Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-162 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-162
Sec. 5-162. Retirement date and retirement income.
Status: in_force

(b) As used in this section: (1) “Base salary” means the average annual regular salary, as defined in subsection (h) of section 5-154 , received by a member for his three highest-paid years of state service, disregarding any general temporary reduction or any reduction or nonpayment for illness or other temporary absence; “retirement date” means the date on which a member is retired from state service; “Social Security earnings” means that portion of the member's base salary up to and including the sum of forty-eight hundred dollars on which the state made contributions under the Social Security Agreement, or would have made contributions had the member been covered under Social Security by the state during the years used in determining his base salary; “excess earnings” means that portion of the member's annual base salary in excess of his Social Security earnings, provided, if the member has no Social Security earnings because the state has made no Social Security contributions for him, his excess earnings shall equal his base salary. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, on and after January 1, 1984, “base salary” means the average covered earnings received by a member for his three highest-paid years of state service, disregarding any general temporary reduction or any reduction or nonpayment for illness or other absence which does not exceed ninety days; and “covered earnings” means the annual salary, as defined in subsection (h) of section 5-154 , received by a member in a year, limited by one hundred thirty per cent of the average of the two previous years' covered earnings. The limit does not apply to earnings for calendar years before 1984 or for the first three full or partial years of employment. The Retirement Commission may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 determining the procedure to be followed for a member who was not employed on a full-time basis for the entire two previous years used to develop such limit.

(c) Schedule 1–Twenty-five or more years of state service.

(1) Except as provided in section 5-163a , each member who has completed twenty-five or more years of state service shall be retired on his own application on the first day of the month named in the application, and on or after the member's fifty-fifth birthday.

(2) Each member who has completed twenty-five or more years of state service and has reached his seventieth birthday and who is in an appointive position shall continue in service and shall be retired on the first day of the month on or after his seventieth birthday, upon notice from the Retirement Commission to the member, to the executive head of his agency and the Comptroller.

(3) Each member referred to in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall receive a monthly retirement income beginning on his retirement date equal to one-twelfth of (A) plus (B): (A) Twenty-five per cent of his Social Security earnings, plus fifty per cent of his excess earnings; (B) the number of years, if any, taken to completed months, of his state service in excess of twenty-five years multiplied by one per cent of his Social Security earnings, plus the number of such years multiplied by two per cent of his excess earnings.

(d) Schedule 2–Less than twenty-five years of state service.

(1) Except as provided in section 5-163a , each member who has completed less than twenty-five years of state service shall be retired on his own application, on the first day of the month following his application, if the member has completed ten years of state service and reached his fifty-fifth birthday.

(2) Each such member in an appointive position who has reached his seventieth birthday shall continue in service and shall be retired on the first day of the month on or after his seventieth birthday, upon notice from the Retirement Commission to the member, the executive head of his agency and the Comptroller.

(3) Each member referred to in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall receive a monthly retirement income beginning on his retirement date equal to one-twelfth of (A) plus (B): (A) The number of years of his state service, taken to completed months, multiplied by the applicable percentage of his Social Security earnings determined from the table below for the appropriate age and years of state service; (B) the number of such years multiplied by the applicable percentage of his excess earnings determined from the table below for such age and years of service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-163 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-163
Sec. 5-163. Early retirement.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Retirement Commission finds, for a member who became a state employee on or before February 21, 1958, that the total of his monthly retirement income and the Social Security benefit he is entitled to receive resulting from state service at retirement is less than the retirement salary he would have received under the provisions of the retirement system in effect immediately before February 21, 1958, modified to the extent that the three highest-paid years rather than the five highest-paid years shall be used in determining the retirement income, then the Retirement Commission shall increase his monthly retirement income accordingly during the period when such lower total applies.

(c) Except as provided in section 5-163a , a member whose state service is terminated because of economy, lack of work, abolition of his position or lack of reappointment to a position in the unclassified service, or who, being an Army or Air National Guard technician in the Military Department, is dismissed by reason of separation from the National Guard because of age, after he has completed twenty-five years of state service but before he has reached his fifty-fifth birthday, shall be entitled to a retirement income. The amount of each monthly payment shall be determined from subsection (c) of section 5-162 , if the member elects the first day of the month on or after such birthday as his retirement date; and shall be the actuarial equivalent of such amount, as determined by the Retirement Commission, if the member elects the first day of the month on or after his termination date as his retirement date.

Cited. 195 C. 405.

Cited. 34 CA 510; judgment reversed, see 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-250 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-250
Sec. 5-250. Vacations. Personal leave.
Status: in_force

(b) An appointing authority may permit a full-time permanent employee in the state service to accumulate vacation days with pay up to a maximum of one hundred twenty vacation days, subject to regulations issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

(c) In addition to annual vacation, each appointing authority shall grant to (1) each full-time permanent employee in the state service, and (2) each full-time permanent employee in the state service during such employee's initial working test period three days of personal leave of absence with pay in each calendar year. Personal leave of absence shall be for the purpose of conducting private affairs, including observance of religious holidays, and shall not be deducted from vacation or sick leave credits. Personal leave of absence days not taken in a calendar year shall not be accumulated. For full-time permanent employees within such employees' working test period that began employment on or after July first of a calendar year, the number of personal leave of absence days shall be prorated during such employee's first calendar year of employment. Such proration shall be based on the number of full calendar months remaining in the calendar year after such employee began employment divided by six.

(d) Vacation accruals earned by employees in the unclassified service, in accordance with administrative practice or internal departmental policy, which accrual practice or policy was included, by the appointing authority, in the terms of employment on the basis of which such employees were employed prior to July 1, 1972, and which accruals have not been used and which can be verified by written attendance records, remain to the credit of such employees for use as vacation time or for payment as provided in section 5-252 , as the case may be.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a general worker employed in a position by the Department of Developmental Services as a self-advocate shall be eligible for prorated vacation and personal leave.

(f) Not later than June 30, 2025, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt or amend regulations, as applicable, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of this section relating to the granting of vacation and personal leave to full-time permanent employees during such employees' initial working test periods. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-168 to 4-172 , inclusive, in order to effectuate the purposes of subsections (a) and (c) of this section, prior to adopting or amending such regulations and not later than January 1, 2025, the commissioner shall adopt policies and procedures to implement the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of this section that shall have the force and effect of law. The commissioner shall post all policies and procedures on the department's Internet web site, and submit such policies and procedures to the Secretary of the State for posting on the eRegulations System, at least fifteen days prior to the effective date of any policy or procedure. Any such policy or procedure shall no longer be effective upon the adoption of such policies and procedures as a final regulation pursuant to section 4-172 .

Subsec. (a):

Hourly calculation of vacation leave authorized by section may not operate to reduce the total number of days of vacation leave that an employee has earned and consequently plaintiffs were entitled to the number of days of vacation leave previously earned, despite an increase in the number of hours in their standard work day. 249 C. 693.

Subsec. (c):

“Day” of personal leave represents an entire 24-hour period for which a state employee elects not to work, but, nonetheless, is paid; legislature's use of terms “day” and “holiday” reflects its intent that employees shall be compensated for leave commensurate with their scheduled hours during the calendar day. 267 C. 255.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-276 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 68 / Section 5-276
Sec. 5-276. Mediation and arbitration services by State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing contained herein shall prevent the use of other arbitration tribunals in the resolution of disputes between employers and designated employee organizations.

Cited. 20 CA 676.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-146 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 65 / Section 5-146
Sec. 5-146. Allowances for survivors of members of Division of State Police. Cost-of-living allowance. Effect of collective bargaining agreements. Valuation of fund by Retirement Commission.
Status: in_force

(b) On July 1, 2001, and on July first of each subsequent year, any person who is eligible for the survivors' allowance under subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled, in addition to such survivors' allowance, to an annual cost-of-living allowance which reflects the increase, if any, in the national consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the previous twelve-month period, provided such cost-of-living allowance shall not exceed three per cent. Such cost-of-living allowance shall be computed on the basis of the combined survivors' allowance and cost-of-living allowances, if any, to which such person was entitled as of the June thirtieth immediately preceding.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, survivors' allowances may be paid from the State Employees Retirement Fund in such amounts and commencing on such dates as may conform to the terms of any prevailing collective bargaining agreement effective on or after July 1, 1979, between the state and the employees' representative for state police officers. If survivors' allowances are paid in conformance with any such agreement, each person eligible for survivors' benefits under the terms of this section shall be paid such allowances.

(d) The Retirement Commission shall, at least once every two years, prepare a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the fund with respect to the system of benefits provided by this section and sections 5-147 to 5-151 , inclusive. Such valuation shall be prepared for the purpose of determining the cost of funding such system and the cost of funding such system on an actuarial reserve basis.

Cited. 175 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-220 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-220
Sec. 5-220. Conduct of examinations.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may fully or partially delegate to the heads of state agencies the authority to administer promotional programs for positions in state service subject to post audit by the Department of Administrative Services. The delegation plan shall be approved by said commissioner, shall provide for consideration of all eligible persons and shall include adequate notice of the vacancy or vacancies to all potentially eligible employees, the procedures for application and methods to be used to evaluate the qualifications of eligible persons.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-276b — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 68 / Section 5-276b
Sec. 5-276b. Interest charges on overdue arbitration settlement payments.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever a monetary settlement is awarded pursuant to a state employee grievance arbitration proceeding, and payment is not made in accordance with the terms of such settlement within thirty days of the date such award was issued, the party liable for such payment shall be required to pay interest, at the rate of five per cent per annum, on such overdue payment, calculated from the date the award was issued.

Subsec. (b):

Constitutes statutory exception to power of Claims Commissioner and is legislative waiver of sovereign immunity with respect to interest. 20 CA 676.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-270 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 68 / Section 5-270
Sec. 5-270. Collective bargaining. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Employer” means the state of Connecticut, its executive and judicial branches, including, without limitation, any board, department, commission, institution, or agency of such branches or any appropriate unit thereof and any board of trustees of a state-owned or supported college or university and branches thereof, public and quasi-public state corporation, or authority established by state law, or any person or persons designated by the employer to act in its interest in dealing with employees, but shall not include the State Board of Labor Relations or the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.

(b) “Employee” means any employee of an employer, whether or not in the classified service of the employer, except elected or appointed officials other than special deputy sheriffs, board and commission members, disability policy specialists assigned to the Council on Developmental Disabilities, managerial employees and confidential employees.

(c) “Professional employee” means: (1) Any employee engaged in work (A) predominantly intellectual and varied in character as opposed to routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work; (B) involving the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in its performance; (C) of such a character that the output produced or the result accomplished cannot be standardized in relation to a given time period; (D) requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study in an institution of higher learning or a hospital, as distinguished from a general academic education or from an apprenticeship or from training in the performance of routine mental, manual or physical processes; or (2) any employee who has completed the courses of specialized intellectual instruction and study described in subsection (c)(1)(D) and is performing related work under the supervision of a professional person to qualify himself to become a professional employee as defined in subsection (c)(1).

(d) “Employee organization” means any lawful association, labor organization, federation or council having as a primary purpose the improvement of wages, hours and other conditions of employment among state employees.

(e) “Confidential employee” means any public employee who would have access to confidential information used in collective bargaining.

(f) “Supervisory employee” means any individual in a position in which the principal functions are characterized by not fewer than two of the following: (1) Performing such management control duties as scheduling, assigning, overseeing and reviewing the work of subordinate employees; (2) performing such duties as are distinct and dissimilar from those performed by the employees supervised; (3) exercising judgment in adjusting grievances, applying other established personnel policies and procedures and in enforcing the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement; and (4) establishing or participating in the establishment of performance standards for subordinate employees and taking corrective measures to implement those standards, provided in connection with any of the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not merely of a routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment, and such individuals shall be employees within the meaning of subsection (b) of this section. The above criteria for supervisory positions shall not necessarily apply to police or fire departments.

