Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-13 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-13
Sec. 31-13. Hours of labor of minors in mercantile establishments.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Labor Commissioner finds, upon application of an employer, that an emergency exists or that seasonal or peak demand places an unusual and temporary burden upon any mercantile establishment, any such person under the age of eighteen years may be employed in such establishment not more than ten hours in any day and not more than fifty-two hours in any calendar week, but the total number of weeks of any such employment in any twelve months shall not exceed eight.

(c) No person under eighteen years of age who is enrolled in a secondary education institution shall be employed in any mercantile establishment more than (1) six hours in any regularly scheduled school day unless the regularly scheduled school day immediately precedes a nonschool day or eight hours in any other day, and (2) thirty-two hours in any calendar week during which the school in which such person is enrolled is in session, or forty-eight hours in any other calendar week during which the school in which such person is enrolled is not is session. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the number of hours such person participates in a work experience that is part of an approved educational plan, cooperative program or school-to-work program shall not be counted against the daily or weekly limits set forth in this section.

(d) Each employer in any such establishment shall post in a conspicuous place in each room where such persons are employed a notice, the form of which shall be furnished by the Labor Commissioner, stating specifically the hours of work required of such persons on each day of the week, and the employment of any such persons for a longer time than so stated shall be a violation of this section.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to permanent salaried employees in executive, managerial or supervisory positions excepted from the provisions of part I of chapter 558 who receive a regular salary of not less than the minimum fixed for such employment in any wage order or administrative regulation issued under authority of said part, or to persons under eighteen years of age who have graduated from a secondary educational institution.

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

Cited. 129 C. 339.

Nominal president deemed an employee. 10 CS 171.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-294c — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-294c
Sec. 31-294c. Notice of claim for compensation. Notice contesting liability. Exception for dependents of certain deceased employees.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever liability to pay compensation is contested by the employer, he shall file with the administrative law judge, on or before the twenty-eighth day after he has received a written notice of claim, a notice in accord with a form prescribed by the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission stating that the right to compensation is contested, the name of the claimant, the name of the employer, the date of the alleged injury or death and the specific grounds on which the right to compensation is contested. The employer shall send a copy of the notice to the employee in accordance with section 31-321 . If the employer or his legal representative fails to file the notice contesting liability on or before the twenty-eighth day after he has received the written notice of claim, the employer shall commence payment of compensation for such injury or death on or before the twenty-eighth day after he has received the written notice of claim, but the employer may contest the employee's right to receive compensation on any grounds or the extent of his disability within one year from the receipt of the written notice of claim, provided the employer shall not be required to commence payment of compensation when the written notice of claim has not been properly served in accordance with section 31-321 or when the written notice of claim fails to include a warning that (1) the employer, if he has commenced payment for the alleged injury or death on or before the twenty-eighth day after receiving a written notice of claim, shall be precluded from contesting liability unless a notice contesting liability is filed within one year from the receipt of the written notice of claim, and (2) the employer shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the compensability of the alleged injury or death unless the employer either files a notice contesting liability on or before the twenty-eighth day after receiving a written notice of claim or commences payment for the alleged injury or death on or before such twenty-eighth day. An employer shall be entitled, if he prevails, to reimbursement from the claimant of any compensation paid by the employer on and after the date the administrative law judge receives written notice from the employer or his legal representative, in accordance with the form prescribed by the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission, stating that the right to compensation is contested. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, an employer who fails to contest liability for an alleged injury or death on or before the twenty-eighth day after receiving a written notice of claim and who fails to commence payment for the alleged injury or death on or before such twenty-eighth day, shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the compensability of the alleged injury or death. If an employer has opted to post an address of where notice of a claim for compensation by an employee shall be sent, as described in subsection (a) of this section, the twenty-eight-day period set forth in this subsection shall begin on the date when such employer receives written notice of a claim for compensation at such posted address.

(c) Failure to provide a notice of claim under subsection (a) of this section shall not bar maintenance of the proceedings if there has been a hearing or a written request for a hearing or an assignment for a hearing within a one-year period from the date of the accident or within a three-year period from the first manifestation of a symptom of the occupational disease, as the case may be, or if a voluntary agreement has been submitted within the applicable period, or if within the applicable period an employee has been furnished, for the injury with respect to which compensation is claimed, with medical or surgical care as provided in section 31-294d . No defect or inaccuracy of notice of claim shall bar maintenance of proceedings unless the employer shows that he was ignorant of the facts concerning the personal injury and was prejudiced by the defect or inaccuracy of the notice. Upon satisfactory showing of ignorance and prejudice, the employer shall receive allowance to the extent of the prejudice.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a dependent or dependents of a deceased employee seeking compensation under section 31-306 who was barred by a final judgment in a court of law from filing a claim arising out of the death of the deceased employee, whose date of injury was between June 1, 1991, and June 30, 1991, and whose date of death was between November 1, 1992, and November 30, 1992, because of the failure of the dependent to timely file a separate death benefits claim, shall be allowed to file a written notice of claim for compensation not later than one year after July 8, 2005, and the administrative law judge shall have jurisdiction to determine such dependent's claim.

Cited. 228 C. 1; 231 C. 529; 232 C. 780; 237 C. 1; 239 C. 19. Workers' compensation legislation is remedial and should be broadly construed to accomplish its humanitarian purpose; where workers' compensation appeal involves issue of statutory construction that has not been subjected to judicial scrutiny, Supreme Court has plenary power to review the administrative decision. 252 C. 596. HIV is an occupational disease for correction officers who are members of emergency response units which are special teams of correction officers that respond to major disturbances and riots, and, therefore plaintiff's notice of claim was timely filed under statute; HIV is peculiar to and distinctively associated with decedent's occupation as a correction officer in an emergency response unit because of the direct causal connection between the specific duties of his employment, which required him to interact with inmates with a high HIV infection rate and in a manner that greatly increased the risk of contracting HIV and the AIDS the decedent contracted. 268 C. 753. Fact that an occupational disease cannot be qualified as such until a causal connection with exposure at employee's workplace can be established compels the conclusion that such a connection is a prerequisite to commencement of the statute of limitations for making a claim for an occupational disease. 280 C. 723. For purposes of section, commissioner must determine whether plaintiff's repetitive trauma injury more closely resembles “an accidental injury” or “occupational disease”. 296 C. 463. For purposes of determining limitation period, claim brought pursuant to Sec. 7-433c was properly treated as one for accidental injury definitely located in time and place, rather than a repetitive trauma injury, because plaintiff failed to present evidence that hypertension was causally connected to employment; formal diagnosis of hypertension or heart disease, communicated to an employee by his or her physician, constitutes the “injury” that triggers the running of the limitation period. 299 C. 265. Evidence that claimant had elevated blood pressure readings, or had been advised by physician to monitor blood pressure, is insufficient to trigger one year filing period under section, rather there must be evidence that claimant knew he or she suffered from hypertension, ordinarily shown by proof claimant was informed of diagnosis by a medical professional. 302 C. 755. Hypertension diagnosis is sufficient to trigger 1-year filing period and prescription of hypertension medication is not required. Id., 767. Board's imposition of 1-year statute of limitations for filing of survivor's benefits improper when a valid claim has previously been filed by either the employee or a representative; plaintiff was not required to file a separate timely notice of claim for survivor's benefits when decedent, during his lifetime, had filed a timely notice of claims for benefits that was accepted and paid. 320 C. 299. An estate is not a legal representative capable of bringing a claim under this section or any other under this chapter. 323 C. 26.

Cited. 38 CA 1; Id., 73; 44 CA 465. Employer's first report of injury form and an attorney's letter taken together meet statutory requirement of written notice of claim. 52 CA 194. Workers' compensation review board properly concluded that, under the totality of the circumstances, completion of accident investigation form by defendant's fire department indicating that plaintiff had been transported to the hospital for high blood pressure, plaintiff's filing of first report of injury for high blood pressure with defendant's workers' compensation division and the employer's investigative report prepared by defendant's workers' compensation division for defendant's controller's office constituted “substantial compliance” with notice requirements. 63 CA 570. Does not require that notice of injury by employee include statutory reference. 70 CA 321. Partially completed form 30C, which was not signed by employee and did not include a description of employee's injury, delivered to supervisor was sufficient to trigger employer's responsibility to file form 43; rule of strict compliance is not supported by either the plain language or legislative history. 127 CA 619.

Subsec. (a):

Cited. 239 C. 408; 240 C. 788; 242 C. 570. Notice of claim for repetitive trauma injury is sufficient to support a motion to preclude if it provides adequate information as to period of time over which the injury is alleged to have occurred sufficient to allow employer to make timely investigation of the claim. 252 C. 596. Service on employer of amended complaint in third party action and employer's acknowledgment that it “may” become obligated to pay benefits to plaintiff are not sufficient to establish that employer had actual notice of plaintiff's intent to seek survivor's benefits as a result of decedent's death. 265 C. 525. Statute of limitations in Subsec. applies to all potential claims of employee's estate or his dependents and requires that a compensable claim be filed within the applicable limitations period, irrespective of whether initial claim is filed by the employee, the employee's estate after his death, or the decedent employee's dependents; proviso is not a condition precedent for commencement of dependents' claims, but rather a modified limitations period for commencement of such claims. 283 C. 813. Statute of limitations implicates commissioner's subject matter jurisdiction, and a subject matter jurisdictional statute of limitations may not be waived and court may address it sua sponte. 299 C. 800.

Cited. 40 CA 446; 42 CA 803; 44 CA 465; 45 CA 707. “Accident” and “occupational disease” must be read broadly enough so that even an injury that is defined as stemming from repetitive trauma under Sec. 31-275(8) may be deemed to fall into one of the two categories. 56 CA 90. Without timely written notice of claim, commissioner lacks subject matter jurisdiction over such claim. 68 CA 590. Separate notice of claim not required when dependent pursues derivative claim for death benefit. 71 CA 140. If the employee dies within 2 years of the accident or the first manifestation of symptoms of an occupational disease and the employee's dependent is filing a claim for benefits, the dependent has 2 years to file a claim for benefits or has 1 year from the date of the employee's death, whichever is longer. 137 CA 665. Because it was reasonable for Workers' Compensation Commissioner to determine that form 30c was filed on behalf of decedent's widow and sufficiently put defendants on notice of plaintiff's claim for survivor benefits, and because the savings provision of section cautions against arbitrary dismissal of plaintiff's claim, the claim was timely filed and the commissioner had subject matter jurisdiction over it. 150 CA 699. With respect to the notice of claim requirement, the proper inquiry is not whether defendant had notice of plaintiff's injuries and intent to pursue a claim, but rather whether plaintiff met the statutory requirements to give commission jurisdiction over his claim. 156 CA 700.

Subsec. (b):

Cited. 241 C. 692. Notice to contest liability must state both date of alleged injury and specific reasons for contesting compensation. 252 C. 596. Compensability, in terms of whether a type of injury falls within scope of act, is a jurisdictional fact that would allow employer to contest liability beyond the time frame allotted by Subsec.; hence, because emotional impairment claimed by plaintiff does not fall within scope of act, commissioner and board initially properly denied plaintiff's motion to preclude defendants from contesting liability. 270 C. 532. P.A. 93-228 did not alter status quo that if employer neither timely pays nor timely contests liability, conclusive presumption of compensability attaches and employer is barred from contesting employee's right to receive compensation on any ground or extent of employee's disability. 286 C. 102. Where payment for claim is not commenced or liability is not contested within the period required by statute, employer cannot challenge proof of claim but commissioner is not barred from further inquiry. 291 C. 537. To afford the word “file” its ordinary meaning under Subsec., it is plain and unambiguous that a notice of intention to contest compensation must be delivered, not just mailed, to the administrative law judge on or before the twenty-eighth day after the employer received written notice of claim. 349 C. 1.

Cited. 30 CA 295; 40 CA 446. Employer not precluded from challenging commissioner's subject matter jurisdiction; issue of compensability of an injury does not implicate commissioner's subject matter jurisdiction and, accordingly, statutory presumption of liability cannot be circumvented. 64 CA 1. Does not implicate insurer's right to raise defense of lack of coverage against an employer. 67 CA 361. Conclusive presumption of compensability for a workers' compensation claim under Subsec. is not an unconstitutional denial of employer's right to due process. 127 CA 619. Employer who was making payments for plaintiff's prior injury was precluded from contesting liability on subsequent claim when it failed to file notice to contest liability or commence making payments on subsequent claim for alleged new and separate injury, with a reported date and type of injury different from the earlier claimed injury, and any claim by employer that payment on new claim would result in plaintiff's double recovery should have been raised in a notice to contest liability. 137 CA 324. Sending notice to contest liability to employee by certified mail meets requirements, despite employee's failure to claim it; notice to contest liability stating employee did not suffer an injury which arose out of or in the course of employment is not a general denial and therefore meets requirements for valid notice to contest liability; notice to contest liability form stating date of employee's injury differently than stated by employee on claim form did not render notice insufficient because date of injury stated by employer fell within the time period of claimed repetitive injury stated by employee. 138 CA 826. Employer not deemed conclusively precluded from contesting extent of disability under Subsec. when it was impossible to commence payment of compensation within statutory time period. 145 CA 261. Employer's disclaimer citing “lack of medical evidence” to support causal connection between injury and employment met specific notice requirement. 159 CA 180. The equitable doctrine of laches does not apply to a motion to preclude filed under section and, in the absence of legislative action, there is no recognized time limitation within which an employee must file a motion to preclude. 168 CA 92. “Safe harbor” only applies when employer is contesting extent of employee's injury, and does not apply to employer who is contesting liability; employer contesting liability must strictly comply with filing requirements of Subsec. 190 CA 623. With respect to the commence payment predicate, the initial burden belongs to the employer. 198 CA 854.

Subsec. (c):

Medical care exception does not apply to toll statute of limitations under Sec. 7-433c because plaintiff failed to establish, in keeping with board's time-tested interpretation of Subsec., that employer previously furnished medical care for specific condition or later claimed condition was causally related to timely reported incident for which employer furnished medical care. 304 C. 571.

Employer's insurer's payment of medical bills during 1-year period constituted the furnishing of medical treatment. 47 CA 530. Employee's claim was not time barred because he failed to file notice of claim that specifically referenced all of his injuries. 48 CA 357.

Subsec. (d):

Trial court did not lack subject matter jurisdiction in concluding that Subsec. constitutes a public emolument in violation of Sec. 1. of state constitution. 299 C. 800.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-129 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 564 / Section 31-129
Sec. 31-129. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Person” includes persons or a company, society, association, limited liability company or corporation;

(b) “Employment agency” includes the business of procuring or offering to procure work or employment for persons seeking employment, or acting as agent for procuring such work or employment where a fee or other valuable thing is exacted, charged or received for procuring or assisting to procure employment, work or a situation of any kind or for procuring or providing help for any person;

(c) “To accept or obtain employment, work or a situation” means to enter upon the duties of that employment, work or situation, with resulting remuneration for the same;

(d) “Emigrant agent” means any person who, on behalf of an employment agency and for a fee, procures or attempts to procure domestic or household employment in Connecticut for persons outside the state seeking such employment, or domestic or household employees from outside the state for employers in the state seeking the services of such employees;

(e) “Temporary help service” means any person conducting a business which consists of employing individuals directly for the purpose of furnishing part-time or temporary help to others.

Cited. 42 CS 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-68b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-68b
Sec. 31-68b. Reciprocal agreements.
Status: in_force

(b) The Labor Commissioner may, to the extent provided for by any reciprocal agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, maintain actions in the courts of such other state for the collection of claims and judgments for wages and may assign such claims and judgments to the Labor Department or agency of such other state for collection to the extent that an assignment is permitted or provided for by the law of such state or by reciprocal agreement.

