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CT Gen Stat § 31-3v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3v - Priority for financial assistance applicants who have established a work environment consistent with criteria in Sec. 32-475.

 The Labor Commissioner shall give priority to applicants who have established a work environment consistent with the criteria set forth in section 32-475 in awarding financial assistance under the programs authorized pursuant to this chapter to the extent consistent with any state or regional economic development strategy.(P.A. 94-116, S. 5, 28.)History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994.
CT Gen Stat § 31-3vv (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3vv - Bond authorization for Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program.

 (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate eight million dollars, provided five million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2013.(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.(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 205; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 256.)History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing aggregate authorization from $10,000,000 to $8,000,000 and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 31-3ww (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3ww - Qualified apprenticeship training program.

 (a) For purposes of this section, “qualified apprenticeship training program” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-217g, and “taxpayer” means an affected business entity, as defined in section 12-284b.(b) The Labor Commissioner shall establish and implement a program of grants for taxpayers that employ apprentices under a qualified apprenticeship training program in the manufacturing trades, plastics and plastics-related trades or construction trades. The eligibility requirements for such apprenticeship grants shall be the same as those imposed by section 12-217g. Grants awarded by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be in the amounts provided in said section 12-217g for apprentices in the appropriate trade.(c) The total amount of grants available under such program shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Taxpayers shall apply for grants to the commissioner, on forms and in the manner provided by the commissioner. The commissioner shall award such grants on a first-come, first-served basis.(P.A. 13-247, S. 382; P.A. 14-122, S. 145.)History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2013, and applicable to taxable years commencing on and after January 1, 2013; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 31-3x (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3x - Funding. Application for federal waivers.

 The Labor Department, for the purpose of funding the program pursuant to section 31-3w, may, in addition to expending available appropriations, apply for federal waivers and receive and expend any such funds available from the federal government and any private sources for the funding of job training initiatives, including assistance to workers who are presently working and workers who are studying the feasibility of employee stock ownership plans.(P.A. 94-116, S. 14, 28.)History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994.
CT Gen Stat § 31-3xx (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3xx - Quick-reference guide for workers fifty years of age or older.

 (a) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Labor Department shall develop or approve a one page quick-reference guide summarizing (1) the public and private resources available for unemployed workers fifty years of age or older within the state, and (2) the steps by which such workers may access such resources.(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.(P.A. 14-225, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 31-3yy (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3yy - Report cards re employment placement programs.

 On or before October 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission shall submit to the Office of Policy and Management and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor, higher education and education a report card of each program emphasizing employment placement included in the commission's annual inventory developed and maintained by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to section 31-2. The report card shall, at a minimum, identify for each program the cost, number of individuals entering the program, number of individuals satisfactorily completing the program and the employment placement rates of those individuals at thirteen and twenty-six-week intervals following completion of the program or a statement as to why such measure is not relevant.(P.A. 14-42, S. 1.)History: P.A. 14-42 effective May 28, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 31-3z (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3z - Regulations.

 The administrator shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the administration of the self-employment assistance pilot program established pursuant to section 31-3y. The regulations shall prescribe procedures for assuring that the limitations on the total number of participants specified in subsection (c) of said section are met.(P.A. 94-116, S. 17, 28.)History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994.
CT Gen Stat § 31-3zz (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-3zz - Special Operations Resource Network for veterans and members of armed forces or National Guard.

 The Labor Commissioner shall establish a Special Operations Resource Network to serve as a clearinghouse for veterans and members of the armed forces and National Guard who have acquired, as part of their military training, knowledge, experience or a set of skills most compatible with certain professional opportunities. The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs and the Adjutant General, shall develop a database in which such veterans and members are categorized based on the types of military training received and cross-referenced against certain professional opportunities for purposes of pairing any such veteran or member with any such professional opportunity. Any veteran or member of the armed forces or National Guard may apply for inclusion in such database by submitting (1) evidence of the military training received by such veteran or member describing the particular knowledge, experience or set of skills acquired, and (2) if such applicant is a veteran, such veteran's military discharge document or a certified copy thereof. The Labor Commissioner shall evaluate any such application, include such veteran or member in such database, and so categorize such veteran or member as described in this section. The Labor Commissioner shall update such database weekly and shall publish such database on the Labor Department's Internet web site. Any person interested in hiring any such veteran or member included in such database shall contact the department through a dedicated telephone number and the department shall facilitate contact between such person and such veteran or member. For the purposes of this section, (A) “veteran” means any person who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from active service in the armed forces, (B) “armed forces” has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103, and (C) “military discharge document” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-219.(P.A. 16-68, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 31-4 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-4 - Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights.