(g) “Managerial employee” means any individual in a position in which the principal functions are characterized by not fewer than two of the following, provided for any position in any unit of the system of higher education, one of such two functions shall be as specified in subdivision (4) of this subsection: (1) Responsibility for direction of a subunit or facility of a major division of an agency or assignment to an agency head's staff; (2) development, implementation and evaluation of goals and objectives consistent with agency mission and policy; (3) participation in the formulation of agency policy; or (4) a major role in the administration of collective bargaining agreements or major personnel decisions, or both, including staffing, hiring, firing, evaluation, promotion and training of employees.

Cited. 184 C. 578; 226 C. 670.

Subsec. (f):

Subsec. not unconstitutionally vague. 204 C. 746.

Subsec. (g):

Subsec. not unconstitutionally vague. 204 C. 746. Language plainly and unambiguously does not include requirement that managerial employees exercise independent judgment in carrying out principal functions listed in Subdivs. (2) and (3). 296 C. 594.

Classification of managerial employees and denial to them of collective bargaining rights survives challenge on equal protection grounds; statute repels vagueness challenge, is not offensive to due process requirements. 40 CS 381.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-158e — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-158e
Sec. 5-158e. Transfer from part A to part B.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 5-158h re transfers between parts A and B.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-255 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-255
Sec. 5-255. Reinstatement of state employees after service in armed forces. Term of employment to include military service.
Status: in_force

(b) The term of employment in the service of the state shall be construed to include, in the case of a veteran, the term of war service of such veteran, and all records of the state which show the length of service in the employment of the state of any such veteran shall be maintained so as to show the length of such war service and the total of such employment service and war service.

(c) In no event shall the protections and benefits afforded under this section be less than those required under any applicable provision of federal law, including the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 USC Sections 4301 to 4333, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-166 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-166
Sec. 5-166. Leaving state service before becoming eligible for retirement.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) A member who leaves state service before he is eligible for retirement may elect to withdraw all of his retirement contributions, without interest, in lieu of any other benefits under this chapter. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, if such departure from state service or withdrawal of contributions occurs on or after October 1, 1982, the withdrawal of contributions shall include interest credited from January 1, 1982, or the first July first following the date of actual contribution, whichever is later, to the July first coincident with or preceding the date the employee leaves state service or withdraws contributions, whichever is later. Such interest shall be credited at the rate of five per cent per year. In addition, for the partial year during which the employee leaves state service or withdraws contributions, interest shall be credited at the rate of five-twelfths of one per cent multiplied by the full number of months completed during that year, such interest rate to be applied to the value of contributions as of the first day of that year. A member who so leaves before completing the service requirements of subsection (a) of this section and without so electing shall be conclusively presumed to have made such an election if he is not reemployed by the state within five years; provided, if such member has not requested such withdrawal within ten years after he left state service, or if his contributions are less than ten dollars and such election is not made within six months after he leaves state service, his contributions shall revert to the retirement fund. At any time thereafter, upon application by the member, his contributions plus credited interest, if any, may be withdrawn and paid to him.

(c) Retroactive Social Security taxes deducted from contributions previously made by a member because of the retroactive effective date of the Social Security Agreement shall be excluded in determining the amount of any payment under subsection (b) of this section.

(d) A member who leaves state service before he is eligible for retirement and before completing the service requirement of subsection (a) of this section shall thereupon lose his status as a member.

(e) A member who is eligible for retirement when he leaves state service may not elect to withdraw his retirement contributions in lieu of receiving retirement income payments at such time as they are payable, provided any such member who is eligible to participate in or is a participating member of the Connecticut teachers' retirement system may elect to have transferred to such system his contributions and earned interest in the state employees retirement system for credit pursuant to the requirements of the teachers' retirement system.

Cited. 195 C. 405.

Cited. 34 CA 510; judgment reversed, see 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-271 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 68 / Section 5-271
Sec. 5-271. Rights of employees and representatives. Duty of fair representation.
Status: in_force

(b) When an employee organization has been designated by the State Board of Labor Relations as the representative of the majority of employees in an appropriate unit, that employee organization shall be recognized by the employer as the exclusive bargaining agent for the employees of such unit.

(c) When an employee organization has been designated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, it shall have the right to act for and to negotiate agreements covering all employees in the unit and shall be responsible for representing the interests of all such employees without discrimination and without regard to employee organization membership.

(d) When an employee organization has been designated, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, it shall have a duty of fair representation to the members of that unit.

(e) An individual employee at any time may present a grievance to his employer and have the grievance adjusted, without intervention of an employee organization, provided the adjustment shall not be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement then in effect. The employee organization designated as the exclusive representative shall be given prior notice of the grievance and shall be informed of the terms of the settlement.

(f) The employer and such employee organization as has been designated as exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, through appropriate officials or their representatives, shall have the duty to bargain collectively. This duty extends to the obligation to bargain collectively as set forth in subsection (c) of section 5-272 .

Cited. 192 C. 539; 201 C. 685.

Cited. 40 CS 381.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-145c — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 65 / Section 5-145c
Sec. 5-145c. Hypertension or heart disease in chief inspectors or inspectors in the Division of Criminal Justice.
Status: in_force

Cited. 175 C. 424. Section provides rebuttable presumption of compensability, but does not, without further evidence, include heart disease or hypertension as an occupational disease pursuant to workers compensation law. 266 C. 728.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-216 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-216
Sec. 5-216. Establishment of candidate lists. Continuous recruitment. Application of examination scores. Placement of names on candidate list.
Status: in_force

(b) Where the needs of the service indicate that continuous recruitment is justified, the commissioner may defer announcing a closing date for filing applications for the examination. Announcements of such examinations shall specify that recruitment is continuous and that applications may be filed until further notice. Such examination may be graded on a pass-fail basis in order to expedite certification and appointment.

(c) The commissioner may consolidate, continue or cancel candidate lists and may remove names from such lists for good cause. The commissioner may apply an examination score from one examination to the candidate list established for another examination, provided such examinations are the same or equivalent forms of the same examination, such provision is publicized on appropriate examination notices and the candidate satisfies all other statutory requirements.

(d) Upon written request from a candidate on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Department of Administrative Services, the commissioner shall apply the candidate's most recent score from an examination held for a promotional appointment, in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) of section 5-228 , to the candidate list established for a subsequent examination for the same classification, provided: (1) The subsequent examination is in the same or equivalent form as the previous examination; (2) such provision is publicized on appropriate examination notices; (3) the candidate satisfies all other requirements for the classification and the examination; and (4) not more than seven years have elapsed from the date of the candidate's most recent examination.

(e) Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from applying scores from one examination to the candidate list established for a subsequent examination for the same classification, provided: (1) Such examinations are in the same or equivalent forms; (2) such provision is publicized on appropriate examination notices; and (3) the candidates on the list satisfy all other requirements for the classification and the examination.

(f) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section shall not apply to any promotional examination held for classifications in the department's police-protective services occupational group.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, upon a finding by the commissioner that the posting of job openings is warranted to provide regular, updated candidate pools for specific examined and nonexamined positions, the commissioner may place the names of persons on a candidate list for the various classes of positions in the classified service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-228 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-228
Sec. 5-228. Filling vacancies. Promotional and original appointments. Dismissal during working test period. Sex discrimination.
Status: in_force

(b) If a vacancy is to be filled by a promotional appointment from within the agency, the commissioner shall certify to the appointing authority the names of all candidates from the agency in accordance with the provisions of section 5-215a , or if an examination is waived, in accordance with the provisions of section 5-227b .

(c) If a vacancy is to be filled by promotion from a service-wide candidate list, the commissioner shall certify to the appointing authority the names of all candidates on that candidate list in accordance with the provisions of section 5-215a , or if an examination is waived, in accordance with the provisions of section 5-227b .

(d) If a vacancy is to be filled by an original appointment, the commissioner shall certify to the appointing authority the names of all candidates on that candidate list in accordance with the provisions of section 5-215a , or if an examination is waived, in accordance with the provisions of section 5-227b .

(e) If a position becomes vacant as a result of the promotion of the incumbent, the appointing authority shall assess the disposition of such position. If the appointing authority determines such position is to be filled, the appointing authority shall provide notice to the Commissioner of Administrative Services in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.

(f) Appointees to any position in the classified service shall be required to serve the working test period provided for in this chapter. Any promotional appointee from within the agency who is dismissed from the position to which he or she was promoted during such working test period, or at the conclusion thereof, shall be restored to a position in the same class in which he or she had been employed prior to his or her promotion. Any other appointee who was employed in the classified service prior to his or her appointment and who is dismissed from the position to which he or she was appointed during such working test period or at the conclusion thereof, shall be restored to a vacancy in the same class, or a vacancy in a comparable class or a vacancy in any other position the employee is qualified to fill, in the agency in which he or she had been employed prior to his or her appointment, or shall have his or her name placed on a reemployment list. No provision of this section shall be construed to prevent any employee in the unclassified service from competing for positions in the classified service if he or she possesses the minimum qualifications established by the commissioner. In the certification of names of persons eligible for appointment, sex shall be disregarded except when otherwise provided by statute or upon request of the appointing authority, subject to the approval of the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-203 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-203
Sec. 5-203. Reports to Commissioner of Administrative Services of personnel changes.
Status: in_force

Cited. 175 C. 127; 240 C. 246.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192o — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192o
Sec. 5-192o. Deferred vested retirement.
Status: in_force

(b) A member of tier II who has attained the age of seventy and completed at least five years of vesting service shall be vested in his retirement benefit under section 5-192 l .

(c) A member of tier II who has completed twenty-five years of credited service while a hazardous duty member shall be vested in his retirement benefit under section 5-192n . For this purpose, leaves of absence, military service, and any other period of nonstate employment which is included as credited service shall be deemed credited service while a hazardous duty member only if state employment as a hazardous duty member immediately precedes and immediately succeeds such period of nonstate employment.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, if the member had completed at least twenty-five years of vesting service at the time of termination, the retirement income actually payable at any time after the member's fifty-fifth birthday shall in no event be less than: (1) If retirement occurs before July 1, 1983, $200; (2) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1983, and on or before June 30, 1984, $220; (3) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1984, and on or before June 30, 1985, $240; (4) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1985, and on or before June 30, 1986, $260; (5) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1986, and on or before June 30, 1987, $280; (6) if on or after July 1, 1987, $300.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-241 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-241
Sec. 5-241. Order of layoffs. Notice. Placement on reemployment list.
Status: in_force

(b) An appointing authority desiring to lay off an employee shall give him not less than two weeks' notice in writing, stating the reason for such action, except that in the case of an employee, as defined in section 5-196 , who is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement and who has been in the classified service for (1) at least five but not more than ten years, the appointing authority shall provide at least four weeks' notice, (2) more than ten but not more than fifteen years, the appointing authority shall provide at least six weeks' notice, (3) more than fifteen years, the appointing authority shall provide at least eight weeks' notice. A copy of such notice shall immediately be forwarded to the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The commissioner shall arrange to have the employee transferred to a vacancy in the same or a comparable class or in any other position the employee is qualified to fill in any department, agency or institution. If there is no vacancy available or the employee refuses to accept the transfer, the commissioner shall cause the name of such employee to be placed on the reemployment list for the appropriate class for which such employee has attained permanent status or has the ability to qualify, as determined by the commissioner. During the period any employee is entitled to remain on the reemployment list, such an employee shall be rehired in the classification from which he or she was laid off or for which he or she is qualified, as vacancies occur, in the reverse order of layoff. Any employee who is rehired from a reemployment or other employment list into a classification in which he or she had prior status shall not be required to complete a new working test period, as defined in subdivision (27) of section 5-196 .

