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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-262. - Deposits of contributions. Payments to United States Treasurer.

All contributions made in accordance with this chapter and all other moneys payable into this fund, upon receipt thereof by the administrator, shall be paid to the State Treasurer, who shall deposit them in the Unemployment Compensation Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-86, said Treasurer shall, with sufficient frequency to comply with Section 303(a)(4) of the Federal Social Security Act and Section 1603(a)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, on warrants drawn by the State Comptroller at the direction of the administrator, pay all moneys in said fund, after deducting such amounts as are necessary for the payment of refunds, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States as trustee of the Unemployment Trust Fund established by Section 904 of the Social Security Act, to be deposited in said Unemployment Trust Fund for the account of the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 7532; 1961, P.A. 325, S. 2.)
History: 1961 act removed reference to contribution account.
See Sec. 31-264 re disposition of fund moneys upon discontinuance of or changes in Unemployment Trust Fund.
Cited. 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-263. - Withdrawals of funds for payment of benefits and reimbursement of advance fund.

(a) The State Treasurer, as treasurer of the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Fund, shall, as directed by the administrator, requisition from the Unemployment Trust Fund such amounts, not exceeding the amount standing to this state's account therein, as the administrator deems necessary for the payment of benefits. Upon receipt thereof, said treasurer shall deposit such moneys in a depository designated by the treasurer in a fund to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund, from which fund the administrator shall pay the benefits provided by this chapter. Benefits shall be paid to a claimant, so far as is practical, in the local office where the claim for benefits was filed. The administrator shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund. All sums recovered on any surety bond for losses sustained by the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Fund shall be deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Fund in the State Treasury.
(b) The State Treasurer, as treasurer of the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Fund, shall as directed by the administrator, requisition from the Unemployment Trust Fund the amounts, not exceeding the amount in the Unemployment Trust Fund, that the administrator deems necessary for the reimbursement of advances made from the Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund, to the extent reimbursement is permitted by federal law.
(1949 Rev., S. 7533; June, 1955, S. 3085d; 1961, P.A. 325, S. 3; P.A. 93-243, S. 6, 15.)
History: 1961 act removed reference to benefit account, created benefit fund and detailed use thereof; P.A. 93-243 amended Subsec. (a) to give state treasurer greater flexibility in withdrawing money from unemployment compensation fund for payment of benefits and added Subsec. (b) to authorize state treasurer to make withdrawals from unemployment compensation fund for reimbursement of advances made from unemployment compensation advance fund, effective July 1, 1993.
Method of payment prescribed by 1945 amendment did not divest Treasurer and Comptroller of their constitutional duties. 133 C. 112. Cited. 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-264. - Management of fund upon discontinuance of or changes in Unemployment Trust Fund.

The provisions of sections 31-261, 31-262 and 31-263 to the extent that they relate to the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be operative only as long as said Unemployment Trust Fund continues to exist and as long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States continues to maintain for this state a separate book account of all funds deposited therein by this state, together with this state's proportionate share of the earnings of such Unemployment Trust Fund, from which only this state is permitted to make withdrawals. If and when, for any reason, such Unemployment Trust Fund ceases to exist or such separate book account is no longer maintained, all moneys, properties and securities therein belonging to the Unemployment Compensation Fund of this state shall be withdrawn by the Treasurer of this state, who shall deposit them in the Unemployment Compensation Fund. Thereafter, any such properties or securities shall be sold or otherwise disposed of only at the direction of the administrator, with the approval of the Governor. The Treasurer shall from time to time on request of the administrator as may be necessary for the payment of benefits under this chapter pay such moneys over to the administrator, who shall deposit and disburse such moneys as provided in section 31-263.
(1949 Rev., S. 7534; 1961, P.A. 325, S. 4.)
History: 1961 act removed reference to benefit account and added provision re treasurer's payments to administrator.
Cited. 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-265. - Interest on contributions not paid when due.

