaccount into which shall be deposited the proceeds of revenue bonds issued by the state for deposit into the reserve subaccount and use in accordance with this section and sections 3-21a , 31-222 , 31-225a , 31-231a , 31-232b , 31-232d , 31-232f , 31-236 , 31-250a , 31-259 , 31-263 , 31-264b and 31-274j ; and (2) a debt service subaccount into which shall be deposited, in accordance with the proceeding authorizing the bonds, the proceeds of the initial issuance of revenue bonds which are expected to be applied as capitalized interest to the extent required, and payments received from or on behalf of any employer in payment of assessments established in accordance with said sections attributable to the debt service requirement. Moneys in each subaccount created under this subsection may be applied by the State Treasurer to debt service on revenue bonds. The Treasurer shall apply amounts in the reserve subaccount to the payment of debt service on bonds whenever amounts on deposit in the debt service subaccount are insufficient. The net proceeds of any refunding bonds shall be deposited in a special subaccount within the debt service and reserve account and shall be applied solely to the retirement or redemption of the bonds to be refunded.

(f) There shall be deposited in the administration account: (1) The proceeds of revenue bonds expected to be deposited into the administration account and use in accordance with this section and sections 3-21a , 31-222 , 31-225a , 31-231a , 31-232b , 31-232d , 31-232f , 31-236 , 31-250a , 31-259 , 31-263 , 31-264b and 31-274j ; and (2) any additional money received from employers in payment of assessments established in accordance with said sections, to offset the costs and expenses of administering and operating the fund. Amounts in the administration account may be applied to offset the costs and expenses of establishing, administering and operating the fund.

(g) The fund shall be maintained separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts of the state. Investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund and to any account and subaccount within the fund shall become part of the assets of the fund, account and subaccount, except as otherwise required for rebates in order to assure the excludability of the interest on the bonds from federal income taxation, as provided in the proceedings authorizing any revenue bonds. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund, account and subaccount for the next fiscal year.

(h) Upon the issuance of revenue bonds and to the extent there are sufficient proceeds or other amounts in the advance account available therefor, any advances to the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund that the administrator deems necessary for the payment of benefits under this chapter or to the Unemployment Compensation Fund for the repayment of advances made to the state from the federal unemployment account, including interest thereon, may be obtained from the advance account of the Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund. The State Treasurer shall, on request filed in writing by the administrator, withdraw from the advance account of the Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund and deposit in the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund, amounts determined by the administrator to be necessary for the payment of benefits under this chapter without incurring federal interest charges, or deposit in the Unemployment Compensation Fund amounts determined by the administrator to be required for the repayment of advances made to the state from the federal unemployment account, including interest thereon. The State Treasurer shall, from time to time and at least annually, determine the amount of interest, amortization, reserve and associated costs required for each advance made from the advance account under this subsection computed in accordance with the requirements of the Unemployment Compensation Fund and the proceedings under which the revenue bonds are authorized and such amounts shall be assessed by the administrator as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 31-225a . For purposes of this subsection, “associated costs” includes all costs related to the efficient establishment, operation and administration of the Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and the proceedings under which the bonds are issued pursuant to this section and sections 3-21a , 31-222 , 31-225a , 31-231a , 31-232b , 31-232d , 31-232f , 31-236 , 31-250a , 31-259 , 31-263 , 31-264b and 31-274j and the costs of establishing and administering the billing, payment and collection procedures referred to in subsection (b) of this section.

(i) The moneys in the advance account may also be used to pay any costs related to the issuance of revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 31-264b and to pay any debt service thereon for which amounts on deposit in the debt service and reserve account maintained pursuant to this section are insufficient.

(j) Notwithstanding any provision of this section and sections 3-21a , 31-222 , 31-225a , 31-231a , 31-232b , 31-232d , 31-232f , 31-236 , 31-250a , 31-259 , 31-263 , 31-264b and 31-274j to the contrary, any money received from the Unemployment Compensation Fund may not be used for any purpose inconsistent with federal law, and any federal grants, awards, advances or other federal assistance referred to herein may not be used for any purpose other than that for which such amounts were granted, awarded, advanced, or otherwise appropriated, respectively.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-314 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-314
Sec. 31-314. Allowance for advance payments.
Status: in_force

Payment to employee not deductible from amount due to dependent for his subsequent death. 93 C. 159. “Payments made on account of” means those payments paid on credit, or in advance of, any sums that subsequently become payable by employer. 270 C. 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-367 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 571 / Section 31-367
Sec. 31-367. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner or his designated agent;

(b) “Commission” means the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission established under this chapter;

(c) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons;

(d) “Employer” means the state and any political subdivision thereof;

(e) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in a business of his employer;

(f) “Occupational safety and health standard” means a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment in places of employment;

(g) “Trade secret” means any confidential formula, pattern, device or compilation of information, known only to the employer and those employees in whom it is necessary to confide it, which is used in the employer's business and gives him an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.

