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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act › Section 30-118. - Sale or transfer of ownership of alcoholic liquor by fiduciary of decedent's estate.

Notwithstanding any provision of this title, a fiduciary of a decedent's estate may sell or transfer ownership of alcoholic liquor listed in an inventory filed for such estate pursuant to section 45a-341, provided such sale or transfer is: (1) Approved in writing by the Probate Court having jurisdiction of the estate, (2) approved in writing by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's designee, and (3) made for the purposes of an auction of the alcoholic liquor by an auctioneer licensed pursuant to chapter 403.
(P.A. 16-56, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 16-56 effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-1. - Labor Department. Commissioner.

There shall be a Labor Department. The department head shall be the Labor Commissioner, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8.
(1949 Rev., S. 3745; March, 1950, S. 2023d; P.A. 77-614, S. 476, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 rephrased provisions without changing their meaning, effective January 1, 1979.
Cited. 132 C. 533.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-2c. - Employer reporting of new employees. Transfer of information between Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Notification of employer. Reimbursement to Labor Department.

Section 31-2c is repealed, effective October 1, 1998.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 28, 30; P.A. 95-310, S. 5, 9; P.A. 96-268, S. 8, 34; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-4, S. 10, 11; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 63, 65.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-2d. - Office of Workforce Competitiveness. Orders. Regulations.

Section 31-2d is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 11-48, S. 77; P.A. 13-299, S. 22; P.A. 14-42, S. 3; P.A. 18-126, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-2e. - Establishment of Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. Powers. Designation of Unemployed Workers' Advocate.

(a) The Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish the Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate within the Labor Department to provide assistance to individuals who are unemployed.
(b) The Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate may:
(1) Assist unemployed individuals seeking benefits administered by the Labor Department under chapter 567;
(2) Assist unemployed individuals to understand their rights and responsibilities with respect to benefits administered by the department under chapter 567;
(3) Provide information to the public, state agencies, legislators and others regarding the problems and concerns of unemployed individuals and make recommendations for resolving such problems and concerns;
(4) Assist unemployed individuals with the filing of appeals in connection with the benefits administered by the department under chapter 567;
(5) Analyze and monitor the development and implementation of federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies relating to unemployed individuals and recommend changes the office deems necessary to the appropriate federal, state or local governmental entity;
(6) Receive and review complaints of unemployed individuals and make recommendations to the commissioner for resolving such complaints;
(7) Access prior employment records of an unemployed individual to the extent permitted under state and federal law;
(8) Establish and maintain an Internet web site and a toll-free number, or any other free calling option, to allow unemployed individuals access to the services and information provided by the Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate; and
(9) Take any other actions necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section.
(c) Not later than October 1, 2021, the Labor Commissioner shall designate an Unemployed Workers' Advocate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner, to manage the daily activities and duties of the Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. The Unemployed Workers' Advocate shall have the necessary qualifications to perform the duties of said office, including, but not limited to, having expertise and experience in the fields of unemployment compensation benefits and advocacy for the rights of unemployed individuals. Within available appropriations, the Unemployed Workers' Advocate shall appoint and employ such assistants, employees and personnel as deemed necessary for the efficient and effective administration of the activities of the office.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 32.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3. - Investigation of employment. Special agents authorized.

The Labor Commissioner is authorized to investigate the wages, hours of employment, necessary expense of living and health, so far as affected by their employment, of wage-earning persons in stores, wholesale and retail, public utilities, photographic, undertaking, millinery and dressmakers' establishments, hotels, restaurants, laundries, hairdressing and barber shops, domestic service, manufacturing establishments and tenement house work. Such investigation shall be conducted under the supervision of said commissioner by a person specially trained for this work and selected by him. Other employees of said bureau may be detailed to assist in the prosecution of such investigation. Said commissioner shall have power to demand from those possessed of it such information as is pertinent to the investigation herein authorized, and any person who refuses to furnish the information so demanded, within a reasonable time, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. The commissioner may employ special agents to assist him in his investigations. Such agents shall receive compensation for the time actually employed in such service.
(1949 Rev., S. 3777; P.A. 74-185, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 74-185 substituted “wage-earning persons” for “wage-earning women and girls” and referred to supervision of investigation by a “person” selected by commissioner rather than by a “woman”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3a. - Manpower development and planning studies and programs.