Contributions unpaid on the date on which they are due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall bear interest for each month or fraction thereof after such date until payment, plus accrued interest, has been received by the administrator, provided no person shall be required to pay interest for any period during which he may have performed military service in the armed forces of the United States or of the United Nations subsequent to June 25, 1950. The administrator may prescribe fair and reasonable regulations whereby interest shall not accrue during the first five calendar quarters that any employer is subject to this chapter. Interest collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the Employment Security Special Administration Fund. For purposes of this section, the interest rate on such unpaid contributions shall be determined by the administrator, on the last banking day in October of each calendar year, for use in the succeeding calendar year, and shall be two per cent per annum plus a simple average of the prime lending rates on such date at the three largest commercial banks in the state in terms of total assets, except that in no event shall the interest on unpaid contributions be less than twelve per cent per annum.
(1949 Rev., S. 7535; 1953, S. 3086d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 39; 1969, P.A. 457, S. 1; P.A. 77-608, S. 1; P.A. 82-262, S. 1; P.A. 85-29.)
History: 1969 act raised interest rate from 0.5% to 0.75%; P.A. 77-608 raised interest rate to 1%; P.A. 82-262 changed the interest rate to be charged on delinquent contributions from 1% per month to an annual rate equivalent to 2% plus the average prime lending rate at the state's three largest commercial banks with a minimum rate of 12% per annum; P.A. 85-29 provided that the interest rate on unpaid contributions shall be determined on the last banking day in October of the particular year rather than on the last banking day of the year.
Cited. 314 U.S. 569.
Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-266a. - Civil action to enjoin employer from entering employment contracts where contributions unpaid.

When a tax warrant issued pursuant to the authority contained in section 31-266 has been returned unsatisfied either in whole or in part, and the amount collectible from the employer named therein by means of such warrant represents contributions due with respect to at least four calendar quarters, and the employer, after ten days' notice sent to his last-known address by registered or certified mail, has failed to pay such amount in full, the administrator may bring a civil action returnable to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enjoin such employer, until such amount, with interest and costs, has been paid in full, from entering into any contract of employment as a result of which he will further become liable to pay unemployment contributions.
(1961, P.A. 325, S. 5; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county”; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-266b. - Disposition of real or personal property taken by foreclosure.

Any real estate to which title has been taken by foreclosure, or any personal property on which a tax lien under this chapter has been filed, or which has been conveyed to the state in lieu of foreclosure in payment of contributions, may be sold, transferred or conveyed for the state by the administrator with the approval of the Attorney General, and the administrator may, in the name of the state, execute deeds or title transfer documents for such purpose.
(1961, P.A. 325, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 835, S. 30.)
History: 1971 act authorized sale, transfer or conveyance of personal property on which tax lien has been filed and authorized administrator to execute title transfer documents.
Cited. 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-266c. - Abatement of contributions. Compromises.

(a) The administrator, upon the advice of the Attorney General, may abate any contributions due under this chapter which have been found by the administrator to be uncollectible.
(b) The administrator or the administrator's duly authorized agent may make or entertain an offer of compromise for any contributions due under this chapter if such offer is based upon doubt as to the employer's liability for the amount in controversy or doubt as to the collectibility of such amount. For purposes of this section, doubt as to the employer's liability for the amount in controversy exists if there is a genuine dispute as to the existence or amount of the employer's liability under this chapter, and doubt as to the collectibility of such amount exists if the employer's assets and income are less than the full amount of the employer's debts, obligations and liabilities under state or federal law.
(1961, P.A. 325, S. 7; P.A. 04-179, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 04-179 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical change therein for purposes of gender neutrality and added Subsec. (b) to allow administrator or authorized agent to make or consider compromise offers for overdue unemployment compensation taxes in defined circumstances, effective July 1, 2004.
Cited. 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-267. - Priority of claim for contributions in case of insolvency, bankruptcy or dissolution.