Subdiv. (d):

Cited. 184 C. 173. “Political subdivision” does not include a volunteer fire company, and functional equivalent test of Freedom of Information Act is inapplicable to this definition. 301 C. 739.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-228 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-228
Sec. 31-228. Benefit for total unemployment.
Status: in_force

Cited. 136 C. 485. Plaintiff held unemployed during period of shutdown beyond one-week vacation to which he was entitled. 138 C. 253. Cited. 161 C. 362; 175 C. 269. Section contemplates an employer-employee relationship; in order to be considered “totally unemployed”, one must first be “unemployed”. 245 C. 744.

Section does not apply to holiday pay. 15 CS 501.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-69a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-69a
Sec. 31-69a. Additional penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Any employer, officer, agent or other person who violates any provision of chapter 563a may be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of not greater than five hundred dollars for the first violation of chapter 563a related to an individual employee or former employee, and for each subsequent violation of said chapter related to such individual employee or former employee, may be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of not greater than one thousand dollars. In setting a civil penalty for any violation in a particular case, the Labor Commissioner shall consider all factors which the commissioner deems relevant, including, but not limited to, (1) the level of assessment necessary to insure immediate and continued compliance with the provisions of chapter 563a; (2) the character and degree of impact of the violation; and (3) any prior violations of such employer of chapter 563a.

(c) The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Labor Commissioner, shall institute civil actions to recover the penalties provided for under subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Any amount recovered shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for other current expenses, and may be used by the Labor Department to enforce the provisions of chapter 557, chapter 563a, this chapter and subsection (g) of section 31-288 and to implement the provisions of section 31-4 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-76a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-76a
Sec. 31-76a. Investigations on complaint of nonpayment of wages, certain misrepresentations re employees and violations of prevailing wage. Issuance of stop work order.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner or the director, for such purpose, may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and records. Any employer or any officer or agent of any employer, corporation, firm or partnership who wilfully fails to furnish time and wage records as required by law to the commissioner, the director of minimum wage or any wage enforcement agent upon request, or who refuses to admit the commissioner, the director or such agent to the place of employment of such employer, corporation, firm or partnership, or who hinders or delays the commissioner, the director or such agent in the performance of the commissioner's, the director's or such agent's duties in the enforcement of this section shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars. Each day of such failure to furnish the time and wage records to the commissioner, the director or such agent shall constitute a separate offense, and each day of refusal to admit, of hindering or of delaying the commissioner, the director or such agent shall constitute a separate offense.

(c) (1) If the commissioner determines, after an investigation pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, that an employer is in violation of (A) subsection (g) of section 31-288 , or (B) subsection (b) of section 31-53 , the commissioner shall issue, not later than seventy-two hours after making such determination, a stop work order against the employer requiring the cessation of all business operations of such employer. Such stop work order shall be issued only against the employer found to be in violation of subsection (g) of section 31-288 or in violation of subsection (b) of section 31-53 and only as to the specific place of business or employment for which the violation exists. Such order shall be effective when served upon the employer or at the place of business or employment. A stop work order may be served at a place of business or employment by posting a copy of the stop work order in a conspicuous location at the place of business or employment. Such order shall remain in effect until the commissioner issues an order releasing the stop work order upon a finding by the commissioner that the employer has come into compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) of section 31-284 or subsection (b) of section 31-53 , or after a hearing held pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(2) Any employer against which a stop work order is issued pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection may request a hearing before the commissioner. Such request shall be made in writing to the commissioner not more than ten days after the issuance of such order. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(3) Stop work orders and any penalties imposed under section 31-288 or 31-69a against a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship for a violation of subsection (g) of section 31-288 or for a violation of subsection (b) of section 31-53 shall be effective against any successor entity that has one or more of the same principals or officers as the corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship against which the stop work order was issued and are engaged in the same or equivalent trade or activity.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-99 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 560 / Section 31-99
Sec. 31-99. Duty of board in case of a strike or lockout.
Status: in_force

Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613; 200 C. 91.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-57v — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-57v
Sec. 31-57v. Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Filing of complaint with Labor Commissioner. Hearing. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) The Labor Commissioner shall advise any employee who (1) is covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for paid sick days, and (2) files a complaint pursuant to subsection (a) of this section of the employee's right to pursue a grievance with the employee's collective bargaining agent.

(c) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57w , inclusive, may file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner. Upon receipt of any such complaint, the commissioner may hold a hearing. After the hearing, any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation. Any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57u , inclusive, or section 31-57w shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of up to one hundred dollars for each violation. The Labor Commissioner may award the employee all appropriate relief, including the payment for used paid sick leave, rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if the employee had not been subject to such retaliatory personnel action or discriminated against. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(d) The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section within available appropriations.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-901a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 577 / Section 31-901a
Sec. 31-901a. Connecticut Premium Pay Program. Employer discrimination.
Status: in_force

(b) Any employee who is so discharged, disciplined or discriminated against or who has been deliberately misinformed or deliberately dissuaded from filing an application for payment from the Connecticut Premium Pay program may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district where the employer has its principal office for the reinstatement to the employee's position of employment, payment of back wages, reestablishment of employee benefits to which the employee would have otherwise been entitled if the employee had not been discriminated against or discharged and any other damages caused by such discrimination or discharge. The superior court may also award punitive damages. Any employee who prevails in such a civil action shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3j — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3j
Sec. 31-3j. Regional workforce development boards: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Board” means a regional workforce development board established under section 31-3k ;

(2) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner;

(3) “Municipality” means a town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough;

(4) “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” means the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time; and

(5) “Workforce development region” or “region” means an area designated as a service delivery area in accordance with the provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-93 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 560 / Section 31-93
Sec. 31-93. Panel or single member to arbitrate. Membership of panel.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.

Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613.

Cited. 9 CA 260.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-54 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-54
Sec. 31-54. Rate of wages for work on state highways.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-112 re applicability of section to construction, remodeling or repair of public buildings by state agencies or political subdivisions of state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-245 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-245
Sec. 31-245. Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas.
Status: in_force

Cited. 192 C. 581; 200 C. 243.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-14 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-14
Sec. 31-14. Night work of minors regulated.
Status: in_force

(b) In the event of war or other serious emergency, the Governor may suspend the limitations upon evening or night work contained in this section as to any industries or occupations as he may find such emergency demands.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons under eighteen years of age who have graduated from a secondary educational institution.

(d) For purposes of this section, “supermarket” means any retail food store occupying a total retail sales area of more than three thousand five hundred square feet.

See Secs. 31-15a, 31-69a re penalties for violation of section.

Cited. 126 C. 682.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-11s — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556a / Section 31-11s
Sec. 31-11s. Governor's Workforce Council recommendations re appropriation of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds.
Status: in_force

(b) Pursuant to Section 189(i)(4)(A) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, the Governor is authorized by the General Assembly to apply for a waiver of federal eligibility requirements to allow incumbent workers with annual family incomes that do not exceed two hundred per cent of the poverty level guidelines issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services to receive job training services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3h — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3h
Sec. 31-3h. Governor's Workforce Council; duties.
Status: in_force

(b) The duties and responsibilities of the council shall include:

(1) Carrying out the duties and responsibilities of a state workforce board pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, and such other related responsibilities as the Governor may direct;

(2) Supporting the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time;

(3) Making recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the formula for allocation of funds received by the state under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, pursuant to the provisions of sections 31-11m and 31-11s ; and

(4) Convening state agencies, educational institutions, business leaders and others to (A) inform state policy regarding workforce development, (B) help state agencies and educational institutions align with the needs of employers, and (C) help businesses understand how to contribute to the state's workforce efforts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-238 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-238
Sec. 31-238. Budget of Employment Security Appeals Division. Provision for expenses, offices, equipment and supplies.
Status: in_force

Cited. 126 C. 442; 139 C. 35. Appointment provision directory and not mandatory. 165 C. 203.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-362e — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 569a / Section 31-362e
Sec. 31-362e. Responsibilities of commissioner with regard to minijobs.
Status: in_force

(1) Develop a plan to implement the minijob concept;

(2) Coordinate and implement the minijob development plan, including the provision of those general support facilities considered by the commissioner to be necessary, desirable or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of the minijob implementation plan;

(3) Provide for the education and training of persons in order to match such persons with available jobs;

(4) Provide for utilization of private employers for implementation of some or all of the requirements of the minijob development plan.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71d — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-71d
Sec. 31-71d. Payment where wages disputed.
Status: in_force

(b) The acceptance by any employee of a payment under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of his claim and any release required by an employer as a condition to payment shall be void.

Cited. 212 C. 294.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-310c — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-310c
Sec. 31-310c. Average weekly wage of worker with an occupational disease.
Status: in_force

Purpose and retroactive application. 245 C. 66. Calculation of benefits for surviving dependent spouse and estate of employee who died as result of occupational disease. Id., 88.

Cited. 44 CA 112.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-134a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 564 / Section 31-134a
Sec. 31-134a. Procurement of out-of-state domestic employees.
Status: in_force

(b) An employment agency which engages in recruitment of such employees or in offer or procurement as described in subsection (a), directly or indirectly, shall furnish to the Labor Commissioner a written list containing the name and address of all emigrant agents from whom it accepts job applicants. If such emigrant agents are required to be licensed in the places in which they are recruiting employees, no employment agency, directly or indirectly, shall accept applicants from any such agent there unless he is so licensed.

(c) No employment agency shall accept, procure or offer to procure employment for such an applicant unless evidence or an affidavit executed by the applicant before a person authorized to administer oaths in Connecticut has been filed with the agency that the applicant has reached the age of eighteen years.

(d) If an employment agency engages in the recruitment of domestic or household employees from outside of the state, it shall enter into its records the following information, in addition to records prescribed in section 31-130 : (1) The last home address and birth date of all applicants for such employment whom the employment agency is responsible for bringing into the state of Connecticut; (2) the name and address of the emigrant agent, if any, through whom such applicant was obtained; (3) the name and address of each person to whom the employment agency has made payments in connection with the recruitment of the applicant and amounts of such payments; (4) the total charges made by the agency to the applicant, including, to be separately designated, agency fee, recruitment fee, any charge for transportation, and any other charges in connection with placement.