Section 31-3a is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(February, 1965, P.A. 248, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 13-140, S. 20; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3b. - Contracts with or funds from public or private agency or source.

(a) The Labor Commissioner may contract with any public or private agency for educational and job training services.
(b) The Labor Commissioner may accept and receive funds from any public or private source which become available for the purposes of this section and section 31-3d.
(P.A. 77-523, S. 1–4; 77-614, S. 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-337, S. 3; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 21-141, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. 21-2, S. 213.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced department of commerce with department of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-337 added Subsec. (a)(3) to require that programs provide work training opportunities and placement of the chronically unemployed; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 21-141 deleted former Subsecs. (a) and (b) re appointment and duties of job training coordinator and establishment of interagency program coordinating committee, respectively, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective July 7, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 made identical changes as P.A. 21-141, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3c. - Job training program for specific employers.

Section 31-3c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 77-370, S. 2, 13; 77-614, S. 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 82-218, S. 39, 46; P.A. 89-260, S. 39, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 66, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 31, 48; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-190, S. 1, 8; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-236, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 283; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 16-15, S. 37; P.A. 17-237, S. 101; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3cc. - Collection and analysis of data re gender and other bias in training programs.

The Governor's Workforce Council, in cooperation with the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, shall regularly collect and analyze data on state-supported training programs that measure the presence of gender or other systematic bias and work with the relevant boards and agencies to correct any problems that are found.
(P.A. 97-263, S. 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 161; P.A. 19-117, S. 132; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 224.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 replaced “Permanent Commission on the Status of Women” with “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-117 replaced “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors” with “Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity”, effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “Connecticut Employment and Training Commission” with “Governor's Workforce Council”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3ee. - Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients.

Section 31-3ee is repealed, effective June 6, 2016.
(P.A. 98-169, S. 4, 8; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 16-170, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3f. - Employment training benefits voucher.

The Labor Commissioner shall create an employment training benefits voucher. Such voucher shall state that the holder of the voucher is eligible for those training and benefit programs administered by the commissioner which are noted on the voucher and that any employer may take advantage of any such program if he employs the holder of the voucher.
(P.A. 81-445, S. 2, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3ff. - Job Training Partnership Act payments.

Section 31-3ff is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 30, 102; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3g. - Assistance to displaced homemakers. Regulations.

Section 31-3g is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 83-371, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-416, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 60, 87; P.A. 13-140, S. 3; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3gg. - One-stop centers.

(a) In addition to the required partners identified in Section 121(b)(1) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended, and subject to the approval of the regional workforce development board and the chief elected officials for the local area, each one-stop center shall include a local community action agency, as defined in section 17b-885, and an opportunities industrialization center as one-stop partners and shall provide eligible individuals utilizing the one-stop center with access to programs and activities carried out by such community action agency and opportunities industrialization center. For purposes of this subsection, “local area” refers to an area designated as such pursuant to Section 116 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended.
(b) At least one representative from the Department of Social Services shall be available on-site at each one-stop center to provide eligible individuals utilizing the one-stop center with information or assistance concerning any service or program administered by the department.
(P.A. 01-146; P.A. 16-169, S. 24.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128” in Subsec. (a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3ii. - Adult education pilot program for incumbent workers. Report.

Section 31-3ii is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 03-102, S. 1; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3j. - Regional workforce development boards: Definitions.

As used in sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive:
(1) “Board” means a regional workforce development board established under section 31-3k;
(2) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner;
(3) “Municipality” means a town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough;
(4) “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” means the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time; and
(5) “Workforce development region” or “region” means an area designated as a service delivery area in accordance with the provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 1, 10; P.A. 21-40, S. 27, 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 216.)
History: P.A. 21-40 made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted definitions of “Commission” and “Job Training Partnership Act”, added definition of “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” and redefined “Workforce development region”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3jj. - Job training; English as a second language instruction.

Each state agency providing or assisting in the provision of job training shall, within available appropriations, include the opportunity for English as a second language instruction.
(P.A. 04-227, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 04-227 effective July 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3l. - Regional workforce development boards: Members.