In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition or similar proceeding, contributions then or thereafter due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims except taxes. In the event of an employer's adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension proposal or composition under the federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended, contributions then or thereafter due shall be entitled to such priority as is provided in Section 64 of that act (U.S. Code, Title 11, Section 104), as amended. In the event of any distribution of the employer's assets upon the termination of the corporate existence of such employer, either by limitation or by voluntary dissolution, contributions then due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims, except taxes.
(1949 Rev., S. 7537.)
Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 314 U.S. 569; 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-268. - Adjustment of errors.

Section 31-268 is repealed, effective June 6, 2016.
(1949 Rev., S. 7538; P.A. 77-104, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-169, S. 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-269. - Refunds and deficiencies.

If more or less than the correct amount of contributions imposed has been paid with respect to employment during any period, the amount of the overpayment shall be refunded to the employer from the contribution account of the Unemployment Compensation Fund or the amount of the underpayment shall be paid by the employer to the administrator at such time as the administrator prescribes, provided no refund shall be made unless request has been made within three years from the due date of the contributions claimed to have been overpaid or which would be contrary to the requirements of the Social Security Act or any amendments thereto. Any refunds of interest paid into the Employment Security Special Administration Fund established by section 31-259 shall be paid from said fund. If the overstatement of wages results in unemployment compensation benefits being paid, the amount of any overpayment of unemployment compensation benefits shall be deducted from any refunds of contributions until the amount of overpayment of unemployment compensation benefits has been recovered.
(1949 Rev., S. 7539; 1953, S. 3087d; 1967, P.A. 790, S. 18; P.A. 74-229, S. 20, 22; P.A. 16-169, S. 32.)
History: 1967 act specified that refunds be made from contribution account of unemployment compensation fund, required that request for refund be made within three years, rather than six years from due date of contributions claimed as overpaid, etc. and provided that amount of benefits paid and based on wage credits established as result of overstatement of wages be deducted from refund; P.A. 74-229 rephrased provision re deduction of overpayments from refund; P.A. 16-169 deleted reference to adjustment under Sec. 31-268, effective June 6, 2016.
Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 314 U.S. 569. Despite plaintiff's failure to make timely claim for rehiring credits, administrator must refund overpayment. 139 C. 402. Cited. 163 C. 401; 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-271. - Examination to determine liability of employer, sufficiency of reports, amount of contributions due, or ability to pay; subpoena.

For the purpose of determining whether an employer is subject to this chapter or whether the reports filed by him are correct or sufficient or for the purpose of determining the amount of contributions due as provided in section 31-270 or for the purpose of determining whether the employer is able to pay outstanding contributions, interest or penalties due under this chapter, the administrator or the executive director may subpoena any person to appear before him or his agent at such place as may be designated in such subpoena to examine such person under oath and he may compel the attendance before him or his agent of any such person and the production of books and papers by subpoena. If any person disobeys such process or, having appeared in obedience thereto, refuses to answer any pertinent question put to him, said administrator or executive director may apply to the Superior Court, or to a judge of said court if the same is not in session, setting forth such disobedience to process or refusal to answer, and said court or such judge, as the case may be, thereupon shall cite such person to appear before him and shall inquire into the facts set forth in such application and, upon finding the allegations in such application to be true, shall commit such person to a community correctional center until he testifies, but not for a longer period than sixty days.
(1949 Rev., S. 7541; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 87-78.)
History: 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; P.A. 87-78 permitted the use of subpoenas to determine whether an employer is able to pay contribution, interest or penalties due.
Cited. 125 C. 302; 126 C. 115; 127 C. 176; Id., 181; 128 C. 87; 133 C. 117; 314 U.S. 569; 175 C. 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-274. - Saving clause. Conflict with federal law. Governmental districts and subdivisions defined.