(c) The commissioner may, upon the written consent of the Labor Department or other corresponding agency of any other state or of a person, board, officer or commission authorized to act on behalf of the Labor Department or corresponding agency of such other state maintain actions in the courts of this state upon assigned claims and judgments for wages arising in such other state in the same manner and to the same extent that such actions by the commissioner are authorized when arising in this state; provided, such actions may be maintained only in cases where such other state by law or reciprocal agreement extends a like comity to cases arising in this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51q — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51q
Sec. 31-51q. Liability of employer for discipline or discharge of employee on account of employee's exercise of certain constitutional rights or employee's refusal to attend employer-sponsored meeting or listen to speech relating to employer's opinion on political or religious matters. Definitions. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Political matters” means matters relating to elections for political office, political parties, proposals to change legislation, proposals to change regulation and the decision to join or support any political party or political, civic, community, fraternal or labor organization; and

(2) “Religious matters” means matters relating to religious affiliation and practice and the decision to join or support any religious organization or association.

(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, any employer, including the state and any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, who subjects or threatens to subject any employee to discipline or discharge on account of (1) the exercise by such employee of rights guaranteed by the first amendment to the United States Constitution or section 3, 4 or 14 of article first of the Constitution of the state, provided such activity does not substantially or materially interfere with the employee's bona fide job performance or the working relationship between the employee and the employer, shall be liable to such employee for damages caused by such discipline or discharge, including punitive damages, and for reasonable attorney's fees as part of the costs of any such action for damages; or (2) such employee's refusal to (A) attend an employer-sponsored meeting with the employer or its agent, representative or designee, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion concerning religious or political matters, or (B) listen to speech or view communications, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion concerning religious or political matters, shall be liable to such employee for the full amount of gross loss of wages or compensation, with costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court. If the court determines that such action for damages was brought without substantial justification, the court may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the employer.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit: (1) An employer or its agent, representative or designee from communicating to its employees any information that the employer is required by law to communicate, but only to the extent of such legal requirement; (2) an employer or its agent, representative or designee from communicating to its employees any information that is necessary for such employees to perform their job duties; (3) an institution of higher education, or any agent, representative or designee of such institution, from meeting with or participating in any communications with its employees that are part of coursework, any symposia or an academic program at such institution; (4) casual conversations between employees or between an employee and an agent, representative or designee of an employer, provided participation in such conversations is not required; or (5) a requirement limited to the employer's managerial and supervisory employees.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a religious corporation, entity, association, educational institution or society that is exempt from the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 pursuant to 42 USC 2000e-1(a) or is exempt from sections 4a-60a , 46a-81b to 46a-81o , inclusive, pursuant to section 46a-81p with respect to speech on religious matters to employees who perform work connected with the activities undertaken by such religious corporation, entity, association, educational institution or society.

Cited. 193 C. 558; 209 C. 807. Right to jury trial cannot be implied; must be affirmatively expressed. 211 C. 370. Cited. 214 C. 464; 222 C. 346; 224 C. 693; 226 C. 314; 239 C. 356. Whether subject matter addressed by a particular statement is of public concern involves a question of law for the court, and whether the statement addresses such a matter depends on its content, form and context which is a question of fact, and in this case, it was within court's discretion to submit the question to the jury; in an action under section, it is within province of trial court to determine as a matter of law which topics are considered to be of public concern, but whether employee's statements address such a topic is within the province of the jury to be determined by looking at content, form and context; jury instruction was permissible that for protection to apply, employee's statement must concern a broader issue of public concern and not merely employee's personal matters. 249 C. 766. Section extends protection of rights of free speech under federal and state constitutions to employees in a private workplace; managerial decision about placement of flags in the workplace does not involve employee's constitutional rights of free speech. 251 C. 1. Public employees who make statements pursuant to their official duties are not speaking as citizens for first amendment purposes under federal constitution and plaintiff failed to establish she was speaking in unofficial capacity. 304 C. 483. While constitutional protections grounded in first amendment of federal constitution are applicable to private employees, plaintiff's speech not protected under federal constitution because statements were made pursuant to his employment duties. Id., 585. Rule in 547 U.S. 410 (i.e., when public employees make statements pursuant to their official duties, the employees are not speaking as citizens for first amendment purposes, and the federal constitution does not insulate their communications from employer discipline) does not apply to claim that employer violated section by subjecting employee to discipline or discharge on account of the exercise by such employee of rights guaranteed by Art. I, Sec. 3, 4 or 14 of the state constitution; section extends same protection to employee speech pursuant to official job duties in a private workplace as the protection afforded to employee speech in a public workplace for claims involving the state constitution. 319 C. 175.

Section constitutes a waiver of sovereign immunity. 15 CA 297. Cited. 20 CA 231; 33 CA 600; 40 CA 577; 45 CA 712. Statute applies to some activities and speech that occur at the workplace; plaintiff's failure to display an American flag at his workstation is not constitutionally protected speech to which the statute applies since plaintiff's expression did not involve a matter of public concern. 48 CA 618. Nothing in the legislative history indicates that legislature's use of term “costs” in either Sec. 31-51m or this section was intended to authorize court to award prevailing party the cost of an economist; because an economist is not a listed expert witness whose cost may be reimbursed under Sec. 52-260(f), testimonial fees of plaintiff's expert economist cannot be reimbursed. 79 CA 501. Plaintiff, an elected municipal sheriff, was an independent contractor and not an employee of defendant municipality for purposes of section. 135 CA 699. The term “employer” does not include a customer that exercised its right under a service contract to communicate concerns about vendor company's employee that resulted in disciplinary action against the employee. 158 CA 482. Plaintiff making a claim pursuant to section does not have an affirmative burden to plead noninterference. 226 CA 98.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-48b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-48b
Sec. 31-48b. Use of electronic surveillance devices by employers limited. Prohibition on recording negotiations between employers and employees.
Status: in_force

(b) No employer or agent or representative of an employer shall operate any electronic surveillance device or system, including but not limited to the recording of sound or voice or a closed circuit television system, or any combination thereof, for the purpose of recording or monitoring the activities of his employees in areas designed for the health or personal comfort of the employees or for safeguarding of their possessions, such as rest rooms, locker rooms or lounges.

(c) Any employer who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall, for the first offense, be fined five hundred dollars, for the second offense, be fined one thousand dollars and, for the third and any subsequent offense, be fined one thousand dollars and imprisoned thirty days.

(d) No employer or his agent or representative and no employee or his agent or representative shall intentionally overhear or record a conversation or discussion pertaining to employment contract negotiations between the two parties, by means of any instrument, device or equipment, unless such party has the consent of all parties to such conversation or discussion.

(e) Any employer or his agent or representative or any employee or his agent or representative who violates any provision of subsection (d) of this section shall be fined one thousand dollars or imprisoned one year, or both.

Cited. 201 C. 685.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-419 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 574 / Section 31-419
Sec. 31-419. Informational materials. Individual retirement account statement. Notification of fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The benefits and risks associated with making contributions to or making withdrawals from the program;

(2) The process for making contributions to the program, including a contribution election form;

(3) Clear and conspicuous notice regarding the default contribution level;

(4) The process by which a participant may opt out of the program by electing a contribution level of zero;

(5) A description of applicable federal and state regulations, including income and contribution limits for participating in the program;

(6) The process for withdrawing retirement savings from the program, including an explanation of the tax treatment of withdrawals;

(7) The process by which a participant may obtain additional information on the program, including information regarding investment options available under the program; and

(8) Such other information as the Comptroller may deem necessary or advisable to provide to participants, potential participants and qualified employers in the state.

(b) Not less than quarterly, the Comptroller shall provide a statement to each participant that shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information:

(1) The account balance in a participant's individual retirement account, including the value of the participant's investment in each investment option selected by the participant;

(2) The investment options available to each participant and the process by which a participant may select investment options for his or her contributions in accordance with subsection (b) of section 31-71j or as prescribed by the Comptroller;

(3) The amount of fees charged to each participant's individual retirement account and a description of the services to which such charges relate; and

(4) An estimate of the amount of income the account is projected to generate for a participant's retirement based on reasonable assumptions.

(c) Not less than annually, the Comptroller shall provide each participant with notification regarding fees that may be imposed through the program and information regarding the various investment options that may be available to participants. The Comptroller may provide such notification and information in the form of a prospectus or similar document.

(d) The Comptroller may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 for the electronic dissemination of any notices or information required to be provided to participants, potential participants and qualified employers pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-382 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 571 / Section 31-382
Sec. 31-382. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) Any employer who has received a citation for a serious violation of the requirements of sections 31-369 and 31-370 , of any standard or order promulgated pursuant to section 31-372 , or of any regulations prescribed pursuant to this chapter shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars for each such violation.

(c) Any employer who has received a citation for a violation of the requirements of sections 31-369 and 31-370 , of any standard or order promulgated pursuant to section 31-372 , or of regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, which violation is specifically determined not to be of a serious nature, may be assessed a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars for each such violation.

(d) Any employer who fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued under section 31-375 within the period permitted for its correction which period shall not begin to run until the date of the final order of the commission in the case of any review proceeding under section 31-377 initiated by the employer in good faith and not solely for delay or avoidance of penalties, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day during which such failure or violation continues.

(e) Any employer who wilfully violates any standard or order promulgated pursuant to section 31-372 , or of any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, which violation caused death to any employee shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both; provided, if the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person, punishment shall be by fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not more than one year or by both.

(f) Any person who gives advance notice of any inspection to be conducted under this chapter, without authority from the commissioner or his designees, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(g) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(h) Any employer who violates any of the posting requirements as prescribed under the provisions of this chapter shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars for each violation.

(i) Any employer or individual who refuses entry to any authorized representative of the commissioner while such representative is attempting to conduct an investigation or inspection pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or in any way wilfully obstructs him from carrying out his investigation or inspection, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(j) Any employer or individual who wilfully causes bodily harm to any authorized representative of the commissioner while such representative is attempting to conduct an investigation or inspection pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(k) The commission shall have authority to assess all civil penalties provided in this section, giving due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the size of the business of the employer being charged, the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the employer, and the history of previous violations.

(l) For the purposes of this section a serious violation shall be deemed to exist in a place of employment if there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a condition which exists or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes which have been adopted or are in use in such place of employment unless the employer did not, and could not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation.

(m) Civil penalties owed under this chapter shall be paid to the commissioner for deposit into the Treasury of the state and may be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state of Connecticut brought in the superior court for the judicial district where the violation is alleged to have occurred or where the employer has its principal office.

(n) Any person who violates the provisions of section 31-381 shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both. In the event that such person is an officer or employee responsible for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, he shall be removed from office or employment upon conviction under this subsection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-416 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 574 / Section 31-416
Sec. 31-416. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Board” means the Connecticut Retirement Security Advisory Board established pursuant to section 31-417 ;

(2) “Contribution level” means (A) the contribution rate selected by the participant that may be expressed as (i) a percentage of the participant's taxable wages as is required to be reported under Sections 6041 and 6051 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, or (ii) a dollar amount up to the maximum deductible amount for the participant's taxable year under Section 219(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time; or (B) in the absence of an affirmative election by the participant, three per cent of the participant's taxable wages as is required to be reported under Sections 6041 and 6051 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time. The contribution level of a participant who customarily and regularly receives gratuities in conjunction with his or her employment shall be a percentage of such participant's wages as is required to be reported under Sections 6041 and 6051 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time;

(3) “Covered employee” means an individual (A) who has been employed by a qualified employer for a period of not less than one hundred twenty days, (B) who is nineteen years of age or older, (C) who performs services within the state for purposes of section 31-222 , and (D) whose service or employment is not excluded under the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 31-222 ;

(4) “Participant” means any individual participating in the program;

(5) “Program” means the Connecticut Retirement Security Program established pursuant to section 31-418 ;

(6) “Qualified employer” means any person, corporation, limited liability company, firm, partnership, voluntary association, joint stock association or other entity doing business in the state during the calendar year, whether for profit or not for profit, that employed on October first of the preceding calendar year five or more individuals in the state and has paid not less than five of such individuals taxable wages of not less than five thousand dollars in the preceding calendar year. “Qualified employer” does not include: (A) The federal government, (B) the state or any political subdivision thereof, (C) any municipality, unit of a municipality or municipal housing authority, (D) an employer employing only individuals whose services are excluded under subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 31-222 , or (E) an employer that was not in existence at all times during the current calendar year and the preceding calendar year;

(7) “Individual retirement account” means a Roth IRA;

(8) “Roth IRA” means an account described in Section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time;

(9) “Normal retirement age” means the age specified in Section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, when an individual may withdraw all funds without penalty;

(10) “Vendor” means (A) a federally regulated retirement plan sponsor conducting business in the state, including, but not limited to, a federally regulated investment company or an insurance company, or (B) a company conducting business in the state to (i) provide ancillary services, including, but not limited to, technological, payroll or recordkeeping services, and (ii) offer retirement plans or payroll deposit individual retirement account arrangements using products of regulated retirement plan sponsors. “Vendor” does not include individual registered representatives, brokers, financial planners or agents; and

(11) “Fee” means investment management charges, administrative charges, investment advice charges, trading fees, marketing and sales fees, revenue sharing, broker fees and other costs necessary to administer the program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51m — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51m
Sec. 31-51m. Protection of employee who discloses employer's illegal activities or unethical practices or reports a suspected incident of child abuse or neglect. Civil action.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(4) “Public body” means (A) any public agency, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 1-200 , or any employee, member or officer thereof, or (B) any federal agency or any employee, member or officer thereof.

(b) No employer shall discharge, discipline or otherwise penalize any employee because (1) the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports, verbally or in writing, a violation or a suspected violation of any state or federal law or regulation or any municipal ordinance or regulation to a public body, (2) the employee is requested by a public body to participate in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held by that public body, or a court action, or (3) the employee reports a suspected incident of child abuse or neglect pursuant to sections 17a-101a to 17a-101d , inclusive, or 17a-103 . No municipal employer shall discharge, discipline or otherwise penalize any employee because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports, verbally or in writing, to a public body concerning the unethical practices, mismanagement or abuse of authority by such employer. The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable when the employee knows that such report is false.

(c) Any employee who is discharged, disciplined or otherwise penalized by his employer in violation of the provisions of subsection (b) may, after exhausting all available administrative remedies, bring a civil action, within ninety days of the date of the final administrative determination or within ninety days of such violation, whichever is later, in the superior court for the judicial district where the violation is alleged to have occurred or where the employer has its principal office, for the reinstatement of his previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee benefits to which he would have otherwise been entitled if such violation had not occurred. An employee's recovery from any such action shall be limited to such items, provided the court may allow to the prevailing party his costs, together with reasonable attorney's fees to be taxed by the court. Any employee found to have knowingly made a false report shall be subject to disciplinary action by his employer up to and including dismissal.

(d) This section shall not be construed to diminish or impair the rights of a person under any collective bargaining agreement.

Cited. 193 C. 558; 224 C. 693.

Cited. 4 CA 69; 15 CA 130; 40 CA 577. Section allows for costs, but does not expressly provide for expert witness fees; therefore, general cost provisions of Secs. 52-257 and 52-260 apply, which do not mention nontestimonial costs; accordingly, the nontestimonial work performed by plaintiff's economics expert was not taxable as costs; nothing in the legislative history indicates that legislature's use of term “costs” in either this section or Sec. 31-51q was intended to authorize court to award prevailing party the cost of an economist; because an economist is not a listed expert witness whose cost may be reimbursed under Sec. 52-260(f), testimonial fees of plaintiff's expert economist cannot be reimbursed. 79 CA 501.

Subsec. (a):

Plaintiff, an elected municipal sheriff, was an independent contractor and not an employee of defendant municipality under section. 135 CA 699.

Subsec. (b):

Existence of a statutory remedy in section precludes plaintiff from bringing a common-law wrongful discharge action. 252 C. 153.

Cited. 15 CA 130. In an action under Subsec., plaintiff has initial burden of proving by a preponderance of evidence a prima facie case of retaliatory discharge; once plaintiff has made prima facie showing of a retaliatory discharge, defendant is obligated to produce evidence that, if taken as true, would permit conclusion that there was a nonretaliatory reason for termination of employment; if defendant provides a legitimate and nonretaliatory reason for the discharge, plaintiff must offer some significantly probative evidence showing that defendant's proffered reason is pretextual and that retaliatory intention resulted in his discharge. 79 CA 501. In order to satisfy second element in action under Subsec. by way of constructive discharge, plaintiff needs to establish that the employer intentionally created an intolerable work atmosphere that forced the employee to quit involuntarily, and that the intolerable conditions are supported by more than the employee's subjective opinion. 178 CA 504.