(e) The employment agency shall have the following additional obligations with respect to such persons as it is bringing or has brought, directly or indirectly, into the state: (1) To provide direct transportation of such person into the state by licensed common carrier and (2) to provide, solely at its expense, suitable lodging and meals for such person until such person is placed in employment after arrival at the office of the employment agency and for any period of unemployment during the thirty days ensuing after arrival or until the employment agency has provided the person with reasonable allowance for meals for each day of travel and return fare by common carrier to the place whence he came, whichever is sooner. The obligation to provide lodging, meals and return fare shall terminate if the unemployment is due to the refusal by such person to accept suitable employment or to a leaving by such person of his work without sufficient cause connected with his employment or to a discharge for wilful misconduct.

(f) The bond required in section 31-130 shall be conditioned that the obligor shall comply with this section.

See Sec. 31-129 for applicable definitions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-248a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-248a
Sec. 31-248a. Transfer of case from referee to Employment Security Board of Review.
Status: in_force

Cited. 192 C. 581; 196 C. 546.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-387 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 572 / Section 31-387
Sec. 31-387. State bonds for grants to municipalities.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be used for the purpose of making grants to municipalities to finance emergency municipal public works employment projects as hereinafter provided.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-49o — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-49o
Sec. 31-49o. Private plans. Approval of. Conditions.
Status: in_force

(2) In order to be approved as meeting an employer's obligations under sections 31-49e to 31-49t , inclusive, a private plan shall also comply with the following provisions: (A) If the private plan is in the form of self-insurance, the employer shall furnish a bond running to the state, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the state as surety, in such form as may be approved by the authority and in such amount as may be required by the department; and (B) if the plan provides for insurance, the forms of the policy shall have been approved by the Insurance Commissioner and be issued by an approved insurer.

(b) Approval for a private plan granted under subsection (a) of this section may be withdrawn when terms or conditions of the plan have been violated. Causes for plan termination include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) Failure to pay benefits; (2) failure to pay benefits timely and in a manner consistent with the public plan; (3) failure to maintain an adequate security deposit as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section; (4) misuse of private plan funds; (5) failure to submit reports as required; or (6) failure to comply with sections 31-49e to 31-49t , inclusive.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 31-49g , employees enrolled in an approved private plan shall not contribute a percentage of their earnings to the Family and Medical Leave Trust Fund. Notwithstanding section 31-71e , an employer may withhold or divert up to the portion of an employee's wages that corresponds to the contribution rate established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 31-49g for the purpose of administering an approved private plan. The amount of wages withheld or diverted for such purpose shall not be increased, except on the anniversary of the effective date of the private plan or within thirty days after the state adjusts the contribution rate.

(d) An employee covered by a private plan approved under this section shall retain all applicable rights under sections 31-51kk to 31-51qq , inclusive.

(e) A denial of family or medical leave benefits by a private plan shall be subject to administrative appeal and appeal to the Superior Court as provided by section 31-49p .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-379 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 571 / Section 31-379
Sec. 31-379. Discriminatory practices prohibited. Complaint: Filing; hearing; relief. Appeal to Superior Court.
Status: in_force

(b) Any employee who believes that such employee has been discharged, disciplined, penalized or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of subsection (a) of this section may, not later than one hundred eighty days after such violation occurs, file a complaint with the commissioner alleging such violation. Upon receipt of such complaint the commissioner shall hold a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(c) The commissioner may award an aggrieved employee all appropriate relief, including rehiring or reinstatement of the employee to the employee's former position, back pay and reestablishment of any employee benefits to which the employee would otherwise have been eligible if such violation had not occurred. The commissioner shall award a prevailing employee such employee's costs, together with reasonable attorneys' fees to be determined by the commissioner.

(d) Any party aggrieved by the commissioner's decision under subsection (c) of this section may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

Cited. 40 CA 577.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-261 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-261
Sec. 31-261. Unemployment Compensation Fund. Payment of administrative expenses.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, money credited to the account of this state pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, with respect to the federal fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001, shall be used solely for the payment of expenses incurred for the administration of this chapter, and such money shall not otherwise be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

See Sec. 31-232j re payment of extended benefits from Unemployment Compensation Fund.

See Sec. 31-264 re management of Unemployment Trust Fund moneys upon discontinuance of or changes in fund.

Cited. 175 C. 269.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-250a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-250a
Sec. 31-250a. Advisory board. Membership. Functions and duties.
Status: in_force

(b) The initial terms of the members shall be as follows: Those appointed by the Governor shall serve for one year; those appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall serve for two years; those appointed by the majority leader of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve for three years; and those appointed by the minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives shall serve for four years. Terms of the appointed members following the initial terms shall be for four years.

(c) The appointed members of the advisory board shall select a ninth member who shall be impartial and serve as the chairman of the advisory board. The members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation. The advisory board shall not be construed to be a board or commission subject to the provisions of section 4-9a . The administrator shall provide such information as is necessary for the performance of the functions and duties of the advisory board.

(d) The advisory board shall meet at least three times in each calendar year and at such other times as the chairman or the administrator deems necessary. All actions of the advisory board shall require the affirmative vote of six members of the advisory board. The advisory board may bring any matter related to the operation of the Employment Security Division to the attention of the administrator. The advisory board may adopt any rules or procedures that the board deems necessary to carry out its duties under this chapter.