(a) The General Assembly reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time, and no vested private right shall prevent such amendment or repeal. All of the rights, privileges or immunities conferred by this chapter, or by acts done pursuant thereto, shall exist subject to the power of the General Assembly to amend or repeal it at any time.
(b) No part of this chapter shall be deemed repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.
(c) The provisions of this chapter shall be construed, interpreted and administered in such manner as to presume coverage, eligibility and nondisqualification in doubtful cases.
(d) In the event of any conflict between any provision of this chapter and applicable federal law in respect to payment of benefits, coverage or eligibility, the federal law shall prevail if said federal law increases or extends benefits, coverage or eligibility beyond the provisions of this chapter, and the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to be in conformity with the law of the United States.
(e) As applied to this chapter, any amendment in the statute law of the United States which would by implication amend or repeal any provision of this chapter, where such amendment or repealer will increase or extend benefits, coverage or eligibility, shall be deemed and construed to be a provision of this chapter and the law of this state.
(f) As used in any of the provisions of this chapter, the clause “governmental districts, regions or entities, established under state statutes”, and the phrases “political and governmental subdivisions”, “political or governmental subdivision or entity” and similar terms shall be construed and interpreted to include any and all political subdivisions of this state, including, without limitation, any town, city, county, borough, district, school board, board of education, board of regents, social service or welfare agency, public and quasi-public corporation, housing authority, parking authority, redevelopment and urban renewal board or commission, or other authority or public agency established by law, irrespective of whether such authority or agency has power to hire and discharge employees separate and apart from any other political or governmental subdivision of which it is a part, or with which it may be affiliated, and any water district, sewer district or similar authority established by special act or existing under the general statutes of this state.
(1949 Rev., S. 7544; 1971, P.A. 835, S. 32.)
History: 1971 act added Subsecs. (b) to (f) re construction of chapter.
Section made plaintiff's right to benefits subject to contingency that General Assembly might amend or even repeal the law. 137 C. 129. Cited. 181 C. 1; 184 C. 317; 196 C. 546; 238 C. 273.
Cited. 2 CA 1.
Cited. 39 CS 371; 42 CS 376.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-274a to 31-274f. - Nonprofit organizations.

Sections 31-274a to 31-274f, inclusive, are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 654, S. 2–7; 1971, P.A. 835, S. 33; June, 1971, P.A. 3, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-274g. - Cooperation with other states for enforcement of law.

To encourage cooperation between this state and other states in the enforcement of the unemployment insurance law of each state and to further coordinate the nation-wide system of unemployment insurance in the United States and its territories: (a) The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce liabilities for unemployment contributions imposed by other states which extend a like comity to this state. (b) The Attorney General may commence action in any other jurisdiction by and in the name of the Employment Security Division of the Labor Department to collect unemployment contributions and interest legally due to this state. The officials of other states which extend a like comity to this state may sue for the collection of such contributions in the courts of this state. A certificate by the Secretary of the State under the seal of the state that the officers of the Labor Department designated by the Labor Commissioner have authority to collect the contributions is conclusive evidence of such authority. (c) The Attorney General may commence action in this state as agent for and on behalf of any other state to enforce judgment and liabilities for unemployment insurance taxes or contributions due such state which extends a like comity to this state.
(1967, P.A. 790, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-274i. - Information to be provided re earned income credit program.

The Labor Department shall provide information concerning the federal earned income credit program established pursuant to 26 USC 32, to each applicant for or recipient of unemployment compensation benefits.
(P.A. 90-92, S. 3.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference to “Department of Labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Labor Department” for consistency with customary statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-274j. - Voluntary shared work unemployment compensation program.