Subsec. (c):

Employer is entitled to attorney's fees as a prevailing party only if plaintiff acted in bad faith in bringing or conducting the action. 265 C. 210.

Cited. 15 CA 130. Unemployment compensation is not an administrative remedy under section, and receipt of unemployment benefits does not toll the statute of limitations provided. 74 CA 67.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-11rr — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556a / Section 31-11rr
Sec. 31-11rr. Apprenticeship Connecticut initiative.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than sixty days after the receipt of funding, the Labor Commissioner, pursuant to the state workforce strategy approved by the Governor and any guidance issued by the Chief Workforce Officer pursuant to section 4-124w shall issue a request for proposals from regional industry partnerships for a workforce pipeline program to serve the workforce needs of manufacturers and other employers in the region. To be eligible to submit a proposal, a regional industry partnership shall include as members of such partnership (1) entities and organizations with expertise in regional economic and workforce development, including, but not limited to, entities offering apprenticeship or other workforce training programs, (2) the regional workforce development board, established pursuant to section 31-3k , for the applicable workforce region, and (3) at least one educational institution such as a vocational-technical school or an institution of higher education or at least one employer located in the workforce region. A regional industry partnership may include other entities, organizations or institutions that support the goals of the partnership and initiative.

(c) Each proposal shall be submitted by the partnership through the regional workforce development board and shall demonstrate the targeted goal of preparing qualified entry-level workers for careers that provide a living wage. The Labor Commissioner shall specify the program components required for each proposal, which shall include, but need not be limited to, the following core program components:

(1) Recruitment of, and outreach efforts to, potential job seekers;

(2) Placement of individuals screened and assessed who are selected to participate in a training program, with an employer identified by the partnership, upon such individual's successful completion of the training program. Such identified employer shall commit to hire one or more individuals who successfully complete the training program and may further offer related on-the-job training or other in-house training opportunities to such individual or individuals. The partnership shall seek to leverage any such training or opportunities, apprenticeship programs, and any wage-subsidy programs with employers who commit to hiring individuals, and may seek program funding for retention services;

(3) (A) Training programs shall be not less than five consecutive weeks and not more than twenty-six consecutive weeks in duration. Any training program may include a preapprenticeship component or award industry-recognized certificates, as proposed by the partnership;

(B) Training programs shall be developed and revised periodically through ongoing consultation with employers targeted for job placement of program participants;

(4) For each core program component, identification of specific existing resources available to such partnership through the regional workforce development board, the United States Department of Labor's American Job Center system, the state Labor Department, employers, apprenticeship or other workforce training programs, educational institutions in the state or other public or private funds; and

(5) The following limits shall apply to the use of any program funds awarded to a partnership: (A) Not less than seventy per cent of such funds shall be used for the training programs set forth in subdivision (3) of this subsection; (B) not less than twenty per cent of such funds shall be used for supporting services for the program, including recruitment and outreach efforts, screening and assessment, transportation, stipends, workplace tools or equipment and preemployment supports; and (C) not more than ten per cent of such funds shall be used for any other purpose, including administrative costs.

(d) The Labor Commissioner, pursuant to the state workforce strategy approved by the Governor and any guidance issued by the Chief Workforce Officer pursuant to section 4-124w shall review all qualifying responses to the request for proposals, select and fund as many proposals as the commissioner deems to be well-planned and the partnership to be capable of implementing its proposal.

(e) Any regional industry partnership may seek (1) to leverage tuition or financial assistance programs for purposes of the program and for the benefit of individuals participating in the program, and (2) philanthropic and employer investments to meet the goal set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section and to support retention of individuals participating in the program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-49g — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-49g
Sec. 31-49g. Establishment and administration of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Employee contributions. Authority duties. Payments. Employer duties. Compensation. Spouses. Concurrent compensation. Reimbursement to General Fund.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Beginning on January 1, 2021, but not later than February 1, 2021, each employee and each self-employed individual or sole proprietor who has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m shall contribute a percentage of such employee's or self-employed individual's or sole proprietor's subject earnings that shall not exceed the Social Security contribution and benefit base, as determined pursuant to 42 USC 430, as amended from time to time, to the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund. Such percentage shall be established by the authority, provided that the percentage shall not exceed one-half of one per cent.

(2) On September 1, 2022, and on each September first thereafter, the authority shall publish the following information: (A) The total amount of contributions collected and benefits paid during the previous fiscal year, as well as the total amount required for the administration of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in such year; (B) the total amount remaining in the trust fund at the close of such fiscal year; (C) in light of such totals, and of expected future expenditures and contributions, a target fund balance sufficient to ensure the ongoing ability of the fund to pay the compensation described in subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section, and to limit the need for contribution rate increases or benefit reductions due to changing economic conditions; (D) the amount by which the total amount remaining in the trust fund at the close of the previous fiscal year is less than or greater than that target fund balance. On November 1, 2022, and on each November first thereafter, the authority may announce a revision to the previously established contribution rate, provided the revised rate shall not exceed one-half of one per cent and shall be sufficient to ensure that the trust fund shall achieve and maintain such target fund balance. Effective on January first of the calendar year following each such announcement, the revised contribution rate announced by the authority under this subsection shall supersede the previously established contribution rate.

(3) Each employer making payment of any wages to an employee shall deduct and withhold from such wages for each payroll period a contribution computed in such manner as to result, so far as practicable, in withholding from the employee's wages during each calendar year an amount substantially equivalent to the contribution reasonably estimated to be due from the employee under this subsection with respect to the amount of such wages during the calendar year.

(4) If, after notice, an employee or employer or self-employed individual or sole proprietor who has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m fails to make a payment required by this section, a state collection agency, as defined in section 12-35 , shall collect such contribution and interest by any means provided in sections 12-35 , 31-265 and 31-266 .

(5) Each employer making payment of any wages to an employee shall (A) register with the authority, and (B) submit reports required by the authority in a form and manner prescribed by the authority.

(6) Any employer that fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be subject to penalties established by the authority pursuant to subsection (b) of section 31-49h .

(c) (1) Beginning on January 1, 2022, but not later than February 1, 2022, covered employees shall receive compensation under this section for up to twelve weeks of leave in any twelve-month period taken for one or more of the reasons listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll or subsection (i) of said section or section 31-51ss , as well as for two additional weeks for a serious health condition resulting in incapacitation that occurs during a pregnancy, if such covered employee (A) provides notice to the authority, and such covered employee's employer, if applicable, of the need for such compensation in a form and manner prescribed by the authority, and (B) upon the request of the authority, provides certification of such covered employee's need for leave and therefore compensation in the manner provided for in section 31-51mm to the authority and such employer, if applicable. Covered employees who are not currently employed or have enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m shall receive compensation in like circumstances. Should the authority determine that it is administratively feasible and prudent, the program may begin providing compensation for leave taken for reasons listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll prior to offering compensation for leave taken for the other reasons listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll or the reasons listed in subsection (i) of said section or section 31-51ss .

(2) The weekly compensation offered to covered employees shall be equal to ninety-five per cent of the covered employee's base weekly earnings up to an amount equal to forty times the minimum fair wage, as defined in section 31-58 , and sixty per cent of that covered employee's base weekly earnings above an amount equal to forty times the minimum fair wage, except that the total weekly compensation shall not exceed an amount equal to sixty times the minimum fair wage. Compensation shall be available on a prorated basis.

(3) Notwithstanding subdivision (2) of this subsection, if employee contributions are the maximum percentage allowed and the authority determines that employee contributions are not sufficient to ensure solvency of the program, the authority shall reduce the benefit for covered employees by the minimum amount necessary in order to ensure the solvency of the program.

(4) If a covered employee elects to have income tax deducted and withheld from such covered employee's compensation, the amount specified shall be deducted and withheld in a manner consistent with state law.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (g) of section 31-51 ll , two spouses employed by the same employer shall each be eligible for up to twelve weeks of compensation under this section in any twelve-month period. Such eligibility for compensation shall not increase their eligibility for job-protected leave beyond the number of weeks specified in said subsection.

(e) A covered employee may receive compensation under this section for nonconsecutive hours of leave.

(f) A covered employee may receive compensation under this section concurrently with any employer-provided employment benefits, provided the total compensation of such covered employee during such period of leave shall not exceed such covered employee's regular rate of compensation.

(g) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, no covered employee shall receive compensation under this section concurrently with income replacement compensation under chapter 567 or 568 or any other state or federal program that provides wage replacement.

(2) A covered employee may receive compensation under this section concurrently with compensation received from the victim compensation program administered by the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department, provided the total compensation received by the covered employee during the covered employee's period of leave shall not exceed such covered employee's regular rate of compensation.

(h) (1) Any moneys expended from the General Fund for the purpose of administering the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, or providing compensation to covered employees, shall be reimbursed to the General Fund not later than October 1, 2022.

(2) Any moneys expended from any bond authorizations allocated to the authority for the purpose of administering the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program shall be reimbursed to the General Fund according to a plan to be established by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the State Treasurer. Such plan shall provide for a repayment schedule that provides for repayment by the authority of the debt service deemed attributable to such bond authorizations. Such repayment shall commence during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and shall continue until repayment is complete, according to the terms of the plan. The authority may repay unpaid amounts earlier than the plan established by the secretary.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-4 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-4
Sec. 31-4. Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall produce printed material describing the rights of immigrant laborers or laborers who lack proficiency in the English language as employees under part III of chapter 557 and chapters 558 and 567, and the commissioner shall provide such information to such laborers when they apply for benefits under chapter 567 or when they seek compliance with any provision under part III of chapter 557 or chapter 558. The commissioner shall, within available funds, make such information available to the public. The commissioner shall prevent illegal advantage being taken of such laborers by reason of their lack of information about their rights, credulity or lack of proficiency in the English language. The languages used in such printed material, in addition to Spanish and French, may be those languages determined by the commissioner to be spoken by the primary groups of immigrant laborers in the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-290c — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-290c
Sec. 31-290c. Fraudulent claim or receipt of benefits. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person, including an employer, who intentionally aids, abets, assists, promotes or facilitates the making of, or the attempt to make, any claim for benefits or the receipt or attempted receipt of benefits under this chapter by another person in violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be liable for the same criminal and civil penalties as the person making or attempting to make the claim or receiving or attempting to receive the benefits.

No indication that legislature intended statute authorizing penalties for workers' compensation fraud to encompass sanctions against employees for misrepresentations on employment applications. 244 C. 781.

Cited. 45 CA 324. Section does not afford a private right of action; rather, it confers on individuals the right to bring an action for statutory theft under Sec. 52-564. 138 CA 93.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-286b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-286b
Sec. 31-286b. Proof of workers' compensation coverage prior to issuance of building permit, condition.
Status: in_force

(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, “proof of workers' compensation coverage” means (1) a written certificate of insurance provided by the general contractor or principal employer, (2) a certificate from the administrative law judge indicating that the general contractor or principal employer has properly chosen not to obtain workers' compensation coverage pursuant to section 31-275 , or (3) if a property owner or sole proprietor intends to act as a general contractor or principal employer, a written certificate of insurance or a sworn notarized affidavit, which he shall provide, stating that he will require proof of workers' compensation insurance for all those employed on the job site in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. A local building official shall require proof of workers' compensation coverage only at the time of the general contractor's or principal employer's initial application.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-221c — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 566a / Section 31-221c
Sec. 31-221c. Registration as professional employer organization: Requirements. Application. Disclosures. Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The name or names under which the applicant will conduct business and, if applicable, under which the applicant conducted business prior to the date of application;

(2) The address of the principal place of business of the applicant and the address of each office it maintains or will maintain in this state;

(3) The applicant's federal and state taxpayer and employer identification number;

(4) A list by jurisdiction of any name under which the applicant operated in the five years preceding the date of application, including any alternative names, names of predecessors, the name of the immediate successor business entity and, if known, any other successor business entities;

(5) A statement of ownership that includes the name and evidence of the business experience of any person that, individually or acting in concert with one or more other persons, owns or controls or will control, directly or indirectly, twenty-five per cent or more of the equity interest of the applicant;

(6) A statement of management that includes the name and evidence of the business experience of any person who serves or will serve as president, chief executive officer or otherwise has or will have the authority to act as senior executive officer of the applicant; and

(7) A financial statement setting forth the financial condition of the applicant in accordance with this subdivision.

(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group that conducted business prior to January 1, 2009, shall submit the most recent audit of the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group that was conducted no earlier than thirteen months prior to the date of application.

(B) If an applicant has not had sufficient operating history to have audited financial statements based on at least twelve months of operating history, the applicant shall submit a financial statement that sets forth the financial condition of the professional employer organization and is prepared pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles by an independent certified public accountant licensed to do business in the state who attests that (i) it is the applicant's most recent financial statement, (ii) he reviewed the financial statement within six months of the registration, (iii) the applicant is not delinquent in the payment of state or federal taxes, and (iv) the applicant meets the financial capacity requirements of section 31-221d .

(C) All information obtained from a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group under this subdivision shall be subject to disclosure in accordance with the provisions of chapter 14.

(b) (1) Each professional employer organization operating within this state on January 1, 2009, shall submit its initial registration not later than March 1, 2009. Such initial registration shall be valid until one hundred eighty days after the professional employer organization's first completed fiscal year that is more than one year after March 1, 2009. Each professional employer organization or professional employer organization group shall file with the commissioner the beginning and ending date of each professional employer organization's or professional employer organization group's fiscal year and notify and file with the commissioner any change to the beginning and ending date of such fiscal year.

(2) Each professional employer organization not operating within this state as of January 1, 2009, shall complete its initial registration prior to commencement of operations within this state.

(c) A registered professional employer organization may apply for renewal of its registration annually by submitting to the commissioner, not later than one hundred eighty days after the end of the professional employer organization's or professional employer organization group's fiscal year, (1) an audit for the preceding fiscal year, and (2) notice of any changes in the information provided in such registrant's immediately preceding application for initial registration or renewal. An applicant may apply for an extension with the department, but any such request shall be accompanied by a letter from the auditor stating the reasons for the delay and the anticipated audit completion date. The financial statement shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by an independent certified public accountant licensed to practice in the jurisdiction in which such accountant is located, and shall be without qualification as to any increase in going concern status of the professional employer organization.

(d) Professional employer organizations in a professional employer organization group may satisfy the reporting and financial requirements of this section and section 31-221d on a combined or consolidated basis provided each member of the professional employer organization group guarantees the obligations under sections 31-221b to 31-221f , inclusive, of each other member of the professional employer organization group. In the case of a professional employer organization group that submits a combined or consolidated audited financial statement, including entities that are not professional employer organizations or that are not in the professional employer organization group, the controlling entity of the professional employer organization group under the consolidated or combined statement shall guarantee the obligations of the professional employer organization in the professional employer organization group. Each professional employer organization or professional employer organization group shall notify the commissioner of the name and address of such controlling entity.

(e) (1) The commissioner may issue a professional employer organization a limited registration if such professional employer organization provides evidence, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, that it:

(A) Is domiciled outside this state and is licensed or registered as a professional employer organization in another state;

(B) Does not maintain an office in this state or directly solicit clients located or domiciled within this state; and

(C) Does not have more than fifty covered employees employed or domiciled in this state at any particular time;

(2) A limited registration shall be valid for one year and shall be renewed annually at the completion of the registrant's fiscal year. Each professional employer organization or professional employer organization group shall pay a limited registration fee, established by the commissioner when the registration is filed or renewed, not to exceed one thousand dollars and a renewal fee shall not exceed one thousand dollars;

(3) If a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group seeks to file a limited registration with the commissioner, the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group shall provide the commissioner with sufficient information and documentation that the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group qualifies for a limited registration.

(f) The department shall maintain a list of professional employer organizations registered under this section.

(g) The commissioner shall charge a fee on application or renewal for registration as a professional employer organization, provided an initial registration fee shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars and a renewal fee shall not exceed one thousand dollars.