(e) The advisory board shall report annually, on or before the first day of January, to the administrator on any matter concerning the Employment Security Division.

(f) No regulations concerning the Employment Security Division shall be adopted without consultation with the advisory board.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the advisory board shall not advise the administrator with respect to assessments established by the administrator pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 31-225a , or with respect to procedures established by the administrator concerning billing, payment and collection of such assessments.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-76i — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-76i
Sec. 31-76i. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 31-76 l re adoption of applicable regulations.

Cited. 160 C. 133. Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233. “Commissions ... on services” in Subdiv. (g) includes commissions earned for performing services as well as those earned for selling services. 219 C. 520.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-102 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 561 / Section 31-102
Sec. 31-102. State Board of Labor Relations.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever conditions warrant, the Labor Commissioner or the chairman of the board shall request the Governor to appoint, and the Governor shall have authority to appoint, alternate members of said board in such numbers and for such periods of time as the Governor may determine to be necessary, in order that said board may render efficient service in performing the duties committed to it by statute. Any such alternate member shall serve in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1a . Any such alternate member shall meet the same qualifications and receive the same compensation as regular members of the board. An alternate member shall serve in place of an absent member of the board at any time when so directed by the board and while so serving shall have all the powers of members of the board. Alternate members so appointed may complete any matter pending at the expiration of the term for which they were appointed.

Cited. 142 C. 457.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-254a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-254a
Sec. 31-254a. Wage and claim information to national directory of new hires.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than three business days after the date information regarding a newly hired employee is entered into the state directory of new hires, the Labor Department shall furnish such information to the national directory of new hires established under the Welfare Reform Act, 42 USC 653.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3gg — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3gg
Sec. 31-3gg. One-stop centers.
Status: in_force

(b) At least one representative from the Department of Social Services shall be available on-site at each one-stop center to provide eligible individuals utilizing the one-stop center with information or assistance concerning any service or program administered by the department.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40m — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40m
Sec. 31-40m. Information requirements of supplier of toxic substances. Labor Department assistance.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon request of an employer, the Labor Department shall provide such employer with all the information concerning the employer's toxic substances which is available to the department at the time of such request, and which is relevant to the information requirements of sections 31-40j to 31-40p , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-280a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-280a
Sec. 31-280a. Advisory Board of the Workers' Compensation Commission.
Status: in_force

(b) The appointed members of the advisory board shall select a ninth member who shall be impartial and shall serve as the chairperson of the advisory board. The members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation. Each member shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of his duties. The advisory board shall not be construed to be a board or commission subject to the provisions of section 4-9a . The Workers' Compensation Commission shall provide such staff as is necessary for the performance of the functions and duties of the advisory board.

(c) The advisory board shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairperson or the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission deem necessary. All actions of the advisory board shall require the affirmative vote of six members of the advisory board. The advisory board may bring any matter related to the operation of the workers' compensation system to the attention of the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission. The advisory board may adopt any rules of procedure that the board deems necessary to carry out its duties under this chapter.

(d) The advisory board shall submit its written recommendations concerning the reappointment of each administrative law judge to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than three months before the expiration of the term of the administrative law judge.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-76h — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-76h
Sec. 31-76h. Hospital employees.
Status: in_force

Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-362g — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 569a / Section 31-362g
Sec. 31-362g. Defense diversification. Alternative use committees.
Status: in_force

(b) Each defense contractor which (1) performs one or more defense contracts in this state, the combined value of which exceeds one million dollars in any one year, and (2) after October 1, 1994, is the recipient of state assistance or other funds from the Department of Economic and Community Development shall establish an alternative use committee. The committee shall consist of representatives of employees and employers. The employees of such contractor who are represented by a collective bargaining organization shall be represented on such committee by a representative of such organization. The employees of such contractor who are not represented by a collective bargaining organization shall designate a person to serve as their representative. The committee may invite representatives of the community to participate in committee meetings. The committee shall prepare a plan to reduce or eliminate the dependence of the contractor on defense contracts. The plan shall include: (A) Alternative products that are feasible to produce and marketable; and (B) retraining resources needed to produce such products in order to avoid dislocation of the current workforce.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51r — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51r
Sec. 31-51r. Execution of employment promissory note prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) “Employer” means any person engaged in business who has twenty-six or more employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof.

(2) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of his employer.

(3) “Employment promissory note” means any instrument or agreement executed on or after October 1, 1985, which requires an employee to pay the employer, or his agent or assignee, a sum of money if the employee leaves such employment before the passage of a stated period of time. “Employment promissory note” includes any such instrument or agreement which states such payment of moneys constitutes reimbursement for training previously provided to the employee.