(a) As used in this section, “administrator” means the Labor Commissioner in his capacity as administrator of unemployment compensation under this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the administrator shall establish a voluntary shared work unemployment compensation program allowing participating employees to collect unemployment compensation benefits if the employees work a reduced number of hours per week with a corresponding reduction in wages under a shared work plan submitted by an employer subject to the provisions of this chapter and approved by the administrator.
(c) The administrator shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish requirements for and administer the shared work unemployment compensation program.
(d) In the event of any conflict between any provision of this section, or of the regulations implemented pursuant to this section, and applicable federal law, the federal law shall prevail and such provision shall be deemed invalid or ineffective.
(P.A. 93-243, S. 8, 15; P.A. 13-66, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 93-243 effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 13-66 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “a contributing employer” with “an employer” and added Subsec. (d) re federal law to prevail in the event of a conflict with section or regulations.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-275a and 31-275b. - District defined; continuation of commissioners in office. Workers' compensation districts.

Sections 31-275a and 31-275b are repealed.
(April, 1964, P.A. 3, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 662, S. 1, 2; 1972, P.A. 190; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 7; P.A. 79-376, S. 34, 35; P.A. 84-320, S. 3, 6; P.A. 91-32, S. 2, 41; 91-339, S. 53–55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-275d. - Term “administrative law judge” substituted for “workers' compensation commissioner”, “compensation commissioner” and “commissioner”.

(a)(1) Wherever the words “workers' compensation commissioner”, “compensation commissioner” or “commissioner” are used to denote a workers' compensation commissioner in the following sections of the general statutes, the words “administrative law judge” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4-186, 5-170, 5-192h, 17b-341, 19a-641, 28-14, 29-4a, 31-275, 31-276, 31-277, 31-278, 31-279, 31-280, 31-280a, 31-280b, 31-282, 31-283, 31-283d, 31-283e, 31-283f, 31-284c, 31-286, 31-286a, 31-286b, 31-288, 31-289a, 31-290a, 31-293, 31-294b, 31-294c, 31-294d, 31-294e, 31-294f, 31-296, 31-296a, 31-297, 31-297a, 31-298, 31-299, 31-299a, 31-299b, 31-300, 31-301, 31-301c, 31-301d, 31-302, 31-306, 31-306b, 31-307a, 31-308, 31-308a, 31-310, 31-312, 31-313, 31-315, 31-316, 31-318, 31-321, 31-323, 31-326, 31-327, 31-329, 31-341, 31-342, 31-343, 31-349, 31-349b, 31-349c, 31-353, 31-355, 38a-470, 38a-500, 38a-527, 46b-231, 51-49, 51-49a, 51-49b, 51-49c, 51-49d, 51-49g, 51-49h, 51-49i, 51-49j, 51-50, 51-50a, 51-50b, 51-51, 51-51h, 51-51i, 51-51k, 51-51l, 51-51m, 51-51n, 51-51o, 51-51p, 51-51q, 51-51r, 51-51s, 51-63 and 52-149a.
(2) Wherever the words “workers' compensation commissioner”, “compensation commissioner” or “commissioner” are used to denote a workers' compensation commissioner in any public act of the 2021 session, the words “administrative law judge” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.
(b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying said sections of the general statutes pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section or any public act of the 2021 session pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-276a. - Commissioners and commission to be within Labor Department for administrative purposes only.

Section 31-276a is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 481, 610; P.A. 79-376, S. 36; P.A. 21-18, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-279a. - Booklet to be distributed explaining act.

The chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall prepare, publish and distribute an illustrated booklet explaining, in informal and readily understandable language, employee benefits and responsibilities under the Workers' Compensation Act. The chairman shall prepare, publish and distribute revisions to such booklet whenever changes in the workers' compensation law necessitate such revision.
(P.A. 73-421; P.A. 79-376, S. 37; P.A. 92-31, S. 2, 7.)
History: P.A. 79-376 replaced “workmen's compensation” with “workers' compensation”; P.A. 92-31 substituted “chairman of workers' compensation commission” for “workers' compensation commissioners”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-279b. - Notice of availability of coverage under act. Content. Posting.

Section 31-279b is repealed.
(P.A. 75-223; P.A. 79-376, S. 38; P.A. 91-32, S. 40, 41.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-280b. - Compensation Review Board.