(h) The registrant shall notify the commissioner of the address of the principal place of business of the registrant and the address of each office it maintains or proposes to maintain in this state.

(i) The applicant or registrant shall notify the commissioner of any change of address for any location, as described in subsection (h) of this section, no later than five working days after such change.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-131a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 564 / Section 31-131a
Sec. 31-131a. Conduct of business.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall display, on any sign or window or in any publication, the name “The Connecticut Free Public Employment Bureau”, or a name similar thereto.

(c) No licensed person shall charge any fee except in accordance with the agency's schedule of fees which is on file with the commissioner. Such schedule of fees may be changed by an agency only after fifteen days' notice of submission of rates by registered or certified mail in writing to the commissioner.

(d) No owner, officer or employee of an agency shall divide, or offer to divide, directly or indirectly, any fee charged or received with any person who secures workers through such agency, or to whom workers are referred by such agency.

(e) No fee may be exacted by the agency from an applicant who has obtained work with an employer to whom he was referred by an agency unless such applicant obtains such work within six calendar months following his last referral to that employer by the agency, or has voluntarily renewed his application immediately prior to expiration of the stated period; but this provision shall not apply to those professional, executive or technical classifications which require for proper performance of the work either extensive experience and education or experience of such scope and character as to require a longer period of exploration for job placement and the applicants for which indicate, upon application, that a fee shall be payable if such applicant obtains work with an employer to whom he was referred by the agency within one year of his last referral to such employer by the agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the charging by a nurses' registry of a single, annual fee in lieu of a separate charge for each engagement supplied, provided that amount of any fee paid which exceeds ten per cent of the remuneration earned through the services of the registry shall be returned on demand.

(f) No licensed person shall send any applicant for employment to a place where a strike or lockout exists without furnishing such applicant with a written statement as to the existence of such strike or lockout, a copy of which, signed by the applicant, shall be kept on file for one year after the date thereof.

(g) No such licensed person shall send or cause to be sent any help to a place of bad repute, house of ill-fame or assignation house or to a house or place of amusement kept for immoral purposes.

(h) No such licensed person shall publish or cause to be published any false or fraudulent notice or advertisement or knowingly give any false information concerning the character of the prospective job, length of employment, hours or salary or make any false promise relating to work or employment to anyone who registers for employment.

(i) No such licensed person shall make any false entries in the records kept by him.

(j) No such licensed person shall publish or cause to be published any notice or advertisement relating to employment which does not include the following identification: The trade name of the agency and the words “FEE PAID” if there is no charge to the applicant for employment; the trade name of the agency, and the words “APPLICANT PAID” if there is a charge to the applicant for employment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-130 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 564 / Section 31-130
Sec. 31-130. Licenses; application, bond, fees, location, qualifications; temporary license, exemptions; registration.
Status: in_force

(b) The Labor Commissioner may issue a temporary license to any person licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to operate an employment agency at a place other than that designated in said license issued pursuant to subsection (a) upon the filing by said licensee with the Labor Commissioner of an application on forms provided therefor with no additional fee or additional bond. Such temporary license shall be valid only for the place and period designated by the Labor Commissioner. Such license may be issued, in the discretion of the Labor Commissioner, for premises otherwise prohibited by subsection (g) of this section upon good cause shown and upon such conditions as he shall set forth.

(c) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply (1) to any temporary help service, to any nonprofit registry conducted by incorporated individual alumni associations or registered nurses or to any registry conducted by a hospital for private duty placement of nurses employed by such hospital or (2) to any person engaged in the business of procuring or offering to procure employees for persons seeking the services of employees or supplying employees to render services where a fee or other valuable thing is exacted, charged or received from the employer for procuring or assisting to procure or supplying such employees, except as provided in subsection (i) of this section.

(d) Every applicant for an employment agency license shall file with the Labor Commissioner a written application stating the name and address of the applicant; the street and the number of the building in which the business of the employment agency is to be conducted; the name of the person who is to have the responsibility for the general management of the office; and the name under which the business of the office is to be carried on. The application shall be signed by the applicant and sworn to before a notary public and shall identify anyone holding a twenty per cent interest therein. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall state the names and addresses of each of the officers, directors and anyone holding a twenty per cent interest therein and shall be signed and sworn to by the president and secretary thereof. If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall state the names and addresses of all partners therein and shall be signed and sworn to by all of them. The application shall also state whether or not the applicant or any person required to be identified by this section is, at the time of making the application, or has been at any previous time, engaged in or had an interest in or been employed by anyone engaged in the business of an employment agency. Each application shall be accompanied by affidavits of at least three creditable citizens who reside in the state on behalf of each person required to be identified by this section together with the fingerprints of each such person.

(e) Each person shall file with his application for a license a bond to the state in the penal sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, with surety approved by the commissioner. Such bond shall be conditioned that the obligor shall comply with every provision of this chapter and every regulation or order issued thereunder and shall pay any loss or damage occasioned to any person by reason of such failure to comply. Any person suffering loss or damage by reason of the failure of an employment agency to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation or order issued thereunder shall be entitled to recover on such bond for the amount of such loss or damage. Action may be brought on such bond in the name of the state by any person suffering such loss or damage or by the commissioner for the use of such person; provided suit shall be commenced within ninety days after demand made upon the employment agency.

(f) Prior to the initial issuance of an employment agency license the person who is to have the responsibility for the general management of the office shall demonstrate to the Labor Commissioner that he has sufficient knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to employment agencies and to employment discrimination. Any person certified by the National Employment Association in the state as a certified employment consultant or any person licensed prior to July 1, 1973, shall be deemed to have fulfilled the requirements of this subsection. The licensee shall notify the commissioner promptly of any changes of the persons licensed and of any material change in the ownership or operation of the agency.

(g) Such applications shall be examined by the commissioner, who may request additional information, and, if he finds that the same complies with the law and that the applicant and those identified in subsection (d) of this section are of good moral character and are qualified to receive a license, he shall issue a license to the applicant or applicants upon the payment of the license fee. Each license shall contain a designation of the city, the street, the building and the number of the room or suite in which the person licensed intends to carry on such employment agency and the number and date of such license. Such agencies shall be conducted in offices suitable for such purpose, which shall be approved by said commissioner before the issuance of a license. Such premises shall provide for the availability of one private office for conducting confidential interviews where requested by an applicant. No license shall be granted to a person to conduct the business of an employment agency in rooms used for living purposes, in rooms where boarders or lodgers are kept, in rooms where meals are served, in rooms where persons sleep or in rooms where intoxicating liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.

(h) Each license issued hereunder shall be valid only as to the person and place named therein, and such place may be changed only upon approval of the commissioner and endorsement of the new location on the license. Such license shall be effective from the date specified therein and shall remain in effect until the May first next following the date thereof unless sooner cancelled.

(i) No person shall engage in the business of procuring or offering to procure employees for persons seeking the services of employees or supplying employees to render services where a fee or other valuable thing is exacted, charged or received from the employer for procuring or assisting to procure or supplying such employees unless he registers with the Labor Commissioner. Application for such registration or for the annual renewal of such registration shall be on forms furnished by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred fifty dollars.

See Sec. 31-134a re procurement of out-of-state domestic employees.

When license is required. 30 CS 544.

Subsec. (i):

Evident purpose of statutory scheme is to protect prospective employees, not employers, from unscrupulous tactics of employment agencies. 68 CA 61.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-49e — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-49e
Sec. 31-49e. Paid family and medical leave. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Authority” means the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority established in section 31-49f . “Authority” does not mean an appointing authority;

(2) “Base period” means the first four of the five most recently completed quarters;

(3) “Base weekly earnings” means an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to the next lower dollar, of a covered employee's total wages, as defined in subsection (b) of section 31-222 and self-employment income, as defined in 26 USC 1402(b), as amended from time to time, earned during the two quarters of the covered employee's base period in which such earnings were highest, provided self-employment income shall be included only if the recipient has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m ;

(4) “Covered employee” means an individual who has earned not less than two thousand three hundred twenty-five dollars in subject earnings during the employee's highest earning quarter within the base period and (A) is presently employed by an employer, (B) has been employed by an employer in the previous twelve weeks, or (C) is a self-employed individual or sole proprietor and Connecticut resident who has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m ;

(5) “Covered public employee” means an individual who is (A) employed in state service, as defined in section 5-196 , and who is not in a bargaining unit established pursuant to sections 5-270 to 5-280 , inclusive, or (B) a member of a collective bargaining unit whose exclusive collective bargaining agent negotiates inclusion in the program, in accordance with chapter 68, sections 7-467 to 7-477 , inclusive, or sections 10-153a to 10-153n , inclusive. If a municipal employer, as defined in section 7-467 , or a local or regional board of education negotiates inclusion in the program for members of a collective bargaining unit, “covered public employee” also means an individual who is employed by such municipal employer or local or regional board of education and who is not in a bargaining unit established under sections 7-467 to 7-477 , inclusive, or sections 10-153a to 10-153n , inclusive;

(6) “Employ” means to allow or permit to work;

(7) “Employee” means an individual engaged in service to an employer in this state in the business of the employer;

(8) “Employer” means a person engaged in any activity, enterprise or business or a federally recognized tribe that has entered into a memorandum of understanding pursuant to section 31-49u , who employs one or more employees, and includes any person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer to any of the employees of such employer and any successor in interest of an employer. “Employer” does not mean the federal government, the state or a municipality, a local or regional board of education or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school, except that the state, a municipal employer or local or regional board of education is an employer with respect to each of its covered public employees;

(9) “Family and medical leave compensation” or “compensation” means the paid leave provided to covered employees from the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund;

(10) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority Board” means the board of directors established in section 31-49f ;

(11) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program” or “program” means the program established in section 31-49g ;

(12) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund” or “trust” means the trust fund established in section 31-49i ;

(13) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as provided in section 31-51kk ;

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

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

(16) “Serious health condition” has the same meaning as provided in section 31-51kk ; and

(17) “Subject earnings” means total wages, as defined in subsection (b) of section 31-222 and self-employment income as defined in 26 USC 1402(b), as amended from time to time, that shall not exceed the Social Security contribution and benefit base, as determined pursuant to 42 USC 430, as amended from time to time, provided self-employment income shall be included only if the recipient has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m .

See Secs. 31-51kk to 31-51qq, inclusive, re family and medical leave.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-300 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-300
Sec. 31-300. Award as judgment. Interest. Attorney's fee. Procedure on discontinuance or reduction.
Status: in_force

What the finding should contain. 90 C. 540; 94 C. 262; Id., 627; 96 C. 354; 97 C. 78; 114 C. 393; 117 C. 603. Commissioner may make his memorandum of decision part of the finding. 100 C. 389; 103 C. 104; Id., 428. Prolix and evidential finding criticized. Id., 708. Commissioner must expressly find subordinate facts on which his conclusions rest. 104 C. 463. When award not appealed from, finding becomes final on subsequent hearing for further compensation. 109 C. 599. When award becomes final judgment. 112 C. 370. When it appears claimant may establish claim on retrial, case is remanded. 118 C. 29; 130 C. 1. Motion to erase proper method to raise question whether there was a judgment from which appeal might be taken. 123 C. 103. Finding as to causal connection. Id., 405. Correction of finding. 124 C. 296; 130 C. 423; Id., 478; Id., 482. Finding of incapacity must be based on extent and consequent loss of earning power due to susceptibility due to dermatitis. 125 C. 140. Award may be enforced in same manner as judgment of Superior Court. 126 C. 491. Judgment of Superior Court interlocutory ruling, not final. Id., 522. Cited. 165 C. 338. All appeals since 1972 amendments should be taken from Court of Common Pleas; hence reservation from Superior Court under Sec. 31-324 was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. 168 C. 84. Cited. 169 C. 646; 208 C. 576; 212 C. 441; 219 C. 439; 224 C. 441; 237 C. 71; Id., 378. Attorney's fees awarded under section do not constitute “payments due under an award” pursuant to Sec. 31-303, and are not subject to penalty as a late payment thereunder. 260 C. 21.

Where no specific time limit set under statute for finding and award to be made, commissioner does not lose jurisdiction to render decision after certain lapse of time. 2 CA 689. Cited. 7 CA 142; 12 CA 138; 21 CA 464; 22 CA 539; judgment reversed, see 219 C. 439; 26 CA 194; 28 CA 113; 33 CA 667; 39 CA 717; 40 CA 36; 45 CA 324; Id., 499. Plaintiff's conduct constituted an implied waiver of her right to have commissioner's decision vacated for failure to issue decision within time limit. 49 CA 339. Court was within discretion to deny request to execute a voluntary agreement that was not a final settlement; section granted trial court subject matter jurisdiction in matter. 58 CA 45. Finding that employer or insurer acted in an unreasonable manner or caused undue delay is necessary to predicate an order to pay attorney's fees pursuant to statute. 65 CA 592. Where commissioner failed to issue decision within mandatory time period and defendant objected to decision on the day of its eventual issuance, it was held that defendant had not waived any objection to the late issuance since there is no requirement that a party object to a decision prior to its issuance. 72 CA 497. A challenge to commission's jurisdiction when employee and employer have entered into a voluntary agreement does not in itself constitute acting in an unreasonable manner, and a determination otherwise would discourage parties from quickly entering into such agreements. 123 CA 753. Award of “reasonable attorney's fees” issued under section may, at the discretion of commissioner, include fees accrued by paralegals. 152 CA 116.

Award has the force of judgment but execution on plaintiff's award was denied where defendant had action pending in Superior Court to determine whether plaintiff could keep award and retain proceeds from a Massachusetts death action based on same loss. 27 CS 382. Cited. 28 CS 5; 39 CS 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3xx — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3xx
Sec. 31-3xx. Quick-reference guide for workers fifty years of age or older.
Status: in_force

(b) The Labor Department shall, within available appropriations, ensure that the resources summarized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section are accessible through the 2-1-1 Infoline Internet web site.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40s — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40s
Sec. 31-40s. Smoking or use of tobacco products outside of the workplace.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to affect (1) the provisions of section 31-40q , (2) municipal hiring practices involving paid firefighters and paid police officers, and (3) any collective bargaining agreement between a municipality and paid firefighters or paid police officers.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-104 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 561 / Section 31-104
Sec. 31-104. Rights of employees.
Status: in_force

Cited. 138 C. 277. Guarantees to employees right of self-organization free from coercion by employers. 139 C. 95. Cited. 142 C. 497. Allows employees to decide whether to join a labor organization, except where there is a valid closed or union shop agreement. 146 C. 93. Cited. 226 C. 475.

Cited. 14 CS 72; 17 CS 203; 22 CS 136.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3k — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3k
Sec. 31-3k. Regional workforce development boards: Duties and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(b) Each board, within its region, in accordance with the Connecticut workforce development plan approved by the Governor and developed by the Governor's Workforce Council pursuant section 31-11p , the state workforce strategy approved by the Governor and developed by the Chief Workforce Officer pursuant to section 4-124w , any guidance issued by the Chief Workforce Officer pursuant to section 4-124w and any guidance issued by the Labor Commissioner, shall:

(1) (A) Assess the needs and priorities for investing in the development of human resources within the region and shall coordinate a broad range of employment, education, training and related services that shall be focused on client-centered, lifelong learning, (B) be responsive to the needs of local business, industry, the region, its municipalities and its residents, and (C) be the lead agency for any local workforce development initiative.

(2) Within existing resources and consistent with the state employment and training information system (A) assess regional needs and identify regional priorities for employment and training programs, including, but not limited to, an assessment of the special employment needs of unskilled and low-skilled unemployed persons, including persons receiving state-administered general assistance or short-term unemployment assistance, (B) conduct planning for regional employment and training programs, (C) coordinate such programs to ensure that the programs respond to the needs of labor, business and industry, municipalities within the region, the region as a whole, and all of its citizens, (D) serve as a clearinghouse for information on all employment and training programs in the region, (E) review grant proposals and plans submitted to state agencies for employment and training programs that directly affect the region and inform the Governor's Workforce Council and each state agency concerned of the results of the review, (F) ensure the effective use of available employment and training resources in the region, and (G) allocate funds where applicable for program operations in the region.