Board of trustees of a state university have the right to contract out their food service operation and eliminate classified positions therein, provided such elimination was for an enumerated reason. 165 C. 757. Cited. 170 C. 668; 231 C. 391; 239 C. 638. Plaintiff's claim that he was laid off in violation of statute is barred by doctrine of sovereign immunity because defendants acted in accordance with legislatively approved collective bargaining agreement provisions that superseded statute. 278 C. 204.

Subsec. (b):

Violated where commissioner failed to transfer laid-off employee to vacancy in same or comparable class or to any position for which he was qualified. 35 CS 45.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-206 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-206
Sec. 5-206. Position classifications.
Status: in_force

(b) In establishing new position classifications, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall make a study of the schedules of compensation established for positions similar as to duties, responsibilities and qualifications in the state service, of the rates of compensation paid for similar services elsewhere and of any other pertinent information and data.

(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services periodically shall review the work performed by employees in the classified service and shall issue such orders as are necessary to have such employees assigned to work in accordance with the classifications of their positions or to have their classifications changed to comply with their work, provided any employee, whose classification, status or compensation is affected, shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard prior to the issuance of any such order.

(d) In no event shall the personnel classification of “auditor” be used in reference to personnel of any agency other than the Auditors of Public Accounts or the term “auditor's report” be used in reference to the reports of such personnel except that employees performing auditing functions for agencies other than the Auditors of Public Accounts may be so designated if the personnel classifications to which they are assigned are clearly distinguished from those of the Auditors of Public Accounts.

Cited. 239 C. 638; 240 C. 246.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-157 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-157
Sec. 5-157. Retirement system–parts A and B.
Status: in_force

(b) All state employees other than state police becoming members on and after October 1, 1961, shall be included under part B.

(c) The position of any part A member may, at his request, be transferred to part B, to the extent and in the manner permitted by Section 218 of the Social Security Act.

(d) The state police and employees of state-aided institutions are not covered under the Social Security Agreement and are not included under either part A or part B except as provided in section 5-158e .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192k — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192k
Sec. 5-192k. Part-time employees; eligibility; computation of benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) For purposes of computing the retirement benefit payable to a member whose service consists solely of part-time service without variation in the number of hours worked during all periods of his state service, such member's service shall be treated as full-time service.

(c) For purposes of computing the retirement benefit payable to a member whose service consists of part-time and full-time service or whose service consists of part-time service rendered in different proportions to a full-time schedule, such member's years of service and average salary shall be proportionately adjusted to produce a retirement benefit equivalent to that payable if his service had been rendered at an unvarying rate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-207a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-207a
Sec. 5-207a. Requirements for positions or contractors or subcontractors with exposure to federal tax information.
Status: in_force

(b) If a contractor or subcontractor has a contract with an agency to perform work for the agency that entails such contractor or subcontractor or any employee thereof to access federal tax information, such contractor or subcontractor and any such employee shall be subject to the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section prior to commencing such work and as often thereafter as required by subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192i — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192i
Sec. 5-192i. Vesting service.
Status: in_force

(b) If an employee is absent from the service of the state because of service in the armed forces of the United States and if he returns to the service of the state within ninety days after becoming entitled to release from active duty in the armed forces or after hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year, such absence shall not count as a break in service. The period of any such absence shall be considered as vesting service.

(c) A period during which an employee is on a leave of absence approved by the state or otherwise granted pursuant to the terms of the appropriate collective bargaining agreement shall not be considered as a break in service. No vesting service shall be granted for such a period except as specifically indicated in this section.

(d) Any teacher, as defined in section 10-183b , in state service who is employed for a full academic year, equivalent to at least ten months credited service, shall be deemed to be employed for the entire year. Any such teacher who has completed the work obligations of his appointment period and who retires after May first, but before September first, shall receive, upon retirement, credit for the entire appointment year and the remaining biweekly payments due for the entire appointment year, together with any amounts held back previously.

(e) A member who is or has been granted a leave of absence without pay to pursue a course of study which is connected with the work of the agency and which is for the purpose of increasing his proficiency in his position may count up to four years of the period of the leave as vesting service and such leave shall in no event be treated as a severance from service.

(f) If an employee is absent from the service of the state due to a work-related injury or disease for which periodic workers' compensation cash benefits are payable, the period of such absence shall not count as a break in service and shall be considered vesting service.

(g) In no event will more than one year of vesting service be granted for any twelve calendar months.

(h) Subject to the requirements indicated in this subsection, vesting service may include employment with another state or states. A member of the tier II plan who has been in the active full-time employment of another state or states for some past period or periods for which he has received and will receive no retirement benefit or pension shall receive vesting service for such period or periods, not to exceed ten years in the aggregate, provided the state or states in which such service was rendered make similar provision for former employees of this state. If such member had received a lump sum payment, other than his contributions and interest thereon, from such other state or states in lieu of a retirement benefit, he shall not be eligible to receive credit under this subsection. When a person who has gained credit for such prior service retires, not more than one year of such out-of-state service may be counted for each two years of state service.

(i) A member who served as a member of the General Assembly shall receive vesting service for such periods of service, subject to the provisions of subsections (a) and (g) of this section.

(j) Subject to the requirements of this subsection, vesting service shall also include service in time of war, as defined in section 27-103 , and up to three years of national emergency service, as defined by law, for normal, hazardous duty and early retirements. A member of the tier II plan who has performed service in time of war or national emergency service may receive vesting service for the period of such service, provided the member who has performed such service has not received and will not receive a pension for such period or periods, and provided further that such vesting service shall not exceed ten years in the aggregate. To receive such service credit, a member shall apply to the Retirement Commission within one year of his commencement of state service or within one year of June 22, 1992, whichever is later.

Cited. 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-194 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-194
Sec. 5-194. Construction and administration.
Status: in_force

Cited. 170 C. 668; 226 C. 670.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-236 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-236
Sec. 5-236. Appointments to unclassified service. Return to classified from unclassified service.
Status: in_force

(b) Any employee in the classified service who has taken or takes a position in the unclassified service and who thereafter is ready to report for duty for a position in the classified service shall be placed on a reemployment list for the appropriate class in which he has attained permanent status for future reemployment when vacancies in the class occur. The order in which names shall be placed on the reemployment list for any class shall be by seniority in state service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192n — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192n
Sec. 5-192n. Hazardous duty retirement.
Status: in_force

(b) Each member referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall receive a monthly retirement income beginning on his retirement date equal to the greater of one-twelfth of two per cent of his final average earnings multiplied by his years of credited service whether while a hazardous duty member or otherwise or (1) if retirement occurs before July 1, 1983, $200; (2) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1983, and on or before June 30, 1984, $220; (3) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1984, and on or before June 30, 1985, $240; (4) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1985, and on or before June 30, 1986, $260; (5) if retirement occurs on or after July 1, 1986, and on or before June 30, 1987, $280; (6) if on or after July 1, 1987, $300.

Cited. 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-158b — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-158b
Sec. 5-158b. Payment by part B member for such participation after transfer from part A.
Status: in_force

(b) The sum to be paid to the retirement system by a state employee under subsection (a) of this section shall be without interest and may be made in accordance with a payment schedule as may be established by the State Employees Retirement Commission.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-182 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-182
Sec. 5-182. Miscellaneous service credits.
Status: in_force

(b) A member who was an employee of the United States Employment Service in Connecticut shall receive credit for his service with the United States Employment Service if he complies with all the requirements for obtaining service credit in section 5-181 .

(c) The retirement salary of any employee of the Department of Transportation who was employed by the state at the Charter Oak Bridge, transferred to employment with the Greater Hartford Bridge Authority and subsequently taken back into state service shall be computed as though such employee were a member of part A of the state employees retirement system, provided an amount equal to the percentage of any Social Security payments made to such employee, which percentage is attributable to his employment by the state, shall be deducted from such retirement salary.

(d) Any employee of the radiological maintenance and calibration facility shall be credited for retirement purposes under this chapter with such employee's period of full-time service commencing with the date upon which such employee began work at said facility under individual contract with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection upon payment into the State Employees Retirement Fund of such contributions as such employee would have paid if such employee had been a state employee during the period of such service and such employee's salary for such service had been paid by the state, with five per cent interest on such contribution from the date of such employee's entry into such service to the date of payment.

(e) Any former employee of the Connecticut Development Commission or the Connecticut interregional planning program who is an employee in the state classified service and who has had continuous state service since employment or reemployment in the state classified service shall be credited for retirement purposes under this chapter with his period of full-time service during the period commencing January 1, 1961, and ending December 31, 1966, including service under individual contract with the state and for the time period covering his transition between contract service and classified service. Such employee shall make payment into the State Employees Retirement Fund of such contributions as he would have paid if he had been a member of the state employees retirement system during the period of such service, with five per cent interest on such contributions from the date of his entry into such service to the date of payment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-158 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-158
Sec. 5-158. Social Security–special coverage rules.
Status: in_force

(b) To the extent permitted by Section 218 of the Social Security Act and not prohibited above, services of state employees in positions not covered by the retirement system and in positions covered by the retirement system but who are ineligible to be members shall be covered under Social Security. The services of any such ineligible employee shall continue to be covered under Social Security if he thereafter becomes eligible to be a member.

(c) A member who is covered under Social Security shall not lose his coverage, and a member who is not covered under Social Security shall not be denied coverage, solely because his position is also covered under another retirement system of this state or any subdivision thereof.

(d) The members of the Teachers' Retirement Association are not authorized to hold a referendum as described in Section 218(d)(3) or a vote as described in Section 318(d)(7) of the Social Security Act.

(e) An elective or other state employee, for whom membership in the retirement system is optional and who is not a member, shall be considered to be a member for the purpose of having him covered under Social Security, to the extent permitted by Section 218(d)(6)(E) and (F) of the Social Security Act.

Cited. 210 C. 531.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-245 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-245
Sec. 5-245. Workweek. Overtime pay.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of this section shall not be applied with respect to any employee employed in (1) an executive, administrative or professional capacity as such terms may be defined and delimited from time to time by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or (2) a position or class which has been designated as unscheduled by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or (3) a position the regular work schedule of which requires rotating shifts as approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and recorded in his office, which schedule shall not average more than five work days per week over a period of not more than eight weeks.

(c) Any person serving in a position referred to in subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (b) of this section who performs work authorized by his appointing authority for a period in addition to his average workweek shall receive compensation as follows: (1) For those hours worked in any one workweek which are additional to his regularly scheduled hours for such week and which, when added to the employee's average workweek, do not exceed forty hours, the employee shall be compensated at an hourly rate based on his annual salary; (2) for those hours worked in any one workweek which are additional to his regularly scheduled hours for such week and which, when added to the employee's average workweek, exceed forty hours, the employee shall be compensated at a rate equal to one and one-half times an hourly rate based on his annual salary, provided nothing in this section in conflict with section 5-246 shall be construed to apply to any member of the state police.

(d) Any employee whose position is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act shall receive any additional compensation for overtime which may be required by the provisions of said act.

(e) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall disseminate such information and establish such procedure as may be necessary for the efficient administration of this section.

40-hour workweek overtime regulation inapplicable to state police. 162 C. 334.