(b) On or after October 1, 1985, no employer may require, as a condition of employment, any employee or prospective employee to execute an employment promissory note. The execution of an employment promissory note as a condition of employment is against public policy and any such note shall be void. If any such note is part of an employment agreement, the invalidity of such note shall not affect the other provisions of such agreement.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or render void any agreement between an employer and an employee (1) requiring the employee to repay to the employer any sums advanced to such employee, (2) requiring the employee to pay the employer for any property it has sold or leased to such employee, (3) requiring educational personnel to comply with any terms or conditions of sabbatical leaves granted by their employers, or (4) entered into as part of a program agreed to by the employer and its employees' collective bargaining representative.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-58 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-58
Sec. 31-58. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner;

(b) “Fair wage” means a wage fairly and reasonably commensurate with the value of a particular service or class of service rendered, and, in establishing a minimum fair wage for such service or class of service under this part, the commissioner, without being bound by any technical rules of evidence or procedure, (1) may take into account all relevant circumstances affecting the value of the services rendered, including hours and conditions of employment affecting the health, safety and general well-being of the workers, (2) may be guided by such considerations as would guide a court in a suit for the reasonable value of services rendered where services are rendered at the request of an employer without contract as to the amount of the wage to be paid, and (3) may consider the wages, including overtime or premium rates, paid in the state for work of like or comparable character by employers who voluntarily maintain minimum fair wage standards;

(c) “Department” means the Labor Department;

(d) “Employer” means any owner or any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association of persons acting directly as, or on behalf of, or in the interest of an employer in relation to employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof;

(e) “Employee” means any individual employed or permitted to work by an employer but shall not include any individual employed in camps or resorts which are open no more than six months of the year or in domestic service in or about a private home, except any individual in domestic service employment as defined in the regulations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or an individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity as defined in the regulations of the Labor Commissioner or an individual employed by the federal government, or any individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary or nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist or where the services rendered to such organizations are on a voluntary basis, or any individual employed as a head resident or resident assistant by a college or university, or any individual engaged in baby sitting, or an outside salesman as defined in the regulations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or any individual employed by a nonprofit theater, provided such theater does not operate for more than seven months in any calendar year, or a member of the armed forces of the state performing military duty, as such terms are defined in section 27-61 ;

(f) A resort is defined as an establishment under one management whose principal function it is to offer lodging by the day, week, month or season, or part thereof, to vacationers or those in search of recreation;

(g) “Employ” means to employ or suffer to work;

(h) “Wage” means compensation due to an employee by reason of his employment;

(i) “Minimum fair wage” in any industry or occupation in this state means:

(1) A wage of not less than six dollars and seventy cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2003, not less than six dollars and ninety cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2004, not less than seven dollars and ten cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2006, not less than seven dollars and forty cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2007, not less than seven dollars and sixty-five cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2009, not less than eight dollars per hour, and effective January 1, 2010, not less than eight dollars and twenty-five cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2014, not less than eight dollars and seventy cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2015, not less than nine dollars and fifteen cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2016, not less than nine dollars and sixty cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2017, not less than ten dollars and ten cents per hour, and effective October 1, 2019, not less than eleven dollars per hour, and effective September 1, 2020, not less than twelve dollars per hour, and effective August 1, 2021, not less than thirteen dollars per hour, and effective July 1, 2022, not less than fourteen dollars per hour, and effective June 1, 2023, not less than fifteen dollars per hour. On October 15, 2023, and on each October fifteenth thereafter, the Labor Commissioner shall announce the adjustment in the minimum fair wage which shall become the new minimum fair wage and shall be effective on January first immediately following. On January 1, 2024, and not later than each January first thereafter, the minimum fair wage shall be adjusted by the percentage change in the employment cost index, or its successor index, for wages and salaries for all civilian workers, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor, over the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the preceding year, rounded to the nearest whole cent.

(2) In no event shall the minimum fair wage be less than the amount established under subdivision (1) of this subsection, or one-half of one per cent rounded to the nearest whole cent more than the highest federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, except as may otherwise be established in accordance with the provisions of this part.

(3) All wage orders in effect on October 1, 1971, wherein a lower minimum fair wage has been established, are amended to provide for the payment of the minimum fair wage herein established except as hereinafter provided.

(4) Whenever the highest federal minimum wage is increased, the minimum fair wage established under this part shall be increased to the amount of said federal minimum wage plus one-half of one per cent more than said federal rate, rounded to the nearest whole cent, effective on the same date as the increase in the highest federal minimum wage, and shall apply to all wage orders and administrative regulations then in force.

(5) The rates for all persons under the age of eighteen years, except emancipated minors, shall be not less than eighty-five per cent of the minimum fair wage for the first ninety days of such employment, or ten dollars and ten cents per hour, whichever is greater, and shall be equal to the minimum fair wage thereafter, except in institutional training programs specifically exempted by the commissioner.

(6) After two consecutive quarters of negative growth in the state's real gross domestic product, as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce, the Labor Commissioner shall report his or her recommendations, in writing, to the Governor regarding whether any scheduled increases in the minimum fair wage pursuant to this section should be suspended. Upon receiving the report, the Governor may submit his or her recommendations regarding the suspension of such minimum fair wage increases to the General Assembly.

Authority of commissioner to define term “employee” under former statute; when one qualifies as an “executive employee”. 147 C. 277. Cited. 160 C. 133; 219 C. 520. Qualifications for bona fide administrative capacity exclusion discussed. 243 C. 454.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-57s — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-57s
Sec. 31-57s. Employer requirement to provide sick leave to employees. Use of leave. Employer compliance. Rate of pay during leave.
Status: in_force

(b) An employee shall be entitled to the use of any accrued paid sick leave on and after the one hundred twentieth calendar day of such employee's employment.