(3) Provide information to the commissioner, Chief Workforce Officer or Governor's Workforce Council that the commissioner, Chief Workforce Officer or Governor's Workforce Council deems essential for effective state planning.

(4) Carry out the duties and responsibilities of the local workforce development board for purposes of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

(c) Each board shall make use of grants or contracts with appropriate service providers to furnish all program services under sections 31-3j to 31-3o , inclusive, and 31-3r , unless the Governor's Workforce Council concurs with the board that direct provision of a service by the board is necessary to assure adequate availability of the service or that a service of comparable quality can be provided more economically by the board. Any board seeking to provide services directly shall submit to the commissioner, the Chief Workforce Officer and the Governor's Workforce Council a plan of service and appropriate justification for the need to provide services directly. Such plan of service shall be subject to review and approval by the Governor's Workforce Council.

(d) On October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, each board shall submit in accordance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, data and comprehensive performance measures detailing the results of any education, employment or job training program or activity funded by moneys allocated to the board, including, but not limited to, programs and activities specified in said act. The Labor Commissioner and the Chief Workforce Officer may require the submission of additional data and performance measures through guidance jointly by said commissioner and officer.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-76b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-76b
Sec. 31-76b. Overtime pay: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The “regular rate” at which an employee is employed shall be deemed to include all remuneration for employment paid to, or on behalf of, the employee, but shall not be deemed to include (A) sums paid as gifts; payments in the nature of gifts made at Christmas time or on other special occasions, as a reward for service, the amounts of which are not measured by or dependent on hours worked, production or efficiency; (B) payments made for occasional periods when no work is performed due to vacation, holiday, illness, failure of the employer to provide sufficient work, or other similar cause; reasonable payments for traveling expenses, or other expenses, incurred by an employee in the furtherance of the employer's interests and properly reimbursable by the employer; and other similar payments to an employee that are not made as compensation for the employee's hours of employment; (C) sums paid in recognition of services performed during a given period if either, (i) both the fact that payment is to be made and the amount of the payment are determined at the sole discretion of the employer at or near the end of the period and not pursuant to any prior contract, agreement or promise causing the employee to expect such payments regularly; (ii) the payments are made pursuant to a bona fide profit-sharing plan or trust or bona fide thrift or savings plan, meeting the approval of the Labor Commissioner who shall give due regard, among other relevant factors, to the extent to which the amounts paid to the employee are determined with regard to hours of work, production or efficiency; (D) contributions irrevocably made by an employer to a trustee or third person pursuant to a bona fide plan for providing old-age, retirement, life, accident or health insurance or similar benefits for employees; (E) extra compensation provided by a premium rate paid for certain hours worked by the employee in any day or workweek because such hours are hours worked in excess of eight in a day or in excess of the maximum workweek applicable to such employee under section 31-76c , or in excess of the employee's normal working hours or regular working hours, as the case may be; (F) extra compensation provided by a premium rate paid for work by the employee on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays or regular days of rest, or on the sixth or seventh day of the workweek, where such premium rate is not less than one and one-half times the rate established in good faith for like work performed in nonovertime hours on other days; or (G) extra compensation provided by a premium rate paid to the employee, in pursuance of an applicable employment contract or collective-bargaining agreement, for work outside of the hours established in good faith by the contract or agreement as the basic, normal or regular workday, not exceeding the maximum workweek applicable to such employee under section 31-76c , where such premium rate is not less than one and one-half times the rate established in good faith by the contract or agreement for like work performed during such workday or workweek. For the purpose of calculating the overtime rate of compensation required to be paid to an employee who is (i) employed as a delivery driver or sales merchandiser, (ii) paid on a base salary and commission basis, and (iii) not exempt from the overtime requirements of this chapter, the employee's regular rate shall be one-fortieth of the employee's weekly remuneration;

(2) (A) “Hours worked” include all time during which an employee is required by the employer to be on the employer's premises or to be on duty, or to be at the prescribed work place, and all time during which an employee is employed or permitted to work, whether or not required to do so, provided time allowed for meals shall be excluded unless the employee is required or permitted to work. Such time includes, but shall not be limited to, the time when an employee is required to wait on the premises while no work is provided by the employer. (B) All time during which an employee is required to be on call for emergency service at a location designated by the employer shall be considered to be working time and shall be paid for as such, whether or not the employee is actually called upon to work. (C) When an employee is subject to call for emergency service but is not required to be at a location designated by the employer but is simply required to keep the employer informed as to the location at which he may be contacted, or when an employee is not specifically required by his employer to be subject to call but is contacted by his employer or on the employer's authorization directly or indirectly and assigned to duty, working time shall begin when the employee is notified of his assignment and shall end when the employee has completed his assignment. (D) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, when an individual employed by a third-party provider to provide “companionship services”, as defined in the regulations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, is required to be present at a worksite for a period of not less than twenty-four consecutive hours, such individual and his or her employer may agree in writing to exclude a regularly scheduled sleeping period of not more than eight hours from hours worked, provided (i) adequate on-site sleeping facilities are furnished to such individual, and (ii) such individual receives at least five hours of sleep time. If the scheduled sleeping period is more than eight hours, only eight hours will be excluded. If the scheduled sleeping period is interrupted by an assignment to work, the interruption shall be counted as hours worked. If such individual does not receive at least five hours of sleep time during the scheduled sleeping period, the entire sleeping period shall be considered hours worked. The provisions of this subparagraph shall be effective on and after the effective date of the United States Department of Labor's Final Rule concerning the Application of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service published in the Federal Register of October 1, 2013;

(3) “Employee” means employee, as defined in section 31-58 .

Cited. 160 C. 133. Scope of federal preemption discussed and determined. 164 C. 233.

Cited. 16 CA 437. Under Subdiv. (2)(A), a meal break is not an “hour worked” unless the “employee is required or permitted to work” during that break, and the test for what constitutes “work” is the predominant benefit test. 220 CA 102.

For purposes of Subdiv. (2)(C), work time begins at the time employee is notified of the assignment when the employee “punches in” at the workplace and not at the time employee is first contacted by supervisor to report to work. 49 CS 354.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-57c — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-57c
Sec. 31-57c. Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in state public works contracts: Disqualification by Commissioner of Administrative Services; procedure; causes. Exception.
Status: in_force

(b) Disqualification of a contractor is a serious action that shall be used only in the public interest and for the state government's protection and not for purposes of punishment or in lieu of other applicable enforcement or compliance procedures. The causes for and consequences of disqualification under this section shall be separate from and in addition to causes for and consequences of disqualification under sections 4b-95 , 31-53a and 31-57b .

(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may disqualify any contractor, for up to two years, from bidding on, applying for, or participating as a subcontractor under, contracts with the state, acting through any of its departments, commissions or other agencies, except the Department of Transportation and the constituent units of the state system of higher education, for one or more causes set forth under subsection (d) of this section. The commissioner may initiate a disqualification proceeding only after consulting with the contract awarding agency, if any, and the Attorney General and shall provide notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the contractor who is the subject of the proceeding. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the contested case procedures set forth in chapter 54. The commissioner shall issue a written decision within ninety days of the last date of such hearing and state in the decision the reasons for the action taken and, if the contractor is being disqualified, the period of such disqualification. The existence of a cause for disqualification shall not be the sole factor to be considered in determining whether the contractor shall be disqualified. In determining whether to disqualify a contractor, the commissioner shall consider the seriousness of the contractor's acts or omissions and any mitigating factors. The commissioner shall send the decision to the contractor by certified mail, return receipt requested. The written decision shall be a final decision for the purposes of sections 4-180 and 4-183 .

(d) Causes for disqualification from bidding on, or participating in, contracts shall include the following:

(1) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for or admission to commission of a criminal offense as an incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract, or in the performance of such contract or subcontract;

(2) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to the violation of any state or federal law for embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a state contractor;

(3) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to a violation of any state or federal antitrust, collusion or conspiracy law arising out of the submission of bids or proposals on a public or private contract or subcontract;

(4) A wilful failure to perform in accordance with the terms of one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions;

(5) A history of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance of one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions; or

(6) A wilful violation of a statutory or regulatory provision or requirement applicable to a public contract, agreement or transaction.

(e) For purposes of a disqualification proceeding under this section, conduct may be imputed as follows:

(1) The fraudulent, criminal or other seriously improper conduct of any officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee or other individual associated with a contractor may be imputed to the contractor when the conduct occurred in connection with the individual's performance of duties for or on behalf of the contractor and the contractor knew of or had reason to know of such conduct. The term “other seriously improper conduct” shall not include advice from an attorney, accountant or other paid consultant if it was reasonable for the contractor to rely on such advice.

(2) The fraudulent, criminal or other seriously improper conduct of a contractor may be imputed to any officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee or other individual associated with the contractor who participated in, knew of or had reason to know of the contractor's conduct.

(3) The fraudulent, criminal or other seriously improper conduct of one contractor participating in a joint venture or similar arrangement may be imputed to other participating contractors if the conduct occurred for or on behalf of the joint venture or similar arrangement and these contractors knew of or had reason to know of such conduct.

(f) The commissioner may reduce the period or extent of disqualification, upon the contractor's request, supported by documentation, for the following reasons:

(1) Newly discovered material evidence;

(2) Reversal of the conviction upon which the disqualification was based;

(3) Bona fide change in ownership or management;

(4) Elimination of other causes for which the disqualification was imposed; or

(5) Other reasons the commissioner deems appropriate.

(g) The commissioner may grant an exception permitting a disqualified contractor to participate in a particular contract or subcontract upon a written determination by the head of the contract awarding agency that there is good cause, in the interest of the public, for such action.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-318 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-318
Sec. 31-318. Action for minor or mentally incompetent person.
Status: in_force

Minor illegally employed is under act. 131 C. 157.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40w — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40w
Sec. 31-40w. Breastfeeding in the workplace.
Status: in_force

(b) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where the employee can express her milk in private, and provided there is no undue hardship, such room or other location shall (1) be free from intrusion and shielded from the public while such employee expresses breast milk, (2) include or be situated near a refrigerator or employee-provided portable cold storage device in which the employee can store her breast milk, and (3) include access to an electrical outlet.

(c) An employer shall not discriminate against, discipline or take any adverse employment action against any employee because such employee has elected to exercise her rights under subsection (a) of this section.

(d) As used in this section, “employer” means a person engaged in business who has one or more employees, including the state and any political subdivision of the state; “employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of the employer; “reasonable efforts” means any effort that would not impose an undue hardship on the operation of the employer's business; and “undue hardship” means any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, its financial resources and the nature and structure of its operation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3ll — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3ll
Sec. 31-3ll. Incumbent Worker Training Program. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Not less than fifty per cent of the cost of such training shall be borne by the employer requesting the training.

(c) Fifty per cent of any funds appropriated for the Incumbent Worker Training Program in a fiscal year shall be used for companies that have not received Incumbent Worker Training Program funding in the previous three fiscal years.

(d) The Labor Commissioner shall allocate funds for the Incumbent Worker Training Program on a regional basis and may designate an entity to administer such program in each region.

(e) The application for the Incumbent Worker Training Program shall be on a form prescribed by the Labor Commissioner.

(f) The Labor Commissioner is authorized to adopt, pursuant to chapter 54, any regulations required to carry out this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71l — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-71l
Sec. 31-71l. Domestic workers education and training grants program.
Status: in_force

(1) “Domestic worker” means any employee who is paid or who is told he or she will be paid to perform work of a domestic nature in or about a private dwelling, including, but not limited to, housekeeping, laundering, meal preparation, home companion, home management or child care services or the caretaking of individuals, including sick, convalescing and elderly individuals, or other household services for occupants of the private dwelling or the guests of such occupants. “Domestic worker” does not include (A) any individual providing babysitting services on an irregular or intermittent basis; or (B) a personal care attendant, as defined in section 17b-706 providing services pursuant to a state-funded program, including, but not limited to, (i) the program for individuals with acquired brain injuries, established pursuant to section 17b-260a , (ii) the personal care assistance program, established pursuant to section 17b-605a , (iii) the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, established pursuant to section 17b-342 , (iv) the pilot program to provide home care services to disabled persons, established pursuant to section 17b-617 , (v) the individual and family support waiver program administered by the Department of Developmental Services, or (vi) the comprehensive waiver program administered by the Department of Developmental Services;

(2) “Nonprofit organization” means any organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time; and

(3) “Qualified organization” means: (A) Any nonprofit organization that has not less than five years of experience working with domestic workers; or (B) any organization that works with a nonprofit organization that has not less than five years of experience advocating for domestic workers or other low-wage workers.

(b) The commissioner shall establish a domestic workers education and training grants program to provide grants to qualified organizations for the following purposes:

(1) To provide education and training for domestic workers and employers addressing laws regarding minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, record-keeping, wage adjudication and retaliation and the requirements of subsection (b) of section 31-71f ;

(2) To provide one or more online resources for domestic workers and employers on state laws and regulations relating to domestic workers; and

(3) To provide technical and legal assistance to domestic workers and employers through legal service providers.

(c) The commissioner may enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 55a, with a person, firm or corporation to administer the grants program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The commissioner, in consultation with such person, firm or corporation, if applicable, shall create guidelines necessary for the administration of the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-255 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-255
Sec. 31-255. Reciprocal agreements with other states.
Status: in_force

(b) The administrator shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under this chapter with his wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation laws of other states which are approved by the United States Secretary of Labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in such situations and which include provisions for (1) applying the base period of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more state unemployment compensation laws, and (2) avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of such combining.

Cited. 2 CA 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-307b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-307b
Sec. 31-307b. Benefits after relapse from recovery. Recurrent injuries.
Status: in_force

Claimant need only have recovered sufficiently to have returned to work with medical permission to be entitled to section's benefits on a relapse or recurrence of injury. 231 C. 529. Where claimant underwent surgery for both knees at same time for compensable, unrelated work injuries suffered at different times and covered by different carriers, workers' compensation commissioner had authority under section to order each carrier to make 50 per cent of claimant's total temporary total disability payments. 317 C. 33.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40bb — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-40bb
Sec. 31-40bb. Access to public employee orientations and information by exclusive bargaining representative. Right to use electronic mail system, buildings and other facilities. Payroll deductions. Dispute proceedings. Prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Each public employer shall provide the exclusive representative access to its new employee orientations. The public employer shall give the exclusive representative not less than ten days' written or electronic notice in advance of such an orientation, except a shorter notice may be provided in any instance where there is an urgent need critical to the public employer's operations that prevents the ten days' notice. The exclusive representative shall provide to the public employer, on or before January thirty-first of each year, the physical and electronic address to which such notice shall be sent annually. The structure, time and manner of such exclusive representative's access shall be determined through mutual agreement between the parties, subject to the provisions of this subsection.

(2) Upon request of the public employer or the exclusive representative, the parties shall negotiate regarding the structure, time and manner of access by the exclusive representative to a new employee orientation. Failure to reach agreement on such structure, time and manner of such access shall be subject to compulsory interest arbitration pursuant to this subsection.

(3) When negotiating access regarding a new employee orientation pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, if a dispute has not been resolved within forty-five days after the first meeting of the parties or within sixty days after the initial request to negotiate was made, whichever is earlier, either party may make a demand for compulsory interest arbitration. If such a demand is made, the applicable arbitration procedure prescribed pursuant to the general statutes shall apply, except that the factors considered by the arbitrator shall be: (A) The ability of the exclusive representative to communicate with the public employees it represents, (B) the legal obligations of the exclusive representative to such public employees, (C) state, federal and local laws that are applicable to the employer and the employees, (D) stipulations of the parties, (E) the interests and welfare of the public and the financial condition and day-to-day operations of similarly situated public agencies, (F) the structure, time and manner of access of the exclusive representative to a new employee orientation for comparable public employers, including, but not limited to, access provisions in other memoranda of understanding or collective bargaining agreements containing such provisions, (G) the public employee organization's need to meaningfully communicate through cost-effective and efficient means with the public employees it represents, and (H) any other factors that are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in establishing the structure, time and manner of access of the exclusive representative to a new employee orientation.