Cited. 43 CS 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-200a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-200a
Sec. 5-200a. Job evaluations in classified and unclassified state service. Exclusion of certain unclassified positions.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall evaluate on a periodic basis of not less than five years classifications for all unclassified positions in state service, as described in section 5-198 , currently held or to be held by employees in collective bargaining units, to determine if the classification is in the appropriate compensation plan based upon appropriate and reasonably objective job-related criteria. The commissioner shall conduct such evaluations in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Any unclassified position may be excluded from the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section if the commissioner and the exclusive bargaining representative mutually agree to exclude such position.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-198 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-198
Sec. 5-198. Positions exempt from classified service.
Status: in_force

(1) All officers and employees of the Judicial Department;

(2) All officers and employees of the Legislative Department;

(3) All officers elected by popular vote;

(4) All agency heads, members of boards and commissions and other officers appointed by the Governor;

(5) All persons designated by name in any special act to hold any state office;

(6) All officers, noncommissioned officers and enlisted men in the military or naval service of the state and under military or naval discipline and control;

(7) (A) All correctional wardens, as provided in section 18-82 , and (B) all superintendents of state institutions, the State Librarian, the president of The University of Connecticut and any other commissioner or administrative head of a state department or institution who is appointed by a board or commission responsible by statute for the administration of such department or institution;

(8) The State Historian appointed by the State Library Board;

(9) Deputies to the administrative head of each department or institution designated by statute to act for and perform all of the duties of such administrative head during such administrative head's absence or incapacity;

(10) Executive assistants to each state elective officer and each department head, as defined in section 4-5 , provided (A) each position of executive assistant shall have been created in accordance with section 5-214 , and (B) in no event shall the Commissioner of Administrative Services or the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management approve more than four executive assistants for a department head and, for any department with two or more deputies, more than two executive assistants for each such deputy;

(11) One personal secretary to the administrative head and to each undersecretary or deputy to such head of each department or institution;

(12) All members of the professional and technical staffs of the constituent units of the state system of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1 , of all other state institutions of learning, of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, and of the agricultural experiment station at New Haven, professional and managerial employees of the Department of Education and the Office of Early Childhood, teachers and administrators employed by the Technical Education and Career System and teachers certified by the State Board of Education and employed in teaching positions at state institutions;

(13) Physicians, dentists, student nurses in institutions and other professional specialists who are employed on a part-time basis;

(14) Persons employed to make or conduct a special inquiry, investigation, examination or installation;

(15) Students in educational institutions who are employed on a part-time basis;

(16) Forest fire wardens provided for by section 23-36 ;

(17) Patients or inmates of state institutions who receive compensation for services rendered therein;

(18) Employees of the Governor including employees working at the executive office, official executive residence at 990 Prospect Avenue, Hartford and the Washington D.C. office;

(19) Persons filling positions expressly exempted by statute from the classified service;

(20) Librarians employed by the State Board of Education or any constituent unit of the state system of higher education;

(21) All officers and employees of the Division of Criminal Justice;

(22) Professional employees in the education professions bargaining unit of the Department of Aging and Disability Services;

(23) Lieutenant colonels in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection;

(24) The Deputy State Fire Marshal within the Department of Administrative Services;

(25) The chief administrative officer of the Workers' Compensation Commission;

(26) Employees in the education professions bargaining unit;

(27) Disability policy specialists employed by the Council on Developmental Disabilities;

(28) The director for digital media and motion picture activities in the Department of Economic and Community Development; and

(29) Any Director of Communications 1, Director of Communications 1 (Rc), Director of Communications 2, Director of Communications 2 (Rc), Legislative Program Manager, Communications and Legislative Program Manager, Director of Legislation, Regulation and Communication, Legislative and Administrative Advisor 1, or Legislative and Administrative Advisor 2 as such positions are classified within the Executive Department.

See Sec. 11-2 re exemption of certain state library personnel from classified service.

Cited. 176 C. 1; 183 C. 128; 192 C. 399.

Cited. 32 CS 323.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-162g — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-162g
Sec. 5-162g. Part-time employees; eligibility; computation of benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) For purposes of computing the retirement benefit payable to a member whose service consists solely of part-time service without variation in the number of hours worked during all periods of his state service, such member's service shall be treated as full-time service.

(c) For purposes of computing the retirement benefit payable to a member whose service consists of part-time and full-time service or whose service consists of part-time service rendered in different proportions to a full-time schedule, such member's years of service and average salary shall be proportionately adjusted to produce a retirement benefit equivalent to that payable if his service had been rendered at an unvarying rate.

Cited. 34 CA 510; judgment reversed, see 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-248j — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-248j
Sec. 5-248j. Participation in Big Brothers and Big Sisters program.
Status: in_force

(b) Big Brothers and Big Sisters shall be totally responsible for all elements of their program. No activities performed by state employees with Big Brothers and Big Sisters shall be on state time and such activities shall be outside of the scope of their employment.

(c) Any collective bargaining representative of state employees may agree to have their members participate in the program. Such participation may commence upon execution of an agreement between state of Connecticut, acting through the Office of Labor Relations, and the collective bargaining representative indicating the representative's acceptance of the terms and conditions of this section. No variation of the terms and conditions may be granted without legislative approval pursuant to section 5-278 . Such matter is not subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure or interest arbitration.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-248a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-248a
Sec. 5-248a. Family and medical leave from employment.
Status: in_force

(b) The leave of absence benefits granted by this section shall be in addition to any other paid leave benefits and benefits provided under subdivision (7) of subsection (b) of section 46a-60 which are otherwise available to the employee.

(c) Any permanent employee who requests a medical leave of absence due to the employee's serious illness or a family leave of absence due to the serious illness of a child, spouse or parent pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or a military caregiver leave of absence pursuant to subsection (g) of this section shall be required by the employee's appointing authority, prior to the inception of such leave, to provide sufficient written certification from the physician or advanced practice registered nurse of such employee, child, spouse, parent or next of kin of the employee, as appropriate, of the nature of such illness and its probable duration. For the purposes of this section, “serious illness” means an illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition that involves (1) inpatient care in a hospital, hospice or residential care facility, or (2) continuing treatment or continuing supervision by a health care provider.

(d) Any permanent employee who requests a medical leave of absence in order to serve as an organ or bone marrow donor pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be required by the employee's appointing authority, prior to the inception of such leave, to provide sufficient written certification from the physician or advanced practice registered nurse of such employee of the proposed organ or bone marrow donation and the probable duration of the employee's recovery period from such donation.

(e) Any permanent employee who requests a family leave of absence pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or a military caregiver leave of absence pursuant to subsection (g) of this section shall submit to the employee's appointing authority, prior to the inception of such leave, a signed statement of the employee's intent to return to the employee's position in state service upon the termination of such leave.

(f) The state shall pay for the continuation of health insurance benefits for the employee during any leave of absence taken pursuant to this section. In order to continue any other health insurance coverages during such leave, the employee shall contribute that portion of the premium the employee would have been required to contribute had the employee remained an active employee during the leave period.

(g) Each permanent employee, as defined in section 5-196 , who is the spouse, son or daughter, parent or next of kin of a current member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103 , who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation or therapy, is otherwise in outpatient status or is on the temporary disability retired list for a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty, shall be entitled to a one-time benefit of twenty-six workweeks of leave within a single two-year period for each armed forces member per serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty.

(h) For purposes of subsection (g) of this section, (1) “next of kin” means the armed forces member's nearest blood relative, other than the covered armed forces member's spouse, parent, son or daughter, in the following order of priority: Blood relatives who have been granted legal custody of the armed forces member by court decree or statutory provisions, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and first cousins, unless the covered armed forces member has specifically designated in writing another blood relative as his or her nearest blood relative for purposes of military caregiver leave, in which case the designated individual shall be deemed to be the covered armed forces member's next of kin; and (2) “son or daughter” means a biological, adopted, foster child, stepchild, legal ward or a child for whom the eligible employee or armed forces member stood in loco parentis and who is any age.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-162f — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-162f
Sec. 5-162f. Minimum monthly retirement income.
Status: in_force

Cited. 34 CA 510; judgment reversed, see 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-242 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-242
Sec. 5-242. Appointment and tenure of teachers in state institution schools.
Status: in_force

(b) Beginning with and subsequent to the fourth year of continuous employment of such an employee by such employer, the contract of employment of such employee shall be renewed from year to year, except that it may be terminated at any time for one or more of the following reasons: (1) Inefficiency or incompetence; (2) insubordination against reasonable rules of the employer; (3) moral misconduct; (4) disability, as shown by competent medical evidence; (5) elimination of the position to which the employee was appointed, if no other position exists to which he may be appointed if qualified; or (6) other due and sufficient cause; provided, prior to terminating a contract, an employer shall give the employee concerned a written notice that termination of his contract is under consideration and, upon written request filed by such employee with such employer within five days after receipt of such notice, shall within the next succeeding five days give such employee a statement in writing of its reasons therefor. Within twenty days after receipt from an employer of written notice that contract termination is under consideration, the employee concerned may file with such employer a written request for a hearing, which such employer shall hold within fifteen days after receipt of such request. Such hearing shall be public if the employee so requests or the employer so designates. The employee concerned shall have the right to appear with counsel of his choice at such hearing, whether public or private. An employer shall give the employee concerned its written decision within fifteen days after such hearing, together with a copy of a transcript of the proceedings, which shall be furnished without cost. Nothing herein contained shall deprive an employer of the power to suspend an employee from duty immediately when serious misconduct is charged without prejudice to the rights of the employee as otherwise provided in this section.

(c) The provisions of any special act regarding the dismissal or employment of employees covered by this section shall prevail over the provisions of this section when in conflict.

(d) After having had a contract of employment made in accordance with this section renewed for a fourth year in any one institution or agency, any such employee who is subsequently employed in any other institution or agency covered by this section or any school district subject to the provisions of section 10-151 shall become subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section or subsection (b) of section 10-151 , as the case may be, after eighteen months of continuous employment, unless, prior to completion of the eighteenth month following commencement of the employment in such institution, agency or school district, such employee has been notified in writing prior to March first in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section that such contract will not be renewed for the following year irrespective of the duration of employment under the then existing contract beyond the date of said notification or unless, for a period of five or more years immediately prior to such subsequent employment, such employee has not been employed in any public school within this state.

(e) Any employee aggrieved by the decision of an employer after a hearing as provided in subsection (b) of this section may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 , except such appeal shall be in the judicial district in which such employer is located and costs may be allowed against such board if it appears to the court that such board acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with malice in making the decision appealed from. Any such appeal shall be a privileged case with respect to assignment thereof.

Cited. 168 C. 435; 171 C. 691; 173 C. 462.

Cited. 39 CS 462.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-273 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 68 / Section 5-273
Sec. 5-273. Powers of State Board of Labor Relations.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall exercise those powers and perform those duties which are specifically provided for in said sections. Those powers and duties shall be in addition to and exercised completely independent of any powers and duties specifically granted to it by statutory enactment.

(b) The board shall have authority, from time to time, to make, amend and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 5-270 to 5-280 , inclusive. Such rules and regulations shall be effective upon passage, in conformance with the terms of chapter 54.

Cited. 43 CS 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-161 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-161
Sec. 5-161. Retirement contributions.
Status: in_force

(b) Each member not covered under Social Security shall make retirement contributions equal to five per cent of his salary, unless otherwise provided by the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

(c) A member's retirement contributions shall be deducted from his salary by the Comptroller except that contributions by a participant in an alternate retirement program, at the election of the participant, shall be made on a salary reduction basis in accordance with Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended.

(d) The Comptroller shall inform any member so requesting of the total amount of his retirement contributions up to the preceding July first.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 5-180 , a member absent from state service without pay shall make no contributions during his absence.

(f) The state shall make no retirement contributions for and no retirement contributions shall be due from a member receiving workers' compensation or compensation under section 5-142 , provided full retirement credit shall be allowed to such member for the period during which he is receiving such compensation.