(a) There shall be a Compensation Review Board within the Workers' Compensation Commission. The chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall serve as chief of the Compensation Review Board and shall have responsibility for the operation of the board. On or before January 1, 1992, the chairperson shall appoint a chief clerk of the Compensation Review Board under the provisions of chapter 67 who shall be responsible to the chairperson for the efficient operation of the board.
(b) The board shall review appeals of decisions made by administrative law judges pursuant to this chapter. The chief shall annually select two administrative law judges to sit with him to hear such appeals for a term of one year, except that no administrative law judge may sit in review of an award or decision rendered by him. The chief may select a third administrative law judge to sit on the board if one of the board members is disqualified or temporarily incapacitated from hearing the matter under review.
(c) No administrative law judge except the chief may serve as a member of the Compensation Review Board for more than one year during the term for which he was appointed.
(P.A. 91-339, S. 7, 55; P.A. 21-18, S. 1; P.A. 22-89, S. 11.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “commissioner” and “compensation commissioner” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge” and “compensation commissioners” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judges” in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective October 1, 2021; P.A. 22-89 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-281. - Designation of commissioner to act in another district.

Section 31-281 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7439; 1958 Rev., S. 31-145; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 7; P.A. 91-339, S. 53, 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-282. - Successor may complete acts when administrative law judge dies.

If any administrative law judge dies before the final settlement of any matter in which he had been acting in his official capacity, his successor in office may continue such matter to its completion.
(1949 Rev., S. 7440; 1958 Rev., S. 31-146; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 8; P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
History: 1961 act entirely replaced previous provisions; pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “compensation commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge”, effective October 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-283. - Annual pension upon retirement of administrative law judge.

Any administrative law judge, in the state service as such administrative law judge twenty or more years in the aggregate, who leaves such service because of failure of reappointment, or because of abolition of his position, shall, during the remainder of his life, receive an annual pension payable from the General Fund equal to fifty per cent of his average annual salary for the five years next preceding his retirement. The administrative law judges may continue to contribute to the State Employees Retirement Fund and shall be entitled to general retirement rights under chapter 66. The acceptance of the pension herein provided for shall be in lieu of all benefits under the State Employees Retirement Act, and any administrative law judge accepting a pension under this section shall not be entitled to the return of any payments made by him to the State Employees Retirement Fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 3601; 1958 Rev., S. 31-147; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 9; P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
History: 1961 act entirely replaced previous provisions; pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “compensation commissioner” and “commissioner” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge” and “compensation commissioners” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judges”, effective October 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-283b and 31-283c. - Financing of division and programs. Agreements with other state or federal agencies.

Sections 31-283b and 31-283c are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 569, S. 2, 3; 1971, P.A. 335; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 33; P.A. 77-119, S. 2; P.A. 79-376, S. 41; P.A. 81-469, S. 4, 8; P.A. 85-189, S. 2; P.A. 91-32, S. 40, 41; 91-339, S. 52, 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-283d. - Adjustment of salary of certain retired administrative law judges.

On July 1, 1971, the retirement salary of each person retired prior to July 1, 1965, under the provisions of section 31-283 or any predecessor statute shall be increased in the amount of that percentage of the monthly retirement salary being paid to him on June 30, 1967, which was provided under section 5-162b for members of the state employees retirement system who retired in the same year as such person. On July 1, 1972, and annually thereafter, the retirement salary of each such person shall be adjusted to reflect increases or decreases in the Consumer Price Index in the same manner and to the same extent that the retirement salary of persons retired under chapter 66 is adjusted under section 5-162c.
(1971, P.A. 639, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-283e. - Election of retirement benefits.

Any administrative law judge holding such office on July 1, 1971, may elect to be included within the provisions of sections 51-49, 51-50, 51-50a and 51-50b or to continue to be subject to the provisions of section 31-283.
(1971, P.A. 639, S. 8; P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “compensation commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge”, effective October 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-283f. - Statistical Division.