(c) A public employer shall provide the exclusive representative access to the public employees that such exclusive representative represents. Such access includes, but shall not be limited to: (1) The right to meet with individual employees on the premises of the public employer during the workday to investigate and discuss grievances, workplace-related complaints and other workplace issues, (2) the right to conduct worksite meetings during meal periods and during other paid or unpaid breaks, and before and after the workday, on the employer's premises, and (3) the right to meet with newly hired employees within the bargaining unit, without charge to the pay or leave time of the employees, for not less than thirty minutes nor more than one hundred twenty minutes, within thirty calendar days after the date of hire, during new employee orientations, or if the public employer does not conduct new employee orientation, at individual or group meetings.

(d) In addition to any public employee organization's right to employee information pursuant to the laws of this state or any applicable collective bargaining agreement, beginning on January 1, 2022, every one hundred twenty calendar days, unless more frequent or more detailed lists are required by agreement between the parties, a public employer shall provide the exclusive representative, in an editable digital file format agreed to by the exclusive representative, the following information: Each bargaining unit employee's name, job title, worksite location, work telephone number, date of hire, work electronic mail address, home address and, if authorized by the employee via written authorization provided to the exclusive representative, the employee's home telephone number, personal cellular mobile telephone number and personal electronic mail address if on file with the public employer. Any written authorization required under this subsection may be revoked by the employee at any time and such authorization or revocation shall be provided to the exclusive representative at either the physical or electronic address provided by such representative pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section.

(e) The exclusive representative shall have the right to use the electronic mail systems of public employers to communicate with bargaining unit members regarding collective bargaining, the administration of collective bargaining agreements, the investigation of grievances, other workplace-related complaints and issues, and internal matters involving the governance or business of the public employee organization. The provisions of this subsection shall not limit the rights of a public employee organization to communicate with public employees.

(f) Consistent with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, the exclusive representative shall have the right to use state and municipal government buildings and other facilities that are owned or leased by public employers to conduct meetings with bargaining unit members. An exclusive representative shall have the right to hold such meetings at a reasonable time and place, provided the meetings do not interfere with the public employer's operations. An exclusive representative shall have the right to conduct such meetings without undue interference and may place reasonable restrictions on the conduct of an individual attending such meetings.

(g) The requirements set forth in this section establish the minimum requirements for access to and communication with bargaining unit employees by the exclusive representative and shall not prevent a public employer from granting the exclusive representative greater access to or communication with public employees.

(h) Employees, including retired employees, of a public employer may authorize deductions to be made from their salaries, wages or retirement allowances for the payment of dues to, or for any other service, program or committee provided or sponsored by, any public employee organization.

(i) A public employer shall honor employee authorizations created or adopted by a public employee organization for the deductions described in subsection (h) of this section in any form that satisfies the requirements of sections 1-266 to 1-286 , inclusive, including, but not limited to, electronic and voice authorizations that meet the requirements of an electronic signature pursuant to said sections. The revocability of an authorization shall be determined by the terms of the authorization.

(j) Public employers that provide for the administration of payroll deductions authorized by employees for public employee organizations shall: (1) Rely on a certification from any public employee organization requesting a deduction or reduction that such organization has and will maintain an authorization, signed by the individual from whose salary or wages the deduction or reduction is to be made. A public employee organization that certifies that it has and will maintain individual employee authorizations shall not be required to provide a copy of an individual authorization to the public employer unless a dispute arises about the existence or terms of the authorization. The public employee organization shall indemnify the public employer for any claims made by the employee for deductions made in reliance on that certification; and (2) direct employee requests to cancel or change deductions for public employee organizations to the employee organization, rather than to the public employer. The public employer shall rely on information provided by the public employee organization regarding whether deductions for the employee organization were properly canceled or changed, and the employee organization shall indemnify the public employer for any claims made by the employee for deductions made in reliance on such information. Deductions may be revoked only pursuant to the terms of an employee's written authorization.

(k) A public employee organization or public employer shall only be liable for any amounts improperly deducted pursuant to this section. No further damages or penalties shall be awarded by any public agency or court.

(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a public employer shall be liable to a public employee organization, without recourse to the employees, for the full amount of dues that such employer fails to remit to the public employee organization, provided the public employee organization has complied with the provisions of this section. The failure of an employer to comply with the provisions of this section shall be a violation of the duty to bargain and an unfair labor practice. The provisions of a collective bargaining agreement that contain the obligations set forth in this section may be enforced in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(m) If a dispute arises between the employee and the public employee organization regarding the existence, validity or revocation of a payroll deduction authorization, the dispute shall be resolved through a proceeding pursuant to sections 5-274 , 7-471 and 10-153e , as applicable, to resolve a question of a prohibited practice.

(n) A public employer shall not deter or discourage public employees or applicants for public employee positions from becoming or remaining members of a public employee organization, or from authorizing representation by a public employee organization, or from authorizing dues or deductions to a public employee organization.

(o) It shall be a prohibited practice for a public employer to: (1) Encourage an employee to resign or decline to obtain membership in a public employee organization, (2) encourage an employee to revoke authorization for a payroll deduction of dues to a public employee organization, (3) knowingly aid any such effort by any other entity, or (4) permit use of the employer's electronic mail system by any entity to discourage membership in a public employee organization or discourage authorization of payroll deduction of dues to a public employee organization.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3nn — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3nn
Sec. 31-3nn. Mortgage crisis job training program.
Status: in_force

(b) Borrowers shall be eligible for the program if they are at least sixty days delinquent on their mortgages and (1) are referred by their Connecticut Housing Finance Authority lender, or (2) demonstrate an imminent need to increase earnings in order to avoid delinquency or foreclosure. Borrowers may also access the program through the one-stop centers.

(c) The WorkPlace, Inc. and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall submit a joint report, in accordance with section 11-4a , on the implementation of the mortgage crisis job training program to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banks and planning and development, and to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing by January 1, 2009.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-291 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-291
Sec. 31-291. Principal employer, contractor and subcontractor.
Status: in_force

Section makes each one of a chain of contractors liable to the employee; he need not sue his immediate employer first. 99 C. 353. One who lets out by contract the construction of an entire building is not a “principal employer”; aliter, if he gives out parts to different contractors. 101 C. 34. Conditions to liability of principal employer. 106 C. 113; 107 C. 191. General contractor liable for death of employee of subcontractor; both may be held jointly liable. 109 C. 39. General contractor may recover from subcontractor sum which he has been compelled to pay under act to an employee of the latter. 110 C. 221. Question of whether one is a principal employer is largely one of degree and fact. 114 C. 126. Collection of rubbish part of business of city. Id., 546. Cited. 118 C. 368; 119 C. 224. Principal employer liable for compensation cannot be sued at common law. 122 C. 188. Independent contractor not subject to control of employer. 123 C. 320. Cited. 124 C. 230. When one is an employee and not a contractor. Id., 409; Id., 433. Principal employer not liable for compensation as injury did not occur on premises under its control, although work was part or process of trade or business. 125 C. 109; Id., 728. Cited. Id., 265. Independent contractor not servant at time of injury. 126 C. 379. Relationship of principal employer and contractor did not exist. 127 C. 316; 132 C. 81. Work held not “part or process of” employer's trade or business. 129 C. 44; Id., 636. Cited. Id., 593. Work not done in, on or about premises under control of defendant. 130 C. 256. Work held “part or process of” employer's trade or business. Id., 385. Cited. 131 C. 246; 134 C. 468; 135 C. 500. No distinction between “contractor” and “independent contractor” as used in section. Id., 294. Emphasis is on area rather than actual control of implements which caused accident. 136 C. 529. Work not a part or process in trade or business of defendant. Id., 698. Cited. 138 C. 77. If work is of such a character that it ordinarily or appropriately would be performed by principal employer's own employees in the furtherance of his business, or as an essential part in the maintenance thereof, it is a part or process of his work. Id., 569. Work held not a part or process in trade or business of principal employer. Id., 646. Special purpose of section is to protect employees of minor contractors against irresponsibility of immediate employers by making principal contractor liable where three conditions of statute are met. 154 C. 611. Cited. 166 C. 298; 189 C. 701. Not unconstitutional within provisions of Art. I, Sec. 1 of the Connecticut Constitution. 212 C. 427. Cited. 226 C. 508. Injured employee of a subcontractor may sue general contractor if employee can establish contractor's liability to employee under case law. 264 C. 509. “Paid” means to bear a cost, rather than simply transfer money; “Paid compensation benefits” requires principal employer to demonstrate that it bore the cost of all of workers' compensation benefits to injured employee to obtain statutory immunity from civil actions. 322 C. 291.

Cited. 6 CA 60; 10 CA 261; 15 CA 806. Purpose; specific meaning of “control”. 48 CA 449. Municipalities can be held to be liable as principal employers under section, and may be held liable as principal employers when the injured employees of their uninsured contractors or subcontractors qualify for such benefits under section. 183 CA 612; judgment affirmed, see 336 C. 592.

Where employee's injuries are compensable, it is improper under statute for the court or commissioner to determine question of liability between employer, contractor and subcontractor defendants. 1 CS 78. Remodeling and installing fixtures as a “part or process in the trade or business” of a department store discussed. 9 CS 429. Where a third person was permitted to conduct a nonprofit cafeteria for the convenience of employees, the cafeteria was not “a part or process in the trade or business” of the employer. 12 CS 203. To satisfy statute, work must be carried on in some defined physical area within observation of principal employer affording opportunity, by sufficient oversight, to prevent or minimize danger. 27 CS 281. Cited. 30 CS 330; 42 CS 168.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-229 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-229
Sec. 31-229. Benefit for partial unemployment.
Status: in_force

Cited. 136 C. 485; 137 C. 695. Holiday pay held to constitute correct remuneration for purposes of section. 146 C. 264. Cited. 175 C. 269; 177 C. 593; 184 C. 317; 196 C. 440.

Cited. 15 CS 501.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-232b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-232b
Sec. 31-232b. Extended benefits: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) “Extended benefit period” means a period which (A) begins with the third week after a week for which there is a state “on” indicator; and (B) ends with either of the following weeks, whichever occurs later: (i) The third week after the first week for which there is a state “off” indicator; or (ii) the thirteenth consecutive week of such period; provided no extended benefit period may begin by reason of a state “on” indicator before the fourteenth week following the end of a prior extended benefit period which was in effect with respect to this state.

(2) With respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment beginning after September 26, 1982, there is a state “on” indicator for a week if, for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding twelve weeks, the rate of insured unemployment, as defined in subdivision (7) of this subsection, (A) equaled or exceeded five per cent and equaled or exceeded one hundred twenty per cent of the average of such rates for the corresponding thirteen-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years, or (B) equaled or exceeded six per cent.

(3) With respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment beginning after June 23, 1993, there is a state “on” indicator for a week if the average rate of total unemployment in the state, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, for the period consisting of the most recent three months for which data for all states are published before the close of such week (A) equals or exceeds six and one-half per cent, and (B) equals or exceeds one hundred ten per cent of such average for either or both of the corresponding three-month periods ending in the two preceding calendar years.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection, with respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment (A) beginning after December 17, 2010, and ending on or before December 31, 2011, or (B) beginning after the date established in federal law permitting this subdivision for which there is one hundred per cent federal sharing authorized by federal law, there is a state “on” indicator for a week if, for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding twelve weeks, the rate of insured unemployment, as defined in subdivision (7) of this subsection, (i) equaled or exceeded five per cent and equaled or exceeded one hundred twenty per cent of the average of such rates for the corresponding thirteen-week period ending in each of the preceding three calendar years, or (ii) equaled or exceeded six per cent.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of this subsection, with respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment (A) beginning after December 17, 2010, and ending on or before December 31, 2011, or (B) beginning after the date established in federal law permitting this subdivision for which there is one hundred per cent federal sharing authorized by federal law, there is a state “on” indicator for a week if the average rate of total unemployment in the state, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, for the period consisting of the most recent three months for which data for all states are published before the close of such week (i) equals or exceeds six and one-half per cent, and (ii) equals or exceeds one hundred ten per cent of such average for any or all of the corresponding three-month periods ending in the three preceding calendar years.

(6) There is a state “off” indicator for a week only if none of the options specified in subdivisions (2) to (5), inclusive, of this subsection result in an “on” indicator.

(7) “Rate of insured unemployment”, for the purposes of subdivisions (2) and (4) of this subsection, means the percentage derived by dividing (A) the average weekly number of individuals filing claims for regular benefits in this state for weeks of unemployment with respect to the most recent thirteen-consecutive-week period, as determined by the administrator on the basis of the administrator's reports to the United States Secretary of Labor, by (B) the average monthly employment covered under the provisions of this chapter, for the first four of the most recent six completed calendar quarters ending before the end of such thirteen-week period.

(8) “Regular benefits” means benefits payable to an individual under this chapter, or under any other state law, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-servicemen pursuant to 5 USC Chapter 85, other than extended benefits and additional benefits.

(9) “Extended benefits” means benefits, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-servicemen pursuant to 5 USC Chapter 85, payable to an individual under the provisions of this section, subsection (d) of section 31-222 , sections 31-231b and 31-232c to 31-232k , inclusive, subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 31-236 and section 31-250 for weeks of unemployment in his or her eligibility period.

(10) “Additional benefits” means benefits payable to exhaustees by reason of conditions of high unemployment.

(11) “Eligibility period” of an individual means the period consisting of the weeks in the individual's benefit year which begin in an extended benefit period and, if the individual's benefit year ends within such extended benefit period, any weeks thereafter which begin in such period.

(12) “Exhaustee” means an individual who, with respect to any week of unemployment in the individual's eligibility period: (A) Has received, prior to such week, all of the regular benefits that were available to him or her under this chapter, or any other state law, including dependents' allowances and benefits payable to federal civilian employees and ex-servicemen under 5 USC Chapter 85, in his or her current benefit year that includes such week; provided, for the purposes of this subparagraph, an individual shall be deemed to have received all of the regular benefits that were available to him or her although, as a result of a pending appeal with respect to wages or employment or both that were not considered in the original monetary determination in his or her benefit year, he or she may subsequently be determined to be entitled to added regular benefits; or (B) the individual's benefit year having expired prior to such week, has no, or insufficient, wages or employment or both on the basis of which he or she could establish a new benefit year that would include such week; and (C) (i) has no right to unemployment benefits or allowances, as the case may be, under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 and such other federal laws as are specified in regulations issued by the United States Secretary of Labor; and (ii) has not received and is not seeking unemployment benefits under the unemployment compensation law of the Virgin Islands or of Canada, provided that the reference to the Virgin Islands shall be inapplicable effective on the day after the day on which the United States Secretary of Labor approves under Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, an unemployment compensation law submitted to the Secretary by the Virgin Islands for approval; but, if he or she is seeking such benefits and the appropriate agency finally determines that he or she is not entitled to benefits under such law, he or she is considered an exhaustee.

(13) “State law” means the unemployment insurance law of any state, approved by the United States Secretary of Labor under Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended.

(14) “High unemployment period” means any period during which an extended benefit period would be in effect if subparagraph (A) of subdivision (3) of this subsection were applied by substituting eight per cent for six and one-half per cent.

(b) “Wages” means all remuneration for employment, as defined in subsection (b) of section 31-222 .

(c) “Administrator” means the Labor Commissioner, as defined in subsection (c) of section 31-222 .

Cited. 40 CS 90.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3mm — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3mm
Sec. 31-3mm. Youth employment and training funds.
Status: in_force

(b) Funds provided for in this section shall be allocated as follows: (1) Thirty-two and five-tenths per cent to Capitol Workforce Partners; (2) twenty-two and five-tenths per cent to The Workforce Alliance; (3) twelve and five-tenths per cent to The Workplace, Inc.; (4) twenty-two and five-tenths per cent to the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Inc.; and (5) ten per cent to the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-294d — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-294d
Sec. 31-294d. Medical and surgical aid. Hospital, ambulatory surgical center and nursing service.
Status: in_force

(2) If the injured employee is a local or state police officer, state marshal, judicial marshal, correction officer, emergency medical technician, paramedic, ambulance driver, firefighter, or active member of a volunteer fire company or fire department engaged in volunteer duties, who has been exposed in the line of duty to blood or bodily fluids that may carry blood-borne disease, the medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service provided by the employer shall include any relevant diagnostic and prophylactic procedure for and treatment of any blood-borne disease.