Former section dealing with contributions found to have nothing to do with determination of eligibility. 10 CS 78; Id., 346.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-187c — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-187c
Sec. 5-187c. Special deputy sheriffs appointed on or after July 1, 1999, and judicial marshals employed on or after December 1, 2000: Membership and credit.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, each person employed as a judicial marshal pursuant to section 6-32d or 6-32f , on or after December 1, 2000, shall become a member of the state employees retirement system on the date of such employment and vesting and credited service shall be calculated from the date of such employment, provided in no event shall an employee receiving payments pursuant to section 5-164a or section 5-192v receive vesting or credited service under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-200c — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-200c
Sec. 5-200c. Elimination of wage inequities in state service. Reserve for salary adjustments account report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the status of the reserve for salary adjustments account. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The total amount of appropriated and carryforward funds available within the account; and (2) the amounts distributed to each agency during the previous calendar quarter. The first quarterly report submitted each year shall also include a year-end reconciliation for the previous calendar year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-237 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-237
Sec. 5-237. Service ratings. Performance appraisals.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide for the administration of a performance appraisal system as the commissioner deems practical for employees whose positions have been designated as managerial, except in the Legislative and Judicial Departments. Such performance appraisals shall be used in determining managerial compensation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of section 5-210 , and shall be required periodically as determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Provides exception within purview of Sec. 1-19(a). 214 C. 312.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-248k — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-248k
Sec. 5-248k. Paid leave for organ donation.
Status: in_force

(1) “State employee” means any employee in the executive, judicial or legislative branch of state government, whether in the classified or unclassified service and whether full or part-time;

(2) “Paid leave” includes, but is not limited to, compensatory time, vacation time, personal days off or other paid time off; and

(3) “Organ” means all or part of a human liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine or lung.

(b) In addition to any medical leave from employment authorized under section 5-248a , any state employee who, on or after January 1, 2018, (1) donates an organ to a person for organ transplantation shall be entitled to up to fifteen days of paid leave from state employment as a recovery period from such donation, or (2) donates bone marrow to a person for transplantation shall be entitled to up to seven days of paid leave from state employment as a recovery period from such donation. Leave taken under this section shall not result in a reduction in pay, the loss of any leave to which the employee is otherwise entitled or a loss of credit for time or service or affect the employee's rights with respect to any other employee benefits provided under federal or state law.

(c) Any state employee who takes paid leave under this section shall provide his or her employer with not less than seven days' notice prior to the commencement of such leave when practicable.

(d) The employer may require verification from a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the purpose and length of the leave requested by a state employee under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-162h — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-162h
Sec. 5-162h. Cost of living adjustment.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) If an actuarial surplus exists for the system, the Retirement Commission may elect to increase benefits of some or all retired employees, provided the granting of such increase is consistent with the commission's fiduciary obligation to the members of the system as specified in section 5-155a . The procedures in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection shall be used to determine whether an actuarial surplus exists. Any such increase shall be in addition to any other cost-of-living increases automatically provided to retired employees. The lump sum actuarial value of any such increase shall in no event be greater than the difference between the actual unfunded past service liability as determined pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection on the appropriate June thirtieth and the expected unfunded past service liability as determined by the table developed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection for that same June thirtieth.

(2) As part of the December 31, 1983, valuation of the system, the system's actuary shall develop a table of the expected unfunded past service liability for the plan as of each June thirtieth, beginning with June 30, 1984, and ending with June 30, 2026. The table shall be based on the unfunded past service liability generated by the valuation and shall reflect the fact that less than one hundred per cent of the normal cost and full forty-year amortization will be paid into the system prior to July 1, 1986. Such table shall not be adjusted in future years, except to the extent necessary to reflect changes in actuarial assumptions or actuarial cost methods approved by the Retirement Commission. Such table shall be used to determine whether an actuarial surplus exists in the system.

(3) Within six months after each June thirtieth commencing with June 30, 1984, the Retirement Commission shall determine whether the retirement fund had an actuarial surplus for the completed year. Such surplus shall be deemed to exist if, and only if, the following three criteria are all met:

(A) The investment return on the fund has exceeded the interest rate assumption employed for regular valuation purposes by the fund. The investment return for the fund shall be calculated by the following formula:

Where

A is the market value of the fund, including any due but unpaid contribution, as of the first day of the fiscal year;

B is the market value of the fund, including any due but unpaid contribution, as of the last day of the fiscal year; and

I is the market value return of the fund, which shall be equal to B reduced by A, but increased by the total amount of benefits and expenses paid from the fund during the year, and decreased by the total amount of employer and employee contributions for that year, whether or not paid;

(B) The market value of the system's assets as of the appropriate June thirtieth was greater than fifty per cent of the sum of (i) the liability for retired members and their beneficiaries; (ii) the liability for former members entitled to a deferred vested benefit; and (iii) the then current value of employee contributions, plus interest, for active members. In determining such liabilities, the fund's actuary shall recognize future cost-of-living adjustments provided under tier I and tier II and shall employ the actuarial assumptions utilized for regular valuation purposes. The actuary may utilize reasonable estimates to make such calculations; and

(C) The actual unfunded past service liability of the system as of the appropriate June thirtieth was less than the expected unfunded past service liability as indicated by the table developed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection for the June thirtieth five years later. In determining the actual unfunded past service liability, the actuary shall employ the actuarial assumptions and procedures utilized for the last regular valuation. The actuary may utilize reasonable estimates to make such calculations.

Cited. 34 CA 510; judgment reversed, see 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192b — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192b
Sec. 5-192b. Credit for previous membership in a municipal retirement system.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before the first of the month following three months after June 28, 1985, any member of the tier I plan in the state employees retirement system who was previously a member of the Connecticut municipal employees' retirement system and who, pursuant to the terms of section 7-440 , withdrew all his contributions in the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund upon leaving municipal employment shall be credited, for retirement purposes under this chapter, with such period of prior municipal service upon payment into the State Employees Retirement Fund of an amount equal to the total of all contributions refunded to him from the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund plus five per cent interest on such contributions from the effective date of his withdrawal from the municipal fund to the date of his application for credit under this subsection. Such municipal service shall be considered to be active state service for the purposes of this chapter.

(c) Any member of the state employees retirement system who has prior service in a municipality, or a department of a municipality, which has not accepted the provisions of part II of chapter 113 shall receive credit for the purpose of retirement under the provisions of this chapter for the period of such service, or any portion thereof, if he complies with the requirements of either subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) of this subsection. (1) Such member may purchase credit for such service upon payment to the State Employees Retirement Fund of either two or five per cent, as appropriate, of his municipal salary for the period of such service, plus an amount determined by the Retirement Commission as necessary to fund the increased benefits payable by reason of such purchase with interest at the rate of six and one-half per cent, compounded annually, on such payment. (2) Such member may obtain credit for such service upon transfer of the entire amount paid into a municipal retirement fund by the member and the municipality during the period of such service including any earned interest, and payment of an amount determined by the Retirement Commission as necessary to fund the increased benefits payable by reason of such credit, to the State Employees Retirement Fund. Where required by a municipal ordinance or charter provision, the Comptroller may enter into a reciprocal agreement with a municipality in order to effect a transfer of funds under this subdivision. No credit shall be granted under this subsection for any period of service for which a retirement benefit is being paid by any governmental unit or where such grant would result in multiple service credit for the same period of service.

Cited. 230 C. 911; 234 C. 411. Plaintiff entitled to hazardous duty retirement credit under Sec. 5-173 and this section; judgment of Appellate Court in 34 CA 510 reversed. Id., 424.

Cited. 1 CA 454; 34 CA 510; judgment reversed, see 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-170 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-170
Sec. 5-170. Effect of workers' compensation and disability payments.
Status: in_force

(b) Retirement income payments made to a member receiving disability payments and necessary medical and hospital expenses under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, as set forth in chapter 568, shall be reduced for any period for which such disability payments are being made or have been made, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The amount of each reduced retirement income payment shall be determined in accordance with section 5-169 . Unless the Retirement Commission has waived the overpayment in accordance with section 5-156c , in any case in which a member has received retirement income payments in excess of his entitlement under this subsection, the Comptroller shall act to recover such overpayments by any appropriate means, including (1) withholding such sums from future retirement income payments in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the Retirement Commission in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, and (2) petitioning the administrative law judge having jurisdiction of the member's workers' compensation claim for an order reducing the member's workers' compensation award by the amount of such overpayment. The administrative law judge may enter such order notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-320 .

(c) Retirement income payments shall not be reduced: (1) For a member receiving a specific indemnity award under section 31-307 or 31-308 ; (2) for a member who received a judgment for personal injuries and pain and suffering under the provisions of section 31-293 , provided the member has reimbursed the state in full for all sums expended by it under chapter 568; or (3) by the amount of any attorney's fees a member incurs to obtain benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act or federal Social Security disability benefits.

(d) This section applies to claims for workers' compensation and disability retirement from injuries sustained on and after January 1, 1947.

Former statute cited. 144 C. 322.

Former statute cited. 22 CS 97.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-175 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-175
Sec. 5-175. State-aided institutions.
Status: in_force

(b) Each person in the service of a state-aided institution shall become a member and shall make a monthly retirement contribution in the amount determined from section 5-161 as if he were a state employee. Such institution shall deduct his retirement contributions from his salary and pay them to the state.

(c) If the Retirement Commission finds that the rate of salary paid a member who is an employee of a state-aided institution, during the period of service upon which his base salary is determined for retirement purposes, exceeded the rate of salary paid by the state to its employees in a comparable category of service; or if the Retirement Commission finds that the aggregate salary increases of any such member during the last ten years of his service exceed the salary increases allowed by the state to its employees in a similar category of service; then, in either case, such excess shall be disregarded in determining the member's base salary for the purposes of section 5-162 . When such excess is so disregarded, the retirement contributions made by the member on such excess shall be returned to him by the state.

(d) No increase in the number of employees of a state-aided institution who may become members shall be made unless the Commissioner of Administrative Services approves such increase as to necessity and desirability.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-219 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-219
Sec. 5-219. Form of examinations. Fees.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may charge any person not employed by the state a reasonable fee for taking an examination, provided such fee shall not exceed the cost of developing and administering such examination. The commissioner may waive any such fee for any person who applies, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, for a waiver of such fee and demonstrates that he or she is financially unable to pay such fee. Before charging any fees authorized by this subsection, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish reasonable fees.

Cited. 174 C. 606.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-201 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-201
Sec. 5-201. Employees' Review Board.
Status: in_force

(b) The board shall hear and act upon appeals filed with it in accordance with section 5-202 . The board, or any three of its members designated by the board, may serve as a hearing panel and render a decision. The board or hearing panel shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records, papers and documents and to make investigations and hold hearings concerning any appeal presented to the board in accordance with this chapter or regulations issued pursuant thereto. Hearings shall be open to the public except that a hearing panel may conduct a closed hearing upon request of the aggrieved employee. The board shall adopt as a regulation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, rules of procedure for hearings.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.

Cited. 170 C. 541; 177 C. 344; 231 C. 391; 239 C. 638; 240 C. 246.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-256 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-256
Sec. 5-256. Service to counties, agricultural extension offices, state college bookstores, Hartford Bridge Authority and municipal courts included in term of state service.
Status: in_force

(b) The term of employment in state service shall be construed to include, in the case of a Hartford Bridge Authority employee taken into state service pursuant to the express provisions of the general statutes, the term of his service with the Hartford Bridge Authority on an equivalent basis, upon receipt of data satisfactory to the Commissioner of Administrative Services showing the time such employee worked for such bridge authority. All records of the state which show the length of service in the employment of the state of any such former bridge authority employee shall be maintained to show the length of such bridge authority service and the total of state service and bridge authority service.