(a) A Statistical Division shall be established within the Workers' Compensation Commission. The division shall compile and maintain statistics concerning occupational injuries and diseases, voluntary agreements, status of claims and administrative law judges' dockets.
(b) Sufficient funding for the establishment and maintenance of the Workers' Compensation Statistical Division shall be supplied from the Administrative Costs Fund, as provided in section 31-345.
(P.A. 81-407, S. 1–5; P.A. 91-339, S. 9, 55; P.A. 21-18, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 91-339 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re full-time director and deleted Subsecs. (c) and (d) which had required formation of plan for efficient use of statistical division in compiling information and had established an advisory panel; P.A. 21-18 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re director of the Statistical Division and pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “commissioners'” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judges'” in Subsec. (a), effective October 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-283g. - Education services for employees concerning the prevention of occupational diseases and injuries.

The Workers' Compensation Commission shall provide, in convenient locations throughout the state, education services to employees concerning the prevention of occupational diseases and injuries, training for nonmanagement employees in workers' compensation procedures and substantive rights, information to employers concerning known and suspected workplace hazards and training and information for medical professionals in workers' compensation procedures, standards and requirements. The chairperson shall be provided with sufficient staff to assist him in the performance of his duties. The chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 82-94, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-116, S. 4; P.A. 91-32, S. 6, 41; 91-339, S. 10, 55; P.A. 95-265, S. 2, 7; P.A. 22-89, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 82-94, S. 1, effective July 1, 1983; P.A. 90-116 added the provision of training and information for medical professionals in workers' compensation among the division's responsibilities; P.A. 91-32 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), made technical changes and added Subsec. (b) re method of financing costs of division of worker education; P.A. 91-339 added requirement that the director report to the chairman of the workers' compensation commission, deleted Subsec. (b) re method of financing division operating expenses and programs and made technical changes; P.A. 95-265 eliminated the Division of Worker Education and the full-time salaried director, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 22-89 made technical changes, effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-283h. - Financing of Division of Worker Education.

Section 31-283h is repealed.
(P.A. 82-94, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-189, S. 3; P.A. 91-32, S. 40, 41; 91-339, S. 52, 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-284a. - State contracting with private insurance carrier. Duties and powers of Commissioner of Administrative Services.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4a-19 and 4a-20 to the contrary, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall solicit proposals from any management firm engaged in the business of administering workers' compensation claims, or from any authorized mutual insurance company or stock company or subsidiary thereof writing workers' compensation or employer's liability insurance in this state, for the purposes of administering the workers' compensation claims filed against the state, or of insuring the state's full liability under workers' compensation and administering such claims. The commissioner may, at said commissioner's discretion, reject any or all of such proposals if they are deemed to be inadequate to effectively serve the needs of the state concerning workers' compensation.
(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may exclude from participation in the state workers' compensation managed care program any medical provider found, through a systematic program of utilization review, to exceed generally accepted standards of the scope, duration or intensity of services rendered to patients with similar diagnostic characteristics.
(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have sole responsibility for establishing procedures for all executive branch agencies participating in the state of Connecticut workers' compensation program, except that all mandatory subjects of collective bargaining pertaining to modified or alternative duty shall continue to be governed by the provisions of chapter 68.
(P.A. 81-469, S. 1, 8; P.A. 93-228, S. 5, 35; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 29; P.A. 12-205, S. 23; P.A. 15-182, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 93-228 added Subsec. (b) re commissioner of administrative services' regulatory power and designated existing language as Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes and to delete provision re S.A. 81-22, and added Subsec. (c) to vest Commissioner of Administrative Services with sole authority for establishing procedures for executive branch agencies re state workers' compensation program, except mandatory collective bargaining re modified or alternative duty, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 12-205 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re adoption of regulations establishing fees payable by the state, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 15-182 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re state not to make payment to facility owned in whole or in part by referring practitioner, effective July 1, 2015.
Cited. 220 C. 915; Id., 920.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-284c. - Complaints of violations. Hearing. Findings and award. Appeal.