The members of a board shall be appointed by the chief elected officials of the municipalities in the region in accordance with the provisions of an agreement entered into by such municipalities. In the absence of an agreement the appointments shall be made by the Governor. The membership of each board shall satisfy the requirements for a local board as provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 3, 10; P.A. 93-134, S. 2; P.A. 96-190, S. 2, 8; P.A. 99-195, S. 5, 15; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; P.A. 21-40, S. 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 218.)
History: P.A. 93-134 amended Subdiv. (1) to delete provision re membership of business members of private industry council, amended Subdiv. (4) to require selection of members by labor federations in manner consistent with Job Training Partnership Act rather than by labor organizations or building trade councils and added Subdiv. (6) to specify minimum requirements for initial membership of such boards in cases where private industry council has been approved as a board; P.A. 96-190 added regional community-technical colleges to the list of nonbusiness members, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 99-195 added provision specifying that membership of each board must satisfy the requirements of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, effective June 23, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128”; P.A. 21-40 made a technical change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced reference to private industry council as provided under Job Training Partnership Act with reference to local board as provided under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and deleted former Subdivs. (1) to (6) re makeup of membership of board, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3ll. - Incumbent Worker Training Program. Regulations.

(a) The Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish and operate the Incumbent Worker Training Program, the purposes of which shall be to: (1) Sustain high growth occupation and economically vital industries identified by such commissioners; and (2) assist workers in obtaining skills to start or move up their career ladders. Such job training program may include training designed to increase the basic skills of employees, including, but not limited to, training in written and oral communication, mathematics or science, or training in technical and technological skills and such other training as such commissioners determine is necessary to meet the needs of the employer. No more than five per cent of the appropriation for the program may be used for administrative purposes.
(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.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 14; P.A. 07-166, S. 10; P.A. 13-140, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 06-187 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-166 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(2), effective June 19, 2007; P.A. 13-140 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re Labor Commissioner to consult with Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Education and replacing “Twenty-First Century Skills Training Program” with “Incumbent Worker Training Program”, added new Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e) re use and allocation of funds and application form for the program, and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (f), effective June 18, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3m. - Agencies involved in employment and training. Duties and responsibilities.

Not later than July 1, 1992, the Governor shall designate appropriate state agencies as agencies involved in employment and training. The department heads of each agency involved in employment and training shall: Not later than August 15, 1992, and annually thereafter, identify to the commissioner and the Chief Workforce Officer the employment and training programs administered by the agency that are subject to oversight by one or more boards under the provisions of sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive. The Chief Workforce Officer, jointly with the commissioner and the Governor's Workforce Council, shall facilitate communication and the exchange of information between the boards and the state agencies involved in employment and training.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 4, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 219.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted “and annually thereafter,” re Governor designation of appropriate state agencies, deleted Subdiv. (1) designator, added reference to commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer and made a conforming change, deleted former Subdiv. (2) re information to be provided to commissioner for distribution to regional workforce development boards, and added provision re Chief Workforce Officer, commissioner and Governor's Workforce Council facilitating communication and exchange of information, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3mm. - Youth employment and training funds.

(a) The Labor Department, within available appropriations, shall establish a program to distribute youth employment and training funds to regional workforce development boards.
(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.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 5.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3n. - Regulations. Duties of Labor Commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer.

(a) The commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Workforce Officer and the Governor's Workforce Council, may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive.
(b) The Chief Workforce Officer shall distribute all information received under the provisions of sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive, 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 31-3r, inclusive.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 5, 10; P.A. 93-134, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 220.)
History: P.A. 93-134 added Subsec. (e) to require commissioner's approval of regional work force development boards; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing, re adoption of regulations, mandatory provision in consultation with commission with discretionary provision in consultation with Chief Workforce Officer and Governor's Workforce Council, and deleting requirement that regulations establish certain criteria for board, deleted former Subsec. (b) re facilitation of communication and exchange of information, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended same to replace references to commissioner and commission with references to Chief Workforce Officer and Governor's Workforce Council, deleted former Subsec. (d) re submission of annual regional plans for Governor's approval, and redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (c) and amended same to replace “commissioner shall approve, in consultation with the commission” with “Governor may approve, upon the recommendation of the Governor's Workforce Council”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3nn. - Mortgage crisis job training program.