(b) The employee shall select the physician, surgeon, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse from an approved list of physicians, surgeons, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses prepared by the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission. If the employee is unable to make the selection, the employer shall do so, subject to ratification by the employee or his next of kin. If the employer has a full-time staff physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse or if a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse is available on call, the initial treatment required immediately following the injury may be rendered by that physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, but the employee may thereafter select his own physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse as provided by this chapter for any further treatment without prior approval of the administrative law judge.

(c) The administrative law judge may, without hearing, at the request of the employer or the injured employee, when good reason exists, or on his own motion, authorize or direct a change of physician, surgeon, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse or hospital or nursing service provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(d) (1) The pecuniary liability of the employer for the medical and surgical service required by this section shall be limited to the charges that prevail in the same community or similar communities for similar treatment of injured persons of a like standard of living when the similar treatment is paid for by the injured person. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 368z, prior to the date the liability of the employer is established pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, the liability of the employer for hospital service shall be determined exclusively by the provisions of this subdivision and shall remain the amount it actually costs the hospital to render the service, as determined by the administrative law judge, except in the case of state humane institutions, the liability of the employer shall be the per capita cost as determined by the Comptroller under the provisions of section 17b-223 . All disputes concerning liability for hospital services in workers' compensation cases shall be filed not later than one year from the date the initial payment for services was remitted, regardless of the date such services were provided, unless any applicable law, rule or regulation establishes a shorter time frame, and shall be settled by the administrative law judge in accordance with this chapter.

(2) Commencing ninety days after the formulas established by the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission have been published pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, unless the employer and hospital or ambulatory surgical center have otherwise negotiated to determine the liability of the employer for hospital or ambulatory surgical center services required by this section, the liability of the employer for hospital or ambulatory surgical center services shall be: (A) If such services are covered by Medicare, limited to the reimbursements listed in such formulas published pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, or (B) if such services are not covered by Medicare, determined by the chairperson, in consultation with employers and their insurance carriers, self-insured employers, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, third-party reimbursement organizations and other entities as deemed necessary by the Workers' Compensation Commission.

(e) Not later than January 1, 2015, the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall, in consultation with employers and their insurance carriers, self-insured employers, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, third-party reimbursement organizations and other entities as deemed necessary by the Workers' Compensation Commission, establish and publish Medicare-based formulas, when available, to set the liability of employers for hospital and ambulatory surgical center services required by this section that are covered by Medicare. After the initial publication of such formulas, the chairperson shall publish such formulas on each January first thereafter.

(f) If the employer fails to promptly provide a physician, surgeon, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse or any medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service as required by this section, the injured employee may obtain a physician, surgeon, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, selected from the approved list prepared by the chairperson, or such medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service at the expense of the employer.

Cited. 228 C. 1; 237 C. 1; 241 C. 692.

Subsec. (c):

Although workers' compensation commissioner, acting within her discretion under statute, designated a new treating physician for plaintiff, commissioner did not have authority to make specific orders regarding a treatment plan to be imposed on a treating physician without that physician's acquiescence. 94 CA 334.

Subsec. (d):

Since 1997 revision until the effective date of P.A. 14-167, absent a negotiated agreement setting the liability for hospital services rendered pursuant to Sec. 19a-646, a workers' compensation commissioner shall determine an employer's liability for hospital services on the basis of the hospital's filed rates that the hospital is required to charge “any payer” under Sec. 19a-646(b). 315 C. 704.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-75 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-75
Sec. 31-75. Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Prohibited practices. Employer demonstration.
Status: in_force

(b) If an employee can demonstrate that his or her employer discriminates on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees at the employer's business at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to employees of the opposite sex at such business for comparable work on a job, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort and responsibility and performed under similar working conditions, such employer must demonstrate that such differential in pay is made pursuant to (1) a seniority system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (4) a differential system based upon a bona fide factor other than sex, including, but not limited to, education, training, credential, skill, geographic location or experience. Said bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor (A) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation, and (B) is job-related and consistent with business necessity. Such defense shall not exist where the employee demonstrates that an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential and that the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice.

(c) No employer shall discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because such person has opposed any discriminatory compensation practice or because such person has filed a complaint or testified or assisted in any proceeding pursuant to section 31-76 .

Cited. 38 CA 506.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51mm — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51mm
Sec. 31-51mm. Family and medical leave: Certification.
Status: in_force

(b) Certification provided under subsection (a) of this section shall be sufficient if it states:

(1) The date on which the serious health condition commenced;

(2) The probable duration of the condition;

(3) The appropriate medical facts within the knowledge of the health care provider regarding the condition;

(4) (A) For purposes of leave under subparagraph (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll , a statement that the eligible employee is needed to care for the family member and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee needs to care for the family member; and (B) for purposes of leave under subparagraph (D) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll , a statement that the employee is unable to perform the functions of the position of the employee;

(5) In the case of certification for intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule for planned medical treatment, the dates on which such treatment is expected to be given and the duration of such treatment;

(6) In the case of certification for intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule under subparagraph (D) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll , a statement of the medical necessity of the intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule, and the expected duration of the intermittent leave or reduced leave schedule;

(7) In the case of certification for intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule under subparagraph (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 31-51 ll , a statement that the employee's intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule is necessary for the care of the family member who has a serious health condition, or will assist in their recovery, and the expected duration and schedule of the intermittent leave or reduced leave schedule; and

(8) In the case of certification for intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule under subsection (i) of section 31-51 ll , a statement that the employee's intermittent leave or leave on a reduced leave schedule is necessary for the care of the spouse, son or daughter, parent or next of kin who is 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, and the expected duration and schedule of the intermittent leave or reduced leave schedule. For the purposes of this subsection, “son or daughter” and “next of kin” have the same meanings as provided in subsection (i) of section 31-51 ll .

(c) (1) In any case in which the employer has reason to doubt the validity of the certification provided under subsection (a) of this section for leave under subparagraph (C) or (D) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) or under subsection (i) of section 31-51 ll , the employer may require, at the expense of the employer, that the eligible employee obtain the opinion of a second health care provider designated or approved by the employer concerning any information certified under subsection (b) of this section for such leave.

(2) A health care provider designated or approved under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be employed on a regular basis by the employer.

(d) (1) In any case in which the second opinion described in subsection (c) of this section differs from the opinion in the original certification provided under subsection (a) of this section, the employer may require, at the expense of the employer, that the employee obtain the opinion of a third health care provider designated or approved jointly by the employer and the employee concerning the information certified under subsection (b) of this section.

(2) The opinion of the third health care provider concerning the information certified under subsection (b) of this section shall be considered to be final and shall be binding on the employer and the employee.

(e) The employer may require that the eligible employee obtain subsequent recertifications on a reasonable basis, provided the standards for determining what constitutes a reasonable basis for recertification may be governed by a collective bargaining agreement between such employer and a labor organization which is the collective bargaining representative of the unit of which the worker is a part if such a collective bargaining agreement is in effect. Unless otherwise required by the employee's health care provider, the employer may not require recertification more than once during a thirty-day period and, in any case, may not unreasonably require recertification. The employer shall pay for any recertification that is not covered by the employee's health insurance.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3n — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3n
Sec. 31-3n. Regulations. Duties of Labor Commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief Workforce Officer shall distribute all information received under the provisions of sections 31-3j to 31-3o , inclusive, and 31-3r , to the Governor's Workforce Council in order to ensure that the review and coordination duties of the council are effectively carried out.

(c) The Governor may approve, upon the recommendation of the Governor's Workforce Council, each board established pursuant to section 31-3k which meets the requirements of sections 31-3j to 31-3o , inclusive, and 31-3r .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3w — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3w
Sec. 31-3w. Establishment of state-wide network of job centers.
Status: in_force

(1) Unemployment compensation, retraining allowances and other forms of federal and state income support;

(2) Career, labor market, educational and job training information, and consumer reports on local training providers;

(3) Career planning and job search assistance;

(4) Applicant recruitment and screening, assessment of training needs, customized job training pursuant to this chapter, apprenticeship programs pursuant to chapter 557 and related consultative services to employers based on their employment needs;

(5) Eligibility determinations and referrals to providers of employment and training services; and

(6) Access to information regarding job openings and, where appropriate, referral to such openings.

(b) In carrying out responsibilities under this section, the commissioner shall:

(1) Collaborate with the Governor's Workforce Council established pursuant to section 31-3h , the regional workforce development boards established pursuant to section 31-3k and the Chief Workforce Officer;

(2) Promote coordination of service delivery and collaboration with other public and private providers of education, human services and employment and training services, including, but not limited to, adult education and literacy providers;

(3) Consult with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Chief Workforce Officer to ensure coordination of service delivery to employers;

(4) Conduct outreach to employers and trade associations to ensure that services meet the needs of business and industry; and

(5) Develop a comprehensive job training assistance application for employer-based training services and programs that allows the applicant to apply for any such assistance offered by the state in one application.

(c) (1) When contacted by a veteran who is in need of employment or workforce development services, the department shall (A) determine whether the veteran resides closer to a workforce development board facility with a veterans unit than to a department facility offering such employment or workforce development assistance and, if so, provide the veteran with contact information for the workforce development board, and (B) provide a veteran who expresses an interest in advanced manufacturing, as defined in section 31-11ss , with information on the Military to Machinists program operated pursuant to section 31-11ss , if such veteran may be eligible for services from such program.

(2) For purposes of this subsection, “veteran” has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-313 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-313
Sec. 31-313. Transfer to suitable work during period of treatment or rehabilitation or because of physical incapacity. Civil penalty for failure of employer to comply.
Status: in_force

(b) The administrative law judge shall conduct a hearing upon the request of an employee claiming to be unable to perform his customary or most recent work because of physical incapacity resulting from an injury or disease. Whenever the administrative law judge finds that the employee has such a physical incapacity, he shall order that the injured worker be removed from work detrimental to his health or which cannot be performed by a person so disabled and be assigned to other suitable full-time work in the employer's establishment, if available; provided the exercise of this authority shall not conflict with any provision of a collective bargaining agreement between such employer and a labor organization which is the collective bargaining representative of the unit of which the injured worker is a part.

(c) Whenever the administrative law judge finds that an employer has failed to comply with the transfer requirements of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or has failed to comply with any transfer order issued by him pursuant to this section, he may assess a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars against the employer. Any appeal of a penalty assessed pursuant to this subsection shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of section 31-301 . Any penalties collected under the provisions of this subsection shall be paid over to the Second Injury Fund or its successor.

Cited. 16 CA 437; 24 CA 362.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-221f — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 566a / Section 31-221f
Sec. 31-221f. Enforcement. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Wilfully violates any provision of sections 31-221b to 31-221e , inclusive;

(2) Is convicted of a crime that relates to (A) the operation of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group, (B) fraud or deceit, or (C) the ability of the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group or a controlling person of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group to operate a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group;

(3) Knowingly makes a material misrepresentation to the department or other governmental agency;

(4) Misappropriates any funds of a client employer; or

(5) Uses fraudulent or coercive practices to obtain or retain business or demonstrates gross financial irresponsibility.

(b) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that an applicant for registration or a registered professional employer organization or a controlling person of an applicant or registered professional employer organization violated one or more provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may:

(1) Deny any applications for registration;

(2) Revoke, restrict or refuse to renew a registration;

(3) Impose an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each material violation;

(4) Place the professional employer organization or controlling person of a professional employer organization on probation for a period to be determined by the commissioner, subject to reasonable conditions specified by the commissioner; or

(5) Issue a cease and desist order.

(c) In addition to the penalties provided in this section, any professional employer organization or professional employer organization group or officer or agent of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group who violates any provision of sections 31-221a to 31-221e , inclusive, shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of three hundred dollars for each violation.

(d) The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Labor Commissioner, shall institute a civil action to recover the penalties provided for under subsections (b) and (c) of this section. Any amount recovered shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the separate, nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department for other current expenses and may be used by the Labor Department to enforce the provisions of sections 31-221b to 31-221f , inclusive.

(e) Any registration or renewal fees collected pursuant to section 31-221c shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the separate, nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department for other current expenses and may be used by the Labor Department for administration costs for purposes of sections 31-221b to 31-221f , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-22r — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-22r
Sec. 31-22r. Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors.
Status: in_force

(2) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the Labor Department on or after July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration and an annual renewal registration fee of fifty dollars until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required.

(b) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department an annual registration fee of sixty dollars for each apprentice participating in such program until the apprentice has completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled by the sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, whichever is earlier.

(c) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of or on or after July 1, 2024, shall annually submit the following information along with such sponsor's annual registration fee: (1) The current minimum completion rate of such sponsor's apprenticeship program, (2) the number of registered apprentices currently participating in such sponsor's program, (3) the number of licensed journeypersons currently employed by such sponsor, (4) the number of registered apprentices participating in such program who have advanced a year since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (5) the number of apprentices who have separated from such sponsor's program since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (6) the number of apprentices who have completed an apprenticeship program with such sponsor since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, and (7) the number of apprentices who completed such sponsor's program who have been issued an occupational license by the Department of Consumer Protection and are currently employed by such sponsor. All information shall be submitted in a form and manner as prescribed by the commissioner and disaggregated by gender identity, race and ethnicity. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210 , such information provided by a sponsor shall be considered a public record and all persons shall have the right to inspect and copy such records in accordance with the provisions of section 1-212 .

(d) Fifty per cent of any amount collected by the Labor Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and fifty per cent of such amount shall be credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for the purpose of administering the department's apprentice training program and sections 31-22m to 31-22p , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51pp — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51pp
Sec. 31-51pp. Family and medical leave: Prohibited acts, complaints, rights and remedies.
Status: in_force

(2) It shall be a violation of sections 5-248a , 31-49e to 31-49t , inclusive, and 31-51kk to 31-51qq , inclusive, for any employer to discharge or cause to be discharged, or in any other manner discriminate, against any individual for opposing any practice made unlawful by said sections or because such employee has exercised the rights afforded to such employee under said sections.

(b) It shall be a violation of sections 5-248a , 31-49e to 31-49t , inclusive, and 31-51kk to 31-51qq , inclusive, for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged, or in any other manner discriminate, against any individual because such individual:

(1) Has filed any charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to sections 5-248a , 31-49e to 31-49t , inclusive, and 31-51kk to 31-51qq , inclusive;

(2) Has given, or is about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under said sections; or

(3) Has testified, or is about to testify, in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under said sections.

(c) It shall be a violation of sections 31-51kk to 31-51qq , inclusive, for any employer to deny an employee the right to use up to two weeks of accumulated sick leave or to discharge, threaten to discharge, demote, suspend or in any manner discriminate against an employee for using, or attempting to exercise the right to use, up to two weeks of accumulated sick leave to attend to a serious health condition of a family member of the employee, or for the birth or adoption of a son or daughter of the employee. For purposes of this subsection, “sick leave” means an absence from work for which compensation is provided through an employer's bona fide written policy providing compensation for loss of wages occasioned by illness, but does not include absences from work for which compensation is provided through an employer's plan, including, but not limited to, a short or long-term disability plan, whether or not such plan is self-insured.

(d) (1) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of this section may file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging violation of the provisions of this section within one hundred eighty calendar days of the employer action that prompted the complaint, unless good cause exists for the late filing. Upon receipt of any such complaint, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall conduct an investigation and make a finding regarding jurisdiction and whether a violation of this section has occurred.

(2) If the commissioner or designee finds the Labor Department has no jurisdiction or that no violation of this section has occurred, the commissioner or designee shall dismiss the complaint and issue a release of jurisdiction allowing the complainant to bring a civil action in the Superior Court. Any action brought by the complainant in accordance with this subdivision shall be brought not later than ninety calendar days after the date of the release of the decision from the commissioner or designee. The employee may be awarded all appropriate relief, including rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if a violation of this subsection had not occurred.