Any employee eligible to receive or receiving workers' compensation may file a complaint alleging violation of the provisions of section 31-284b with the administrative law judge. The administrative law judge shall hold a hearing in accordance with the provisions of sections 31-297 and 31-298. After the hearing, the administrative law judge shall send to each party a written copy of his findings and award in accordance with the provisions of section 31-300. The provisions of section 31-300 concerning finality of the award and an execution issued upon the award shall be applicable to an award made pursuant to this section. Any appeal of an award of the administrative law judge under this section shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of section 31-301. The administrative law judge, in awarding benefits for temporary and permanent partial and total disability, shall require the provision of equivalent insurance coverage or contribution to an employee welfare plan, as provided in section 31-284b, for the period of the injured employee's eligibility to receive benefits under this chapter.
(P.A. 82-398, S. 5; P.A. 91-339, S. 13; P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 91-339 required the commissioner to send each party a written copy of his findings and changed “employee welfare fund” to “employee welfare plan”; pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “commissioner” and “workers' compensation commissioner” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge”, effective October 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-285. - Substitute systems of compensation.

With the approval of the state Insurance Commissioner, any employer may enter into an agreement with his employees to provide a system of compensation, benefit and insurance in lieu of the compensation and insurance provided by this chapter. No such substitute system shall be approved unless it confers benefits upon injured employees at least equivalent to the benefits provided by this chapter, nor shall any such substitute system be approved which contains an obligation of employees to join in it as a condition of employment unless it contains equitable provision for the withdrawal of employees from it and the distribution of its assets. If any such system requires contributions from employees, it shall not be approved unless it confers benefits in addition to those provided under this chapter at least commensurate with such contributions. The Insurance Commissioner, having given his approval of such substitute system, shall have over it all the jurisdiction given him by sections 38a-14 and 38a-17 over insurance companies. He may withdraw his approval upon reasonable notice to the employer and order a distribution of the assets, subject to the right of any party in interest to take an appeal to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.
(1949 Rev., S. 7452; 1958 Rev., S. 31-179; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 25; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 80-482, S. 203, 348; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: 1961 act entirely replaced previous provisions; P.A. 77-614 made insurance department a division within the department of business regulation with insurance commissioner as its head, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 replaced “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 80-482 reinstated insurance division as independent department with insurance commissioner as its head following abolition of department of business regulation; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 169 C. 646.
Cited. 23 CS 298.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 568 - Workers' Compensation Act › Section 31-286. - Certificate of employer's compliance.

Any employer who has complied with the provisions of section 31-285 by entering into an agreement with his employees to provide a system of compensation, benefit and insurance in lieu of the compensation and insurance provided by this chapter, which agreement has been approved by the Insurance Commissioner, or any employer who has complied with the provisions of section 31-284 by filing with the Insurance Commissioner security guaranteeing the performance of his obligation under this chapter or by insuring his full liability or by a combination of the two last-named methods approved by the Insurance Commissioner, may file, in the office of the administrative law judge who may have jurisdiction in case of injury, a certificate of the Insurance Commissioner stating that such substitute system has been approved or that such security guaranteeing the performance of the obligations of this chapter has been filed with and accepted by the Insurance Commissioner or that a combination of the methods stated in section 31-284 has been approved. Any employer who has insured his full liability may file a certificate, in the manner prescribed in section 31-348, setting forth such fact and stating the date of expiration of such insurance, which certificate shall thereupon become a part of the records of the office of such administrative law judge.
(1949 Rev., S. 7462; 1958 Rev., S. 31-182; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 42; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 204, 348; P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
History: 1961 act entirely replaced previous provisions; P.A. 77-614 made insurance department a division within the department of business regulation with commissioner as its head, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored insurance division as independent department and abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “commissioner” and “compensation commissioner” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge”, effective October 1, 2021.