(a) The WorkPlace, Inc., in conjunction with the other regional workforce development boards pursuant to section 31-3k and the one-stop centers pursuant to section 31-3gg, shall establish a mortgage crisis job training program in accordance with this section. For purposes of the program, at least three mortgage crisis job training teams shall be established for different areas of the state. The WorkPlace, Inc. and Capital Workforce Partners shall manage such teams. The teams, in cooperation with the regional workforce development boards and the one-stop centers, shall ensure the provision of rapid, customized employment services, job training, repair training and job placement assistance to borrowers who are unemployed, underemployed or in need of a second job. The WorkPlace, Inc. shall arrange for the provision of financial literacy and credit counseling for participants in the program with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.
(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.
(P.A. 08-176, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 08-176 effective July 1, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3o. - Duties of the Governor's Workforce Council.

The Governor's Workforce Council shall ensure that the membership of each board satisfies the representation requirements of section 31-3l, regulations adopted by the commissioner under section 31-3n and guidance issued pursuant to section 4-124w in accordance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 6, 10; P.A. 16-170, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 221.)
History: P.A. 16-170 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to annual plan; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted former Subsecs. (a) and (c) re review and approval of annual regional plan and review and consideration of annual report, respectively, deleted former Subsec. (b) designator and amended same to replace “commission” with “Governor's Workforce Council” and add reference to guidance issued pursuant to Sec. 4-124w, effective July 1, 2021.
Secs. 31-3p and 31-3q. Grant proposal or plan inconsistent with annual regional plan of regional work force development board; procedures. State employment and training programs. Sections 31-3p and 31-3q are repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 7, 8, 10; P.A. 93-134, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3oo. - Connecticut Employment and Training Commission solicitation and publication of information re promotion of green technology industry.

Section 31-3oo is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 10-156, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3p and 31-3q. - Grant proposal or plan inconsistent with annual regional plan of regional work force development board; procedures. State employment and training programs.

Sections 31-3p and 31-3q are repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 7, 8, 10; P.A. 93-134, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3r. - Construal or administration not to conflict with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or supersede statutory duties.

Nothing in sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive, shall be construed or administered in any manner that would conflict with the requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or supersede any statutory duties, responsibilities or obligations of any agency or board, including, but not limited to, any local board of education.
(P.A. 92-145, S. 9, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 222.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “Job Training Partnership Act” with “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3rr. - Career ladder in green technology industry.

(a) As used in this section and section 10a-55g:
(1) “Green jobs” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-55d;
(2) “Green technology” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-55d; and
(3) “Career ladder” means a description of the progression from an entry level position to higher levels of pay, skill, responsibility or authority.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Office of Workforce Strategy, in consultation with the Office of Higher Education, Department of Education, Labor Department, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, regional workforce development boards and employers, shall, within available appropriations, identify a career ladder for jobs in the green technology industry, including, but not limited to, a listing of (1) careers at each level of the green technology industry and the requisite level of education and the salary offered for such career, (2) all course, certificate and degree programs in green jobs offered by technical education and career schools within the Technical Education and Career System and institutions of higher education in the state, and (3) jobs available in the green technology industry in the state. The Office of Workforce Strategy shall update the green jobs career ladder established pursuant to this section on an as needed basis.
(P.A. 19-35, S. 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 237.)
History: P.A. 19-35 effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “Office of Workforce Competitiveness” with “Office of Workforce Strategy” and “establish” with “identify”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3s. - Subsidized employment program for general assistance recipients.

Section 31-3s is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 22; P.A. 95-265, S. 6, 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3t. - Job training and retraining programs for unemployed persons who owe overdue child support.

Within available resources, the Labor Commissioner shall establish a job training and retraining program designed specifically for unemployed persons (1) against whom an order for support of minor children has been issued and (2) who owe overdue support.
(P.A. 93-329, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3u. - Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards.

Section 31-3u is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 93-394, S. 1, 3; P.A. 94-193, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 16-170, S. 4; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-3y and 31-3z. - Self-employment assistance: Definitions. Regulations.

Sections 31-3y and 31-3z are repealed, effective May 23, 2022.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 16, 17, 28; P.A. 14-122, S. 144; P.A. 22-67, S. 17.)
2023 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, “veteran” and “armed forces” have the same meanings as provided in section 27-103, and “military discharge document” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-219.
(P.A. 16-68, S. 1; P.A. 21-79, S. 37.)
History: P.A. 21-79 redefined “veteran” and made technical changes.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 556 - Labor Department › Section 31-9. - Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report.

Section 31-9 is repealed, effective May 23, 2022.
(1949 Rev., S. 3746; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 22-67, S. 17.)
2023 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.