(3) If the commissioner or designee finds that the Labor Department has jurisdiction and that a violation of this section has occurred, the commissioner or designee may, in the commissioner's or designee's sole discretion, require the parties to participate in a mandatory settlement conference and, in the absence of a settlement, a hearing officer designated by the commissioner or designee shall hold a hearing and render a final decision.

(4) The designated hearing officer may award the employee all appropriate relief, including rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if a violation of this section had not occurred. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the designated hearing officer may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(e) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the employer within one hundred eighty calendar days of the employer action alleged to be in violation of this section. Such action may be brought by an employee without first filing an administrative complaint.

(f) The rights and remedies specified in this section are cumulative and nonexclusive and are in addition to any other rights or remedies afforded by contract or under other provisions of law.

Subsec. (c):

“Accumulated sick leave” refers to paid sick leave that has been earned by an employee but not yet used. 283 C. 644.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-12 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-12
Sec. 31-12. Hours of labor of minors in manufacturing or mechanical establishments.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Labor Commissioner finds, upon application of an employer, that an emergency exists or that seasonal or peak demand places an unusual and temporary burden upon any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, any such person under the age of eighteen may be employed in such establishment not more than ten hours in any day and not more than fifty-five hours in any calendar week, but the total number of weeks of any such employment in any twelve consecutive months shall not exceed twelve.

(c) With respect to any group, category or class of employees for which a work week of less than five days has been established or agreed upon, the employer shall adhere to the applicable weekly limitation period prescribed but may extend the number of hours per day for each day of the shortened work week provided the number of hours shall be the same for each day of the work week.

(d) In the event of war or other national emergency, the commissioner after investigation may, with the approval of the Governor, extend the number of weeks of any such employment if such extension is necessary to meet scheduled production of war or critical material.

(e) No person under eighteen years of age who is enrolled in a secondary education institution shall be employed in any manufacturing or mechanical establishment more than (1) six hours in any regularly scheduled school day unless the regularly scheduled school day immediately precedes a nonschool day or eight hours in any other day, and (2) thirty-two hours in any calendar week during which the school in which such person is enrolled is in session, or forty-eight hours in any calendar week during which the school in which such person is enrolled is not in session. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the number of hours such person participates in a work experience that is part of an approved educational plan, cooperative program or school-to-work program shall not be counted against the daily or weekly limits set forth in this section.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to permanent salaried employees in executive, administrative or professional positions as defined by the Labor Commissioner, or to persons under eighteen years of age who have graduated from a secondary educational institution.

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

Cited. 203 C. 34.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-368 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 571 / Section 31-368
Sec. 31-368. Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Coordination of activities with the Workers' Compensation Commission.
Status: in_force

(b) The Labor Department may require the assistance of other state agencies and may enter into agreements with other state agencies and political subdivisions of the state for the administration of this chapter.

(c) The Labor Commissioner shall provide for coordination between the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the Workers' Compensation Commission which shall include but not be limited to establishment of standardized procedures and reportings.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-3vv — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-3vv
Sec. 31-3vv. Bond authorization for Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Labor Department for the purposes of the Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program established pursuant to section 31-3uu .

(c) All provisions of section 3-20 , or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-223b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 567 / Section 31-223b
Sec. 31-223b. Transfer of unemployment experience upon transfer of assets, organization, trade or business of employer. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) “Knowingly” means having actual knowledge of or acting with deliberate ignorance of or reckless disregard for a prohibition or requirement under this section;

(2) “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, company, trust, estate, partnership or association;

(3) “Trade or business” includes an employer's employees; and

(4) “Violates or attempts to violate” includes, but is not limited to, the evasion of or attempt to evade any provision of this section, or any misrepresentation or wilful nondisclosure of information required to be given under this section.

(b) No person who acquires the assets, organization, trade or business of an employer solely or primarily for the purpose of obtaining a lower contribution rate to the Unemployment Compensation Fund shall acquire the unemployment experience of such employer, and such acquisition shall be deemed a violation under this subsection. If the administrator determines that a person has acquired such assets solely or primarily for the purpose of obtaining a lower contribution rate, the administrator shall require such person to pay contributions at the rate provided in subsection (d) of section 31-225a for an employer who has not been chargeable with benefits for a sufficient period of time to have such employer's rate otherwise computed under section 31-225a or, where applicable, the person's charged tax rate, as provided in subsection (e) of section 31-225a , whichever is greater. In determining whether the assets, organization, trade or business of an employer was acquired solely or primarily for the purpose of obtaining a lower contribution rate, the factors the administrator shall consider shall include, but not be limited to, the cost of acquiring the business, whether the person continued the business activity of the acquired business, how long the business was continued and whether a substantial number of new employees were hired for performance of duties unrelated to the business activity conducted by the business prior to its acquisition.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter relating to the transfer of unemployment experience, if an employer transfers its assets, organization, trade or business, or a portion of its assets, organization, trade or business, to another employer with whom, at the time of such transfer, the transferring employer shares substantially common ownership, management or control, the unemployment experience of the transferring employer shall be transferred to the receiving employer. The administrator shall recalculate the contribution rates of both employers and make such recalculated rates effective upon the date of the transfer. The administrator may require from any employer, whether or not otherwise subject to this chapter, any sworn or unsworn reports that are necessary for the effective administration of this section.

(d) In addition to the penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (e) of this section and any applicable penalties under this chapter, if a person knowingly violates or attempts to violate any provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this section, or any other provision of this chapter relating to determining the assignment of a contribution rate, or knowingly advises another person in the violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section, such person shall be subject to the following penalties:

(1) If the person is an employer, such person shall be assigned a penalty rate of contributions of two per cent of taxable wages for the year during which such violation or attempted violation occurred and for the following three years.

(2) If the person is not an employer, such person shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars or more than five thousand dollars. Any such penalty shall be deposited into the Employment Security Special Administration Fund established under subsection (d) of section 31-259 .

(e) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(f) This section shall be interpreted and applied in such a manner as to meet the minimum requirements of Public Law 108-295 as interpreted by the federal Department of Labor.

(g) This section shall apply to unemployment compensation tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2006.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71g — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 558 / Section 31-71g
Sec. 31-71g. Penalty.
Status: in_force

Cited. 212 C. 294. Structural relationship to Sec. 31-72 discussed. 243 C. 454.

Cited. 36 CA 29; 37 CA 379.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-343 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-343
Sec. 31-343. Certain defenses not available against employee or dependent.
Status: in_force

Effect of section. 105 C. 739. Cited. 111 C. 237; 113 C. 130; Id., 504; 116 C. 221.

Cited. 46 CA 596.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51bb — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51bb
Sec. 31-51bb. Right of employee to pursue cause of action.
Status: in_force

Permits employee, despite prior voluntary submission of a related claim to final arbitration under collective bargaining agreement, to pursue statutory cause of action in Superior Court. 226 C. 475. Cited. 229 C. 801; 236 C. 421. Section does not create independent right to jury determination of damages when it is unclear that any litigant has such a right. 278 C. 692. Although collective bargaining agreement was relevant to degree of economic losses suffered by plaintiff, her indemnification claim was authorized by statute, Sec. 53-39a, and she was not required to exhaust administrative remedies prior to bringing action. 300 C. 708. The phrase “in a court of competent jurisdiction” was not intended to specify the forum in which an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement may vindicate the right to raise a statutory claim in an agency, but was intended to make clear that the procedures provided for in a collective bargaining agreement would not be the exclusive vehicle by which employees covered by that agreement may vindicate their statutory and constitutional rights; Compensation Review Board correctly determined that section permitted plaintiff to file a claim with the Workers' Compensation Commission pursuant to Sec. 31-290a, despite the fact that the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration had issued an adverse decision on a similar claim in the arbitration proceeding brought pursuant to plaintiff's collective bargaining agreement. 329 C. 366.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-11ss — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556a / Section 31-11ss
Sec. 31-11ss. Military to Machinists program.
Status: in_force

(1) “Advanced manufacturing” means a manufacturing process that makes extensive use of computer, high-precision or information technologies integrated with a high-performance workforce in a production system capable of furnishing a heterogeneous mix of products in small or large volumes with either the efficiency of mass production or the flexibility of custom manufacturing in order to respond quickly to customer demands. “Advanced manufacturing” includes newly developed methods to manufacture existing products and the manufacture of new products emerging from new advanced technologies;

(2) “Eligible business” means a business that (A) has operations in Connecticut, (B) has been registered to conduct business for not less than twelve months, and (C) is in good standing with respect to the payment of all state and local taxes. “Eligible business” does not include the state or any political subdivision thereof;

(3) “Private career school” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-22a ;

(4) “Public institution of higher education” means any of the institutions of higher education identified in subdivision (2) of section 10a-1 ;

(5) “Qualifying advanced manufacturing certificate program” means a for-credit or noncredit sub-baccalaureate advanced manufacturing certificate program offered by a public institution of higher education or a private career school in which at least seventy-five per cent of the graduates of such certificate program are employed in a field related to or requiring such certificate in the year following graduation; and

(6) “Veteran” has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 .

(b) Not later than October 1, 2019, the workforce development board for the southwest workforce development region of the state shall develop and operate a pilot program to be known as the Military to Machinists program for veterans. The program shall assist any veteran in a region served by the pilot program in (1) earning an advanced manufacturing certificate from a qualifying advanced manufacturing certificate program, and (2) securing employment in the field of advanced manufacturing with any eligible business after such veteran has obtained an advanced manufacturing certificate.

(c) (1) The workforce development board for the southwest workforce development region of the state shall designate an appropriate number of employees, as determined by the board, to act as liaisons, and each liaison shall provide the assistance described in subsection (b) of this section on behalf of the program.

(2) In connection with providing the assistance described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, each liaison designated pursuant to this subsection shall also assist a veteran served by the program to obtain funding for the cost of attending a qualifying advanced manufacturing certificate program. Such funding may include, but need not be limited to, tuition waivers under sections 10a-77 and 10a-99 .

(3) In connection with providing the assistance described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, each liaison designated pursuant to this subsection shall also assist any eligible business to apply for (A) a grant under section 31-3uu , and (B) tax credits under section 12-217g , if applicable.

(d) The workforce development board for the southwest workforce development region of the state shall operate the pilot program within its workforce development region. The board may offer the program in other workforce development regions in the state, in conjunction with the appropriate regional workforce development board.

(e) Not later than February 1, 2020, the workforce development board for the southwest workforce development region of the state shall develop or approve promotional materials describing the pilot program and the various opportunities and benefits that the program may provide for veterans in the state. The board shall distribute such materials to qualified veterans' charitable organizations, as described in subsection (b) of section 27-100f , and Operation Academic Support for Incoming Service Members centers. The board shall revise and redistribute the materials as the board deems appropriate.

(f) Not later than February 1, 2020, and annually thereafter until the pilot program is terminated, the workforce development board for the southwest workforce development region of the state shall report on the operation of the pilot program and its recommendation to continue, discontinue or expand the program. Such report shall include measures of the effectiveness of the program, including, but not be limited to, data on the (1) number of veterans served by the pilot program; (2) number of veterans pursuing or earning advanced manufacturing certificates through the program and the type and amount of funding assistance received by the veterans; and (3) number of veterans securing employment in the field of advanced manufacturing with an eligible business through the program, the salaries earned by such veterans, the number of such veterans retaining employment in advanced manufacturing over time and the number and amount of grants and tax credits received by eligible businesses hiring such veterans. The board shall submit the 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 veterans' affairs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-98 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 560 / Section 31-98
Sec. 31-98. Oral or written decision. Reduction of oral decision to writing. Compensation of members.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon the conclusion of the proceedings, each member of the panel shall receive three hundred twenty-five dollars and a panel member who prepares a written decision shall receive an additional five hundred dollars, or the single member, if sitting in accordance with section 31-93 , shall receive three hundred twenty-five dollars, provided if the proceedings extend beyond one day, each member shall receive three hundred twenty-five dollars for each additional day beyond the first day, and provided further no proceeding may be extended beyond two days without the prior approval of the Labor Commissioner for each such additional day.

(c) Upon the conclusion of an executive panel session, each member of such panel shall receive two hundred dollars.

Time limitation is directory and not mandatory. 138 C. 57. Governs conduct of Board of Mediation and Arbitration; distinguished from Sec. 52-416; time limit is directory not mandatory. 145 C. 53. Cited. 157 C. 368; 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613; 206 C. 465; 211 C. 541.

Cited. 23 CA 727; 41 CA 649; 43 CA 800. Section applies to labor dispute heard by Board of Mediation and Arbitration; time for rehearing following vacated award. 49 CA 33.

This section rather than Sec. 52-416 is applicable to an arbitration before the Board of Mediation and Arbitration; requirement that written decision be filed within 15 days after matter has been fully heard is directory rather than mandatory; question of reasonable time for filing discussed. 20 CS 303. Cited. 31 CS 88. Appeal period under section runs from the receipt of the written copy of the decision and not from the oral rendition of the decision. 32 CS 85. Cited. 44 CS 312.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-50a — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-50a
Sec. 31-50a. Noncompete agreements: Security guards.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Any person who is aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring a civil action in the Superior Court to recover damages and for such injunctive and equitable relief as the court deems appropriate.

(2) The Labor Commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford for restitution on behalf of any person injured by any violation of this section and for such injunctive or equitable relief as the court deems appropriate.

(c) The provisions of this section shall apply to agreements entered into, renewed or extended on or after October 1, 2007.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51jj — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51jj
Sec. 31-51jj. Notice to employees of incoming emergency telephone calls.
Status: in_force

(1) “Emergency” means a situation in which a member of the employee's family or a person designated by the employee in accordance with section 1-56r has died, has experienced a serious physical injury or is ill and in need of medical attention; and

(2) “Member of the employee's family” means a mother, father, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister or brother of the employee.

(b) An employer shall notify an employee of an incoming emergency telephone call for the employee if the caller states that the emergency involves a member of the employee's family or a person designated by the employee in accordance with section 1-56r . It shall not be a violation of this section if the employer proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he or she made reasonable efforts to notify the employee of the emergency telephone call.

(c) The failure of an employer to comply with any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51u — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 557 / Section 31-51u
Sec. 31-51u. Drug testing: Requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) No person performing a urinalysis drug test pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall report, transmit or disclose any positive test result of any test performed in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section unless such test result has been confirmed in accordance with subdivision (2) of said subsection (a).

Cited. 26 CA 553.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-294b — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-294b
Sec. 31-294b. Report of injury to employer. Notice of claim form provided by commission.
Status: in_force

(b) Once the first report of injury has been submitted to the Workers' Compensation Commission, pursuant to section 31-294c , by the employer, the employer's insurance carrier or the employer's representative, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall provide to the injured employee, not later than five business days after receipt of such notice, a copy of Form 30C, Notice of Claim for Compensation, or any successor form prepared by the Workers' Compensation Commission to help injured employees comply with the notice requirements of section 31-294c . The Workers' Compensation Commission shall provide such form to the injured employee in person or by mail sent to such employee's current address on file with the employer.

Cited. 228 C. 1; 237 C. 1.

Employer's first report of injury form and an attorney's letter taken together meet statutory requirement of written notice of claim. 52 CA 194.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-292 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 568 / Section 31-292
Sec. 31-292. Liability of employer for worker lent to or employed by another.
Status: in_force

Loaned employee when loanee had right of control. 114 C. 143. Employee of contractor collecting rubbish for city is not loaned employee. Id., 546. Construction of section. 121 C. 640.

Section is meant to address an employer's liability for workers' compensation coverage in instances where the employee may not be working for the employer at the time of injury. 147 CA 380.

Cited. 22 CS 163.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-6 — Connecticut Code / Title 31 / Chapter 556 / Section 31-6
Sec. 31-6. Federal aid for public employment offices. Notification of state job openings or examinations to the Connecticut Employment Service.
Status: in_force

(b) Each agency in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government shall notify the Connecticut Employment Service of any job openings or examinations for positions in the agency.

See Sec. 31-237 re Employment Security Division's duties re requirements of federal act.