(c) The term of employment in state service shall be construed to include, in the case of an employee or part-time or intermittent employee of a state, municipal, city, police, justice or traffic court taken into state service in the Circuit Court, the term of his service with such state, municipal, city, police, justice or traffic court on an equivalent basis, upon receipt of data satisfactory to the Commissioner of Administrative Services showing the time such employee worked for such state, municipal, city, police, justice or traffic court. All records of the state which show the length of service in the employment of the state of any such former state, municipal, city, police, justice or traffic court employee shall be maintained to show the length of such former service and the total of state service and state, municipal, city, police, justice or traffic court service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-190a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-190a
Sec. 5-190a. Retirement credit for employees of the Criminal Justice Division and public defenders.
Status: in_force

(b) Each such employee and each such public defender, assistant public defender and deputy assistant public defender who serves on a part-time basis, on and after July 1, 1985, shall receive retirement credit for such service on a percentage basis corresponding to the percentage that the amount of time spent in such service bears to full-time service in such position, as the percentage shall be determined by the commission, provided such individual shall have made contributions to the State Employees Retirement Fund as provided by this chapter, for such service credit.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-248c — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-248c
Sec. 5-248c. Voluntary schedule reduction program.
Status: in_force

(b) Any unpaid leave taken pursuant to this section shall not be construed to affect an employee's qualifications for exemption under chapter 558.

(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.

Section immaterial to plaintiff's claim for a “work when able” schedule because it contemplates the granting of prescheduled days off. 57 CA 767.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192r — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192r
Sec. 5-192r. Spouse's allowance; preretirement death benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) If a member who has either terminated with at least twenty-five years of service or retired pursuant to section 5-192 l , 5-192m or 5-192n , but whose benefits in either event are being deferred, dies prior to the commencement date of his benefits, his spouse, provided they have been lawfully married for at least the twelve months preceding his death, shall receive a lifetime income equal to fifty per cent of the retirement income that the member would have been entitled to if his benefits had commenced the day he died, with such benefits being paid under the option specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 5-192q . If such member had not reached age fifty-five at the date of his death, such benefit shall be calculated as if he had reached age fifty-five. The first payment shall be made as of the first day of the month coincident with or, otherwise, next following his date of death.

(c) If a member who has completed the age and service requirements for retirement under section 5-192 l , 5-192m or 5-192n and who has elected to receive his retirement benefits under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of section 5-192q , dies prior to the effective date of commencement of benefits but within ninety days after he first elects to receive his retirement benefits under either of said subdivisions, then his beneficiary or contingent annuitant shall receive an income in an amount equal to the benefit that would have been payable to the survivor had the member retired the day he died and had his benefit been paid under the option he had elected at the time of his death. This subsection shall not apply after ninety days after the date the member first elects to receive his benefit under either of said subdivisions. In the event that income payments to a surviving beneficiary or contingent annuitant are payable under this subsection, such payments shall be in lieu of payments under subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192
Sec. 5-192. Credit for transferred McCook Hospital employees.
Status: in_force

(b) There shall be transferred to the State Employees Retirement Fund from the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund such amount, for each person transferred, as the State Retirement Commission and the city of Hartford determine to be equitable by reason of the transfer of city employees to the state under the provisions of said section 5-268d .

(c) All rights, benefits and privileges to which members of the state retirement system are entitled, as well as rights, benefits and privileges conferred on state employees which relate to retirement, shall be given to those persons who have transferred to state employment under the provisions of said section 5-268d . All those persons who have so transferred shall be entitled to such accrued vacation and sick time as they earned under city employment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192e — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192e
Sec. 5-192e. Application.
Status: in_force

(b) If a member is absent from state service on January 1, 1984, due to service in the armed forces of the United States, and returns to state service within ninety days, after having become entitled to release from active duty in the armed forces or after hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year, he shall not be deemed to have severed service for purposes of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) If a member is absent from state service on January 1, 1984, due to a leave of absence and returns to state service immediately upon the expiration of such leave, he shall not be deemed to have severed service for purposes of subsection (a) of this section.

(d) In the event that there is a conflict between the provisions of sections 5-192e to 5-192x , inclusive, and the provisions of any other law, the provisions of said sections shall govern, provided any employee in state service who is a member of the teachers' retirement system prior to October 1, 1982, and who transfers to the state employees retirement system in accordance with subsection (h) of section 5-160 , shall join tier I.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192q — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192q
Sec. 5-192q. Optional forms of retirement income.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a temporary minimum shall apply whenever the Retirement Commission adopts revised factors which could result in a smaller benefit to a member than would have been payable under the previously existing factors. Such minimum shall be determined as follows: (1) The benefit the member had earned as of the date of the change in factors shall be calculated, based on his final average earnings and credited service or based on his vesting service as of that date; (2) any early retirement reduction in such benefit shall be based upon his age as determined on the date benefits will commence, and his type of retirement; and (3) the option factor shall be determined utilizing the factors in effect prior to such change, but based on appropriate ages as of the date benefits will commence. If such minimum results in a larger benefit, the larger benefit shall be payable.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192v — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192v
Sec. 5-192v. Retirement credit of reemployed retired members.
Status: in_force

(b) No member reemployed under this section or otherwise reentering state service shall receive a retirement income during such member's reemployment or other state service except (1) if such member's services are rendered for not more than ninety working days in any one calendar year, provided that any member reemployed for a period of more than ninety working days in one calendar year shall reimburse the state retirement fund for retirement income payments received during such ninety working days; (2) if such member's services are as a member of the General Assembly, such member's retirement income payments shall not be suspended; or (3) if such member's preretirement services which counted towards such member's retirement are other than as a special deputy sheriff pursuant to chapter 78, and if such member's postretirement services are as a special deputy sheriff or, on and after December 1, 2000, as a judicial marshal, and such member was employed as a special deputy sheriff on July 1, 1999.

(c) Upon the subsequent retirement of a member who has been reemployed, his retirement income shall be recomputed on the basis of his total period of credited service, excluding any period for which a retirement income was paid under subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of this section, and with his final average earnings recomputed on the basis of his three highest-paid years of his total state service. Notwithstanding the above, his retirement income upon such subsequent retirement shall not be less than his original retirement income as increased by any cost-of-living adjustments which occurred or would have occurred but for his reemployment after such original retirement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-227b — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-227b
Sec. 5-227b. Waiver of examinations. Delegation of authority to recruit. Audit of recruitments.
Status: in_force

(b) If the commissioner has granted a waiver of examination in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may delegate to a department head the authority to recruit for such position pursuant to a delegation plan, except no delegation plan shall be required for such delegation in the case of a waiver of examination granted pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. For waivers of examination granted pursuant to subdivisions (2) to (4), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section, the department head shall submit a delegation plan to the commissioner, and the commissioner may grant a full or partial delegation to the department head. The department head shall obtain the commissioner's approval of the delegation plan prior to undertaking any recruitment efforts. Any such delegation plan shall (1) include standards for the posting of positions with a minimum time period of not less than one week; (2) specify the manner in which such notice shall be posted; and (3) specify the procedures for accepting and rejecting applicants based upon the minimum required qualifications. Where the department head has identified a candidate suitable for appointment and prior to making a formal or informal offer of employment, such department head shall submit the application, any supporting documentation for such candidate and the applications of such additional candidates such department head deems eligible for appointment to the commissioner for certification that such preferred candidate has met the minimum qualifications of experience and training as set forth in the job specification. Once written certification is granted, the department head may make an offer of employment to the candidate certified by the commissioner.

(c) Any recruitments performed by a department head pursuant to this section may be subject to post audit by the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-272 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 68 / Section 5-272
Sec. 5-272. Prohibited acts of employers and employee organizations.
Status: in_force

(b) Employee organizations or their agents are prohibited from: (1) Restraining or coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in subsection (a) of section 5-271 ; (2) restraining or coercing an employer in the selection of his representative for purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances; (3) refusing to bargain collectively in good faith, with an employer, if it has been designated in accordance with the provisions of sections 5-270 to 5-280 , inclusive, as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit; (4) breaching their duty of fair representation pursuant to section 5-271 ; (5) violating any of the rules and regulations established by the board regulating the conduct of representation elections; or (6) refusing to reduce a collective bargaining agreement to writing and sign such agreement.

(c) For the purposes of sections 5-270 to 5-280 , inclusive, to bargain collectively is the performance of the mutual obligation of the employer or his designated representatives and the representative of the employees to meet at reasonable times, including meetings appropriately related to the budget-making process, and bargain in good faith with respect to wages, hours and other conditions of employment, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question arising thereunder, and the execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party, but such obligation shall not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.

(d) Nothing herein shall diminish the authority and power of the Employees' Review Board, the Department of Administrative Services or any state agency established by statute, charter or special act to establish, conduct and grade merit examinations and to rate candidates in order of their relative excellence from which appointments or promotions may be made to positions in the competitive division of the classified service of the state served by the Department of Administrative Services. The establishment, conduct and grading of merit examinations, the rating of candidates and the establishment of lists from such examinations and the appointments from such lists shall not be subject to collective bargaining.

See Sec. 5-226f re pilot program authorizing discussion between the state and union representatives concerning the state classifications and examination system.

Cited. 192 C. 539; 197 C. 91; 201 C. 685; 216 C. 253; 226 C. 670.

Cited. 8 CA 197.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192j — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192j
Sec. 5-192j. Credited service.
Status: in_force

(b) Credited service shall include any period of service in the armed forces of the United States which is included in a member's vesting service pursuant to subsection (b) of section 5-192i , except that no credit shall be given hereunder for any military service beyond a total period of the employee's compulsory service, if any, plus three years.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any vesting service granted pursuant to subsections (h) and (i) of section 5-192i shall also be included as credited service, provided the requirements of the applicable subsection are met.

(d) Subject to the requirements of this subsection, credited service shall also include war service, as defined in section 27-103 , and up to three years of national emergency service, as defined by law, for normal, hazardous duty and early retirements. A member of the tier II plan who has performed war service or national emergency service may receive credited service for the period of such service, provided the member who has performed such service has not received and will not receive a pension for such period or periods, and provided further that such credited service not exceed ten years in the aggregate. To receive such service credit, a member shall apply to the Retirement Commission within one year of his commencement of state service.

(e) Credited service shall include any period of municipal service while a member of the Connecticut municipal employees' retirement system, provided the tier II member claiming credit for such service (1) has at least ten years of vesting service under the tier II plan, and (2) has not received and will not receive any retirement allowance from the municipal system for such years of municipal service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-183 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-183
Sec. 5-183. Transferred county employees.
Status: in_force

(b) The contributions made by any such employee to the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund and so transferred under the provisions of this section may, if such employee leaves the employment of the state before becoming eligible to retire, be withdrawn by him, on request, without interest, in the same manner as is provided in section 5-166 for the withdrawal of his contributions to the State Employees Retirement Fund.

Cited. 1 CA 454.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-163a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-163a
Sec. 5-163a. Eligibility for retirement prior to June 30, 1980. Retirement income.
Status: in_force

(b) Any member who has completed at least ten but less than twenty-five years of state service and reached the age of fifty-five prior to June 30, 1980, may elect to be retired on the first day of the month following his application and receive retirement benefits in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, provided such member so elects prior to June 30, 1980.

(c) Any member who has completed at least five but less than ten years of state service and has reached the age of sixty-five prior to June 30, 1980, may elect to be retired on the first day of the month following such application and receive retirement benefits in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, provided such member so elects prior to June 30, 1980.