 (a) The commissioner may appoint, as special agents, competent persons, familiar with the language of non-English-speaking laborers, who shall inform such laborers, either personally or through printed matter in their language, as to their right of contract under the laws of the state, and shall prevent illegal advantage being taken of such laborers by reason of their lack of knowledge, credulity or lack of proficiency in the English language. The appointment of such agents shall not be permanent but simply to meet the exigencies of each case as presented to the commissioner, and they shall be paid the same compensation as is paid other agents. Any person who obtains or receives money due immigrant laborers or laborers who lack proficiency in the English language and retains any part thereof for such person's own use without giving adequate consideration therefor shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.(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.(1949 Rev., S. 3778; P.A. 01-147, S. 1; P.A. 03-19, S. 73; P.A. 12-80, S. 91.)History: P.A. 01-147 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended by deleting references to “the bureau” and provision limiting expenses to $300, changing “alien” to “non-English-speaking”, “ignorance” to “lack of knowledge”, “want of knowledge” to “lack of proficiency” and “laborers ignorant of” to “immigrant laborers or laborers who lack proficiency in”, and making a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, and added Subsec. (b) re production by commissioner of printed material re rights of immigrant laborers or laborers who lack proficiency in English language and prevention of illegal advantage being taken of such laborers; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to replace penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 1 year or both with a class A misdemeanor.
CT Gen Stat § 31-5 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-5 - State employment bureaus. Branches.

 Section 31-5 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 3779; P.A. 75-97; P.A. 77-113; 77-426, S. 15, 19.)
CT Gen Stat § 31-6 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-6 - Federal aid for public employment offices. Notification of state job openings or examinations to the Connecticut Employment Service.

 (a) The state of Connecticut accepts the benefits of an act of the Congress of the United States entitled “An Act to Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment System and for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of Such System and for Other Purposes”, approved June 6, 1933, and will observe and comply with the requirements of said act. The Labor Department is designated as the state agency for the purpose of said act and is vested with all powers necessary to cooperate with the United States Employment Service under this section.(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.(1949 Rev., S. 3780; P.A. 85-505, S. 5, 21.)History: P.A. 85-505 made the existing section Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) requiring notification of state job openings and examinations to be given to Connecticut employment service.See Sec. 31-237 re Employment Security Division's duties re requirements of federal act.
CT Gen Stat § 31-7 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-7 - Notices.

 The orders and notices given by the Labor Commissioner under the provisions of this chapter shall be written or printed, signed by him officially, and may be served by him or any proper officer or indifferent person, by leaving an attested copy thereof with or at the usual place of abode of the person upon whom service is to be made, or by registered or certified mail addressed to such person at his last-known place of address. Such notice, properly endorsed with the doings of the person or officer serving the same, shall be returned to the commissioner and shall be prima facie evidence that notice was given as therein appears. Notice to one member of a firm shall be notice to every member thereof, and notice to the president, secretary or treasurer of a corporation shall be notice to such corporation. The fees for serving such orders and notices, unless served by the commissioner, shall be the same as for the service of process in civil actions, and shall be included in the necessary expenses of the commissioner.(1949 Rev., S. 3756.)
CT Gen Stat § 31-8 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-8 - Appeal from orders of commissioner.

 Except as provided in subsections (a) and (c) of section 4-186, any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by any order of the commissioner may appeal, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to the superior court for the judicial district where the person, firm or corporation owns, leases or occupies the factory or building to which such order relates.(1949 Rev., S. 3757; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 86; P.A. 76-436, S. 616, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 20, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 88-317, S. 32, 107.)History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 added specific provision applicable to appeals in contested cases; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 88-317 substituted, in the first sentence, “as provided in subsections (a) and (c) of section 4-186” for “for an appeal in a contested case, as defined in section 4-166” and required appeal to be made “in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54” instead of specifying the deadline, form and procedure for the appeal, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.Cited. 164 C. 233.
CT Gen Stat § 31-9 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-9 - Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report.