(c) An employer shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the employer offers any other paid leave, or combination of other paid leave that (1) may be used for the purposes of, and under the same conditions as provided in, section 31-57t , and (2) is accrued in total at a rate equal to or greater than the rate described in subsection (a) of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, “other paid leave” may include, but need not be limited to, paid vacation, personal days or paid time off, including unlimited paid time off.

(d) Each employer shall pay each employee for paid sick leave at a pay rate equal to (1) the normal hourly wage for that employee, or (2) the minimum fair wage rate under section 31-58 in effect for the pay period during which the employee uses paid sick leave, whichever is greater. For any employee whose hourly wage varies depending on the work performed by such employee, “normal hourly wage” means the average hourly wage of the employee in the pay period prior to the one in which the employee uses paid sick leave.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and sections 31-57t to 31-57w , inclusive, and upon the mutual consent of the employee and employer, an employee who chooses to work additional hours or shifts during the same or following pay period, in lieu of hours or shifts missed, shall not use accrued paid sick leave.

(f) An employee who is exempt from overtime requirements under the provisions of 29 USC 213(a)(1), as amended from time to time, shall be presumed to work forty hours each work week for purposes of paid sick leave accrual, except each such employee, whose normal work week is less than forty hours, shall accrue paid sick leave based upon the hours worked in such normal work week.

(g) (1) If an employee is transferred by an employer to another division, entity or worksite but remains employed by such employer, such employee shall retain and may use all paid sick leave accrued or received by the employee while working at such prior division, entity or worksite.

(2) If another employer succeeds or takes the place of an existing employer, each employee of the original employer who remains employed by such other successor employer shall retain and may use all paid sick leave accrued or received while employed by the original employer.

(h) No employer shall require an employee who will use or is using paid sick leave to search for or find another employee to serve as a replacement for such employee to work the hours that such employee is or was scheduled to work.

(i) No employer shall (1) terminate any employee, (2) dismiss any employee, or (3) transfer any employee from one worksite to another solely in order to not qualify as an employer, as defined in section 31-57r .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-24 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-24
Sec. 31-24. Hazardous employment of children forbidden.
Status: in_force

See Secs. 31-15a, 31-69a re penalties for violation of section.

Cited. 243 C. 66.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-53b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-53b
Sec. 31-53b. Worker training requirements for public works projects. Enforcement. Regulations. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person required to complete a course or program under subsection (a) of this section who has not completed the course or program shall be subject to removal from the worksite if the person does not provide documentation of having completed such course or program by the fifteenth day after the date the person is found to be in noncompliance. The Labor Commissioner or said commissioner's designee shall enforce this section.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2012, the Labor Commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such regulations shall require that the ten-hour construction safety and health courses required under subsection (a) of this section be conducted in accordance with federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training Institute standards, or, in the case of a supplemental refresher training course, shall include, but not be limited to, an update of revised Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and a review of required construction hazards training, or in accordance with Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration Standards or in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.268, as appropriate. The Labor Commissioner shall accept as sufficient proof of compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section a student course completion card issued by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training Institute, or such other proof of compliance said commissioner deems appropriate, dated no earlier than five years before the commencement date of such public works project or, in the case of supplemental refresher training, a student course completion card issued by said Occupational Safety and Health Administration authorized trainer dated not earlier than five years prior to the date such electrician or plumber begins work on such public works project.

(d) This section shall not apply to employees of public service companies, as defined in section 16-1 , or drivers of commercial motor vehicles driving the vehicle on the public works project and delivering or picking up cargo from public works projects provided they perform no labor relating to the project other than the loading and unloading of their cargo.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51x — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51x
Sec. 31-51x. Drug testing: Reasonable suspicion required. Random tests.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, an employer may require an employee to submit to a urinalysis drug test on a random basis if (1) such test is authorized under federal law, (2) the employee serves in an occupation which has been designated as a high-risk or safety-sensitive occupation pursuant to regulations adopted by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to chapter 54, or is employed to operate a school bus, as defined in section 14-275 , or a student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212 , or (3) the urinalysis is conducted as part of an employee assistance program sponsored or authorized by the employer in which the employee voluntarily participates.

Cited. 243 C. 66.

Subsec. (a):

Issue of voluntary testing under statute should be resolved in manner consistent with federal fourth amendment constitutional law; plaintiff seen as voluntarily consenting to testing in case in which he was motivated by fear that he would be dismissed for attempting to remove employer's property from the plant without authorization. 244 C. 598.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71j — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-71j
Sec. 31-71j. Automatic enrollment retirement plans.
Status: in_force

(b) Any employer who provides automatic enrollment shall be relieved of liability for the investment decisions made by the employer or the Comptroller pursuant to section 31-423 on behalf of any participating employee under an automatic contribution arrangement, provided:

(1) The plan allows the participating employee at least quarterly opportunities to select investments for the employee's contributions between investment alternatives available under the plan;

(2) The employee is given notice of the investment decisions that will be made in the absence of the employee's direction, a description of all the investment alternatives available under the plan and a brief description of procedures available for the employee to change investments; and

(3) The employee is given at least annual notice of the actual investments made on behalf of the employee under such automatic contribution arrangement.