(d) Each member referred to in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall receive a monthly retirement income beginning on his retirement date equal to one-twelfth of (A) plus (B): (A) The number of years of state service taken to completed months, multiplied by the applicable percentage of his Social Security earnings determined from the table below for the appropriate age and years of state service; (B) the number of years multiplied by the applicable percentage of his excess earnings determined from the table below for such age and years of service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-202 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-202
Sec. 5-202. Individual and group appeals.
Status: in_force

(b) Any group of employees that is not included in any collective bargaining unit of state employees may file an appeal as a group directly with the Employees' Review Board if such group of employees is laid off or dismissed, or is aggrieved as a result of alleged unlawful discrimination, unless a complaint is or has been filed by such group of employees with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities or the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, or unsafe or unhealthy working conditions, unless a complaint is or has been filed by such group of employees with the state or federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or violations involving the interpretation and application of a specific state personnel statute, regulation or rule, provided each member of such group (1) is appealing the same or a similar issue, as determined by the Employees' Review Board, (2) is a permanent employee, as defined in section 5-196 , and (3) has achieved a permanent appointment, as defined in section 5-196 . Such an appeal shall be submitted to the board not later than thirty calendar days from the specific incident or effective date of action giving rise to such appeal.

(c) Upon receiving an appeal, the board shall assign a time and place for a hearing and shall give notice of such time and place to the parties concerned. The hearing panel shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence prevailing in the courts. If, after hearing, a majority of the hearing panel determines that the action appealed from was arbitrary or taken without reasonable cause, the appeal shall be sustained; otherwise, the appeal shall be denied. The hearing panel shall have the power to direct appropriate remedial action and shall do so after taking into consideration just and equitable relief to the employee or group of employees and the best interests and effectiveness of the state service. The hearing panel shall render a decision not later than sixty calendar days from the date of the conclusion of the hearing.

(d) The employee or group of employees in any such case shall be furnished, upon request, with a copy of the transcript of the proceedings before the board. The chairman of the board shall establish a fair and reasonable fee per page to be charged for such transcript which fee shall not exceed the fee per page for a transcript charged by court reporters for the judicial district of Hartford. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such fee shall not be waived for any party.

(e) Not later than ten days from the issuance date of a decision by a hearing panel sustaining an appeal, the appointing authority of the employee shall take such measures as are necessary to comply with the remedial action directed by the hearing panel.

(f) An employee or group of employees laid off or dismissed by reason of economy, lack of work, insufficient appropriation, change in departmental organization or abolition of position may file an appeal with the board only on the grounds that the order of layoff or dismissal has not been determined in accordance with the provisions of section 5-241 , provided (1) such employee has initiated the third level of the preliminary review procedure not later than thirty calendar days from the effective date of such layoff or dismissal, or (2) such group of employees submits such appeal to the board not later than thirty calendar days from the effective date of the layoff or dismissal.

(g) All matters involving examination, including application rejection, type of examination or results, compensation for class or classes, establishment of a new class or classes, classification of a position, occupational group or career progression level, compliance with health and safety standards and the Connecticut Occupational Safety and Health Act or alleged discrimination in cases where an appeal has been filed with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, shall not be appealable under this section.

(h) The first level of the preliminary review procedure preparatory to the filing of an appeal from an alleged grievable action under subsection (a) of this section other than dismissal, demotion or suspension shall be the aggrieved employee's supervisor or department chief or other employee as designated by the employee's appointing authority. Such aggrieved employee shall present the employee's grievance in writing on a form developed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Employee Review Board which form shall contain a statement of the date the alleged violation occurred and the relief sought in answer to the grievance. The first level designee shall give said designee's answer to such employee not later than seven calendar days from the date the grievance is submitted to said designee or not later than seven days from the date of a meeting convened for the purpose of reviewing the grievance, in which case such meeting shall be convened not later than seven calendar days from the date the grievance is submitted.

(i) The second level of the preliminary review procedure preparatory to the filing of an appeal from an alleged grievable action under subsection (a) of this section other than dismissal, demotion or suspension shall be the aggrieved employee's appointing authority or designated representative. Such employee, upon receiving a response at the first level which the employee deems to be unsatisfactory, may proceed to this level by presenting the same form containing the first level answers not later than seven calendar days from the date the answer was given at the first level. The appointing authority or designated representative shall answer such employee not later than seven calendar days from the date the grievance is received or not later than seven calendar days from the date of a meeting convened for the purpose of reviewing such grievance, in which case such meeting shall be convened not later than seven calendar days from the date such grievance is received.

(j) The third level of the preliminary review procedure preparatory to the filing of an appeal from an alleged grievable action under subsection (a) of this section including dismissal, demotion or suspension shall be the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the secretary's designated representative. The employee, upon receiving a response at the second level which the employee deems to be unsatisfactory, may proceed to this level by presenting the same form containing the first and second level answers not later than seven calendar days from the date the answer was given at the second level, except in the case of a dismissal, demotion or suspension in which case such employee must present the form, completed but without answers at lower levels not later than thirty calendar days from the effective date of such action. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the secretary's designated representative shall reply to such employee not later than thirty calendar days from the date such grievance is received or not later than fifteen calendar days from the date of a meeting convened for the purpose of reviewing such grievance, in which case such meeting shall be convened not later than thirty calendar days from the date such grievance is received.

(k) Employees shall be entitled to have representation of their own choosing at any or all levels of the review or appeal procedure. No verbatim records shall be required in the preliminary procedure and no oaths or affirmations shall be administered.

(l) Any state officer or employee, as defined in section 4-141 , or any appointing authority shall not take or threaten to take any personnel action against any state employee or group of state employees in retaliation for the filing of an appeal with the Employees' Review Board or a grievance with any level of the preliminary review procedure pursuant to this section. An employee or group of employees alleging that such action has been threatened or taken may file an appeal directly with the board not later than thirty days from knowledge of the specific incident giving rise to such claim.

(m) Either the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or any employee or group of employees aggrieved by a decision of the Employees' Review Board may appeal from such decision in accordance with section 4-183 . The board may intervene as a party in any appeal of its decision. Any employee or group of employees who prevails in a decision of the Employees' Review Board shall be entitled to recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees if such decision is appealed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and affirmed by the court in such appeal.

(n) Any time limit set forth in this section may be waived by mutual written agreement of the employee or group of employees, or the designated representative of the employee or group of employees, and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the secretary's designee.

Cited. 176 C. 1; 202 C. 670; 231 C. 391; 240 C. 246.

Cited. 31 CS 186; 36 CS 297.

Subsec. (a):

Cited. 170 C. 541; 186 C. 198. Disparate treatment of managerial employees and employees subject to collective bargaining is not a form of discrimination within review board's jurisdiction under section. 226 C. 670.

Subsec. (c):

State employee cannot be dismissed arbitrarily or without reasonable cause. 170 C. 668. Order conditioning reinstatement on physician's favorable report determined to be “appropriate remedial action”. 174 C. 519.

Hearing panel's decision not invalid because untimely. 30 CS 333. Cited. 35 CS 45.

Subsec. (f):

P.A. 94-194 clarified existing law and necessarily has retroactive effect. 239 C. 638.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-164a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-164a
Sec. 5-164a. Retirement credit of retired employees who are reemployed or elected to serve in the General Assembly.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who has retired from the service of the state under any provision of this chapter and who is elected to serve in the General Assembly may elect, effective from the first day of his term of office, to make contributions to the retirement fund and resume membership in the retirement system.

(c) No member reemployed under this section or under section 5-164 or elected to serve in the General Assembly or otherwise reentering state service shall receive a retirement income during such member's reemployment or other state service except (1) if such member's services as an employee are rendered for not more than one hundred twenty working days in any one calendar year, provided that any member reemployed for a period of more than one hundred twenty working days in one calendar year shall reimburse the state retirement fund for retirement income payments received during such one hundred twenty working days; (2) if such member's services are as a member of the General Assembly or as a sessional employee of the General Assembly during the regular legislative session, such member's retirement income payments shall not be suspended; or (3) if such member's preretirement services which counted towards retirement are other than as a special deputy sheriff pursuant to chapter 78, and if such member's postretirement services are as a special deputy sheriff or, on and after December 1, 2000, as a judicial marshal and such member was employed as a special deputy sheriff on July 1, 1999.

(d) Upon the subsequent retirement of a member who has made an election under subsection (a) of this section, or upon the expiration of the term of office of a member of the General Assembly who has made an election under subsection (b) of this section, his retirement income shall be recomputed on the basis of his total period of credited state service, excluding any period for which a retirement salary was paid under subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (c) of this section, and with his base salary recomputed on the basis of his three highest-paid years of his total state service.

Cited. 216 C. 523; 218 C. 729.

Cited. 34 CA 510; judgment reversed, see 234 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-274 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 68 / Section 5-274
Sec. 5-274. Prohibited practice questions determined by State Board of Labor Relations.
Status: in_force

(a) When a complaint has been made to the board in writing that a prohibited practice has been or is being committed, the board shall refer such complaint to its agent for investigation within ten calendar days of the date it was received. Upon receiving a report from the agent, the board may within ten days of such receipt issue an order dismissing the complaint or may order a further investigation or a hearing thereon. When an investigation is ordered the board shall set a time when the report must be made. When a hearing is ordered, the board shall set the time and place for the hearing, which time and place may be changed by the board at the request of one of the parties for cause shown. Any complaint may be amended with the permission of the board. The employer, the employee organization and 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 employer, such employee organization and 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 the technical rules of evidence prevailing in the courts. A transcript of the testimony taken at any hearing before the board shall be filed with the board.

(b) If, upon all the testimony, the board determines that a prohibited practice has been or is being committed, it shall state its findings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served on the party committing the prohibited practice an order requiring it or him to cease and desist from such prohibited practice, and shall take such further affirmative action as will effectuate the policies of sections 5-270 to 5-280 , inclusive, including but not limited to: (1) Withdrawal of certification of an employee organization established or assisted by any action defined in said sections as a prohibited practice; (2) reinstatement of an employee discriminated against in violation of said sections, with or without back pay; or (3) if either party is found to have refused to bargain collectively in good faith, ordering arbitration and directing the party found to have refused to bargain to pay the full costs of arbitration under section 5-276a resulting from the negotiations in which the refusal to bargain occurred.

(c) If, upon all of the testimony, the board determines that a prohibited practice has not been or is not being committed, it shall state its finding of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint.

(d) For the purposes of hearings and enforcement of orders under sections 5-270 to 5-280 , inclusive, the board shall have the same power and authority as it has in sections 31-107 , 31-108 and 31-109 , and the employer and the employee organization shall have the right of appeal as provided therein.

Cited. 8 CA 197.

Cited. 43 CS 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-158h — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-158h
Sec. 5-158h. Transfers between parts A and B.
Status: in_force

(b) If a member covered under part B elects to transfer to full part A prior to such date, the member shall notify the Retirement Commission no later than the first of the month following three months after June 28, 1985, on the form provided by it and shall pay in a lump sum the extra contributions that would have been payable, without interest, had such part A election been made as of his date of entry into the system. If such employee is financially unable to make such lump sum payment, the employee and the Retirement Commission may enter into a contract for payment of such amount in not more than one hundred thirty-one equal biweekly installments. Such installments shall include interest at five per cent a year, and the transfer to part A shall not be effective until all such installments have been paid. If a member severs employment for any reason before all such installments are paid, the balance outstanding shall be payable in a lump sum within ninety days or a longer period if approved by the Retirement Commission. If such amount is not paid, the member shall be entitled to the refund of prior installments, but without any additional interest.

(c) If a member covered under full part A provisions elects to transfer to part B prior to such date, the member shall notify the Retirement Commission no later than the first of the month following three months after June 28, 1985, on the form provided by it. Such member shall receive as a refund from the retirement fund, the contributions that had been paid by him, including any interest paid by such member, but excluding any other interest adjustment, beyond those that would have been payable had such part B election been made as of his date of entry into the system or January 1, 1956, whichever is later.

(d) If a member does not wish to change his coverage, no action on his part shall be required.