 There shall continue to be a Department of Factory Inspection under the management of the Labor Commissioner. Said commissioner may appoint or remove from office a Deputy Commissioner of Factory Inspection. Said commissioner shall keep, in books provided by the Comptroller, copies of all notices and orders given by him and a record of all inspections and examinations. Said commissioner shall, by himself or a representative, as often as practicable, examine all buildings and places where machinery is used, and may enter such buildings and places at all proper times for the purposes of inspection. He shall include in the report required by section 4-60 a report of the condition, as respects safety of life and health, of the factories, buildings and places visited.(1949 Rev., S. 3746; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13.)See Sec. 29-244 re failure to post valid operating certificate.
CT Gen Stat § 31-10 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-10 - Deputy inspectors. Prosecution for violations.

 To assist him in the performance of his duties, the Labor Commissioner shall appoint not more than thirty deputy inspectors. Seventeen of such deputies shall be qualified as safety inspectors and shall devote special attention to the causes and the prevention of industrial accidents in all places of employment in the state. Such deputies shall have the same power as the commissioner has in the Department of Factory Inspection. The commissioner and all deputies appointed under authority hereof are authorized to lodge a complaint with any prosecuting officer for the violation of any provision of this chapter, and, if such prosecuting officer refuses to prosecute such offense, the commissioner or his deputy may present such complaint to the judge of the court having jurisdiction, and, if such judge finds that sufficient facts to warrant prosecution have been presented, he shall forthwith order the prosecuting officer to issue a warrant for such offender. Any prosecuting officer refusing to issue such warrant when so ordered shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.(1949 Rev., S. 3747; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 83; 1972, P.A. 54.)History: 1961 act deleted references to trial justice; 1972 act deleted requirement that at least four of the thirty deputy inspectors be women.Cited. 243 C. 66.
CT Gen Stat § 31-11 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-11 - Hindering inspector.

 Any owner, lessee or occupant of a factory or other building included within the provisions of this chapter or owning or controlling the use of any room in such building, who obstructs, hinders or unreasonably delays the Labor Commissioner or any of his deputies in the performance of the duties imposed by the general statutes, or who fails to provide at least one way of unobstructed ingress to such room or such building for said commissioner or his deputies in the performance of such duties, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 3749.)
CT Gen Stat § 31-11a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556 - Labor Department|Section 31-11a - Employee Dislocation Allowance Fund established.

 Section 31-11a is repealed, provided the payment of any claim filed with the Labor Commissioner prior to April 13, 1981, for the payment of benefits pursuant to said section, for any week prior to April 13, 1981, shall not be affected.(P.A. 78-16, S. 8–10; P.A. 81-59, S. 1, 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 31-11aa (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556a - Workforce Development|Section 31-11aa - Information technology workforce development plan.

 Section 31-11aa is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.(P.A. 00-187, S. 28, 75; P.A. 01-173, S. 46, 67; P.A. 11-48, S. 303.)
CT Gen Stat § 31-11gg (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 31 - Labor|Chapter 556a - Workforce Development|Section 31-11gg - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act substituted for Workforce Investment Act.

 (a)(1) Wherever the term “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” is used in the following general statutes, the term “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128” shall be substituted in lieu thereof; (2) wherever the term “Workforce Investment Act of 1998” is used in the following general statutes, the term “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014” shall be substituted in lieu thereof; and (3) wherever the term “Workforce Investment Act” is used in the following general statutes, the term “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4-89, 4-124w, 4a-82, 31-3h, 31-3k, 31-3l, 31-3gg, 31-11l, 31-11m, 31-11n, 31-11o, 31-11p, 31-11q, 31-11r, 31-11s, 31-11t, 31-11u, and 31-254.(b) Wherever the term “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” is used in any public or special act of 2016, the term “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.(c) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.(P.A. 16-169, S. 24.)