(c) Nothing in this section shall modify any existing responsibility of employers or other plan officials for the selection of investment funds for participating employees.

(d) The relief from liability of the employer under this section shall extend to any other plan official who actually makes the investment decisions on behalf of participating employees under an automatic contribution arrangement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-22p — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-22p
Sec. 31-22p. (Formerly Sec. 31-51d). Labor Commissioner's powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 31-51d:

Cited. 243 C. 66.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-284a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-284a
Sec. 31-284a. State contracting with private insurance carrier. Duties and powers of Commissioner of Administrative Services.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may exclude from participation in the state workers' compensation managed care program any medical provider found, through a systematic program of utilization review, to exceed generally accepted standards of the scope, duration or intensity of services rendered to patients with similar diagnostic characteristics.

(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have sole responsibility for establishing procedures for all executive branch agencies participating in the state of Connecticut workers' compensation program, except that all mandatory subjects of collective bargaining pertaining to modified or alternative duty shall continue to be governed by the provisions of chapter 68.

Cited. 220 C. 915; Id., 920.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-59 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-59
Sec. 31-59. Investigation.
Status: in_force

Cited. 140 C. 73; 223 C. 573.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-100 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 560 / Section 31-100
Sec. 31-100. Annual report. Confidential information.
Status: in_force

Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613. Section exempts grievance arbitration proceedings from open meetings requirements of Freedom of Information Act. 244 C. 487.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-377 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 571 / Section 31-377
Sec. 31-377. Notice to employer of contest period and proposed assessment. Action by review commission.
Status: in_force

(b) If the commissioner has reason to believe that an employer has failed to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued within the period permitted for such correction, the commissioner shall notify the employer by certified mail of such failure and of the penalty proposed to be assessed pursuant to section 31-382 by reason of such failure, provided, in the case of a review proceeding initiated by the employer under this section in good faith and not solely for delay or the avoidance of penalties, the period permitted for correction of the violation shall not begin to run until the entry of a final order by the review commission. Such notification by the commissioner shall inform the employer that he has fifteen working days from the receipt of such notice within which to notify the commissioner that he wishes to contest the notification or the proposed assessment of penalty. If, within fifteen days from receipt of notification under this section, the employer fails to notify the commissioner that he intends to contest the notification or proposed assessment of penalty, the notification and assessment as proposed shall be deemed a final order of the commission and not subject to review by any court or agency.

(c) If an employer notifies the commissioner that he intends to contest a citation issued under subsection (a) of section 31-375 or a notification issued under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or if, within fifteen days after the issuance of a citation issued under subsection (a) of section 31-375 , any employee or representative of employees files a notice with the commissioner alleging that the period of time fixed in the citation for abatement of the violation is unreasonable, the commissioner shall immediately advise the commission of such notification, and the commission shall afford an opportunity for a hearing. The commission shall thereafter issue an order, based on findings of fact, affirming, modifying, or vacating the commissioner's citation or proposed penalty, or directing other appropriate relief. Such order shall become final thirty days after its issuance. Upon a showing by an employer of a good faith effort to comply with the abatement requirements of a citation, and a showing that abatement has not been completed because of factors beyond his reasonable control, the commissioner, after an opportunity for a hearing as provided in this subsection, shall issue an order affirming or modifying the abatement requirements in such citation. The rules of procedure prescribed by the commissioner shall provide affected employees or representatives of affected employees an opportunity to participate as parties to hearings under this subsection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-306b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-306b
Sec. 31-306b. Written notice of potential eligibility for death benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than October 1, 1998, the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall develop a standard form that may be used by employers and insurers to provide the notice required under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The failure of an employer or insurer to comply with the notice requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall not excuse a dependent of a deceased employee from making a claim for compensation within the time limits prescribed by subsection (a) of section 31-294c unless the dependent of the deceased employee demonstrates, in the opinion of the administrative law judge, that he was prejudiced by such failure to comply. Each dependent who, in the opinion of the administrative law judge, demonstrates that he was prejudiced by the failure of an employer or insurer to comply with the notice requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall be granted an extension of time in which to file a notice of claim for compensation with the deceased employee's employer or insurer pursuant to section 31-294c , but such extension shall not exceed the period of time equal to the interim between the end of the thirty-day period set forth in subsection (a) of this section and the date the notice required under said subsection was actually mailed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-266 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-266
Sec. 31-266. Collection of contributions. Lien. Foreclosure.
Status: in_force

Cited. 314 U.S. 569.

Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 161 C. 362; 175 C. 269.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-369 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 571 / Section 31-369
Sec. 31-369. Application of chapter.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any workers' compensation law or to enlarge, diminish or affect in any manner common law or statutory rights, duties or liabilities of employers or employees, under any law with respect to injuries, diseases or death of employees arising out of and in the course of employment.

Subsec. (b):

Negligence per se instruction was erroneous when measured against limiting statute. 184 C. 173. Cited. 196 C. 91.

Cited. 3 CA 40.