See Sec. 5-158e re transfers from part A to part B.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-175a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-175a
Sec. 5-175a. Operators of vending stands in public buildings. Credit for prior years of service.
Status: in_force

(b) Any member of the state employees retirement system who operated vending stands under permits held by the State Board of Education and Services for the Blind pursuant to section 17a-818 , prior to October 1, 1971, may obtain credit for such period or periods of service for retirement purposes, provided such member has been in the active full-time employment of the state continuously for twelve months next preceding such member's written request to the Retirement Commission for such credit, and by making retirement contributions of five per cent of such member's adjusted gross income arising out of the operation of such stands for each of such years with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per year from the time of such operation to the date of payment, all as certified by the State Board of Education and Services for the Blind or, its successor agency, the Department of Rehabilitative Services. Such payments may be made in twelve equal monthly installments but such service credit shall not be granted unless payment of installments is completed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-209a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-209a
Sec. 5-209a. General worker. Work experience credit for out-of-class work.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who contests the amount of work experience for which such person is credited by a state agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to a hearing before a hearing officer of such agency. Such person may appeal any determination made by the hearing officer to the commissioner or other head of such agency. This subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 54.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-247b — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-247b
Sec. 5-247b. Sick leave. Use by employees who have a disability for service animal training.
Status: in_force

(b) Each appointing authority shall grant to each full-time employee in a permanent position in a state or quasi-public agency who (1) has a disability, and (2) has been employed for at least twelve consecutive months, the use of accumulated paid sick leave, not to exceed twenty days, to participate in training conducted by an organization that trains service animals, provided such organization is a member of a professional association of service animal schools, to prepare the employee to handle a service animal for the employee's own use. The appointing authority may require up to seven days' advance notice of an employee's intention to use such leave and may require the employee to provide reasonable documentation that such leave is being taken for the purpose permitted under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-187 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-187
Sec. 5-187. Sheriffs and chief deputies.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of subsection (f) of section 5-168 shall apply to sheriffs and their chief deputies.

(c) The status of sheriffs and their chief deputies as stated in subsection (a) shall be retroactive to September 1, 1939.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192t — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192t
Sec. 5-192t. Survivorship benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) If any member of tier II other than a state police officer sustains an injury while acting within the scope of his employment, which injury is not the result of his own wilful or wanton act, and dies as a result of such injury, and a spouse and a dependent child or children under eighteen years of age survive him, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in equal monthly installments over a period of not less than ten years to such employee's spouse, provided any such payments shall terminate on the death or remarriage of such spouse within said ten-year period, and fifty dollars a month shall be paid for each dependent child under eighteen years of age, payable to such spouse or the guardian of such child or children until such child or children reach eighteen years of age. If such employee leaves a spouse and no child or children under eighteen years of age, the sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be paid in equal monthly installments over a period of not less than ten years, to such spouse, provided any such payments shall terminate on the death or remarriage of such spouse within such ten-year period. If such employee leaves no spouse and no child or children under eighteen years of age but leaves a parent or parents dependent upon him, the sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be paid to such employee's parent or parents in equal monthly installments over a period of not less than ten years, provided, on the death of one such parent, the surviving parent shall continue to receive the entire monthly payments under the provisions of this section and provided such payments shall cease on the death of both such parents during such ten-year period.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-195 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-195
Sec. 5-195. Merit principles to be observed.
Status: in_force

Cited. 170 C. 668; 175 C. 127.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-254 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-254
Sec. 5-254. Holidays.
Status: in_force

(b) Any employee in the state service compensated on an hourly or per diem basis shall be entitled to time off with pay commensurate with any time granted by order of the Governor to salaried employees with pay.

(c) No state employee whose duties are not directly concerned with the business of the General Assembly shall be required to work any legal holiday solely by reason of the convening of the General Assembly on such day.

See Sec. 1-4 re designated legal holidays.

Subsec. (a):

Legislature's use of terms “day” and “holiday” reflects its intent that employees shall be compensated for leave commensurate with their scheduled hours during the calendar day. 267 C. 255.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-210 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 67 / Section 5-210
Sec. 5-210. Annual salary increases; lump-sum payments; state incentive plans for managerial or confidential employees.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 5-212 re maximum annual salary increases and lump-sum payments.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-177 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-177
Sec. 5-177. Credit for out-of-state or foreign service to educational institutions.
Status: in_force

The legislature, by passage of statute, determined that the state owes more to those who previously gave it service than to others; statute has rational basis and does not violate equal protection clause of either federal or state constitutions. 1 CA 454.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192g — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-192g
Sec. 5-192g. Eligibility and membership.
Status: in_force

(b) Membership in the tier II plan shall be required for each employee in state service on June 30, 1982, who had not previously been a member of the state employees retirement system, and who had not previously elected to become a member of the state employees retirement system or any other Connecticut retirement plan, unless specifically excluded in this section.

(c) Teachers not in state service are not eligible for membership in the tier II plan.

(d) Any teacher or professional staff member as described in subsection (g) of section 5-160 , first employed on or after January 1, 1984, shall be covered under the tier II plan unless he is eligible for and elects membership within six months after employment in the teachers' retirement system or an alternate retirement program. In the absence of such an election, membership hereunder shall be retroactive to the first day of employment. Any such individual shall be a member in only one of the three systems or programs.

(e) Members of the judiciary eligible for retirement under the provisions of section 51-50 or section 51-50a are not eligible for membership in the tier II plan unless they elect to remain or be reinstated as members of the state employees retirement system under section 5-192h .

(f) Membership in the tier II plan shall be required for each employee of the Connecticut Institute for Municipal Studies unless specifically excluded in this section or unless section 5-192e mandates coverage under the tier I plan.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-181 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-181
Sec. 5-181. Credit for prior state service. Credit for service in the General Assembly.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5-175b , any member of the state employees retirement system who served as a member of the General Assembly prior to July 1, 1985, may obtain credit for such service in the General Assembly not otherwise credited for retirement purposes, provided application is made to the State Employees Retirement Commission not later than December 31, 1990, and provided further such member pays to the retirement fund for each month of such service in the General Assembly a sum based on his gross yearly rate of compensation as of the date such service was rendered and equal to one-twelfth of two per cent of any part of such compensation to the amount of the Social Security maximum wage plus one-twelfth of five per cent of the excess for part B members and one-twelfth of five per cent of such compensation for part A members, with interest thereon in both cases at the rate of five per cent per year from the time such service was rendered to the date of payment. Payment shall be made in accordance with the regulations concerning prior service as prescribed by the State Employees Retirement Commission.

Cited. 234 C. 424.

Cited. 1 CA 454.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-167 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-167
Sec. 5-167. Contributions for prior years.
Status: in_force

(b) A member who was in state service before September 1, 1939, but did not become a member before September 1, 1941, may elect to make retirement contributions in the amount which would have been due from him from September 1, 1939, to the date of his election, had he been a member throughout this period, with interest as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(c) Retirement contributions payable under subsection (a) or (b) of this section may be paid by the member either by (1) a single lump sum payment of contributions plus interest paid on such contributions, with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per year calculated from the date of withdrawal to the date of payment, or (2) payroll deductions of the total amount established in subdivision (1) of this subsection, as determined by the Retirement Commission over a period not to exceed thirty-six months, plus interest on such amount at the rate of five per cent per year to be paid over such period.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-141d — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 64a / Section 5-141d
Sec. 5-141d. Indemnification of state officers and employees. Duties of Attorney General. Legal fees and costs. Enforcement action. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) The state, through the Attorney General, shall provide for the defense of any such state officer, employee or member in any civil action or proceeding in any state or federal court arising out of any alleged act, omission or deprivation which occurred or is alleged to have occurred while the officer, employee or member was acting in the discharge of his duties or in the scope of his employment, except that the state shall not be required to provide for such a defense whenever the Attorney General, based on his investigation of the facts and circumstances of the case, determines that it would be inappropriate to do so and he so notifies the officer, employee or member in writing.

(c) Legal fees and costs incurred as a result of the retention by any such officer, employee or member of an attorney to defend his interests in any such civil action or proceeding shall be borne by the state only in those cases where (1) the Attorney General has stated in writing to the officer, employee or member, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, that the state will not provide an attorney to defend the interests of the officer, employee or member, and (2) the officer, employee or member is thereafter found to have acted in the discharge of his duties or in the scope of his employment, and not to have acted wantonly, recklessly or maliciously. Such legal fees and costs incurred by such officer, employee or member shall be paid to such officer, employee or member only after the final disposition of the suit, claim or demand and only in such amounts as shall be determined by the Attorney General to be reasonable. In determining whether such amounts are reasonable, the Attorney General may consider whether it was appropriate for a group of officers, employees or members to be represented by the same counsel.

(d) Such officer, employee or member may bring an action in the Superior Court against the state to enforce the provisions of this section.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any such officer, employee or member to the extent he has a right to indemnification under any other section of the general statutes.

Cited. 221 C. 346. Plaintiffs in their role as foster parents were “employees” of the state as that form is used in section. 238 C. 146. Judgment creditors of state employee or officer are not within protected zone of interests; state's sovereign immunity from suit is not waived. 264 C. 538. Section waives state's immunity from liability but not from suit. 265 C. 350.

Subsec. (d):

Because Subsec. affects substantive rights and imposes new obligations on the state by waiving state's sovereign immunity and there is no indication of any legislative intent that it should be applied retroactively, it may be applied prospectively only. 100 CA 255.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-144 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 65 / Section 5-144
Sec. 5-144. Death benefits for state employees, state officers and members of General Assembly.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 5-149 re cases where death benefits are not payable.

Covers injury involving heart attack only when it occurs within period of employment and when in some way it is causally connected to performance of duties of employment. 175 C. 424.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-165a — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-165a
Sec. 5-165a. Benefit payable if member dies prior to retirement.
Status: in_force

(b) If a member who has terminated with at least twenty-five years of service or retired pursuant to section 5-162 , 5-163a , 5-173 or 5-188 , but whose benefits in either event are not yet being paid, dies prior to the commencing date of his benefits, his spouse, provided they have been lawfully married for at least the twelve months preceding his death, shall receive a lifetime income equal to fifty per cent of the average of the retirement income that the member would have been entitled to if his benefits had commenced the date he died had his benefit been paid under the option specified in said subdivision (4) and the retirement income that the member would have been entitled to with such benefits being paid under the option specified in said subdivision (1). If such member was not eligible to retire at the time of his death, such benefit shall be calculated as if he had reached age fifty-five. The first payment shall be made as of the first day of the month coincident with or, otherwise, next following his date of death.

(c) If a member who has completed the age and service requirements for retirement under section 5-162 , 5-163a , 5-173 or 5-188 , and who has elected to receive his retirement benefits under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of section 5-165 , dies prior to the effective date of commencement of benefits but within ninety days after he first elects to receive his retirement benefits under subdivision (2) or (3) of said subsection (a), then his beneficiary or contingent annuitant shall receive an income in an amount equal to the benefit that would have been payable to the survivor had the member retired the day he died and had his benefit been paid under the option he had elected at the time of his death. This subsection shall not apply after ninety days after the date the member first elects to receive his benefit under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of section 5-165 . In the event that income payments to a surviving beneficiary or contingent annuitant are payable under this subsection, such payments shall be in lieu of payments under subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-156 — Connecticut Code / Title 5 / Chapter 66 / Section 5-156
Sec. 5-156. Retirement fund. Contribution of participants in alternate retirement program.
Status: in_force

(b) All participant contributions and state appropriations therefor shall be held in a separate account by the Treasurer and upon certification by the Comptroller shall be forwarded to the company underwriting an alternate retirement program in equal monthly installments. Expenditures from this account may exceed the appropriation to such account if such deficiency is due to anticipated reimbursements to the account and if such reimbursements are anticipated to be made within six months of such expenditures.

(c) The contribution of participants in an alternate retirement program shall be five per cent of salary. The employer contribution for such participants shall be determined from the table below and shall be paid to the separate retirement fund for alternate retirement programs for higher education personnel.