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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128e. - Removal or correction of information. Employee's explanatory statement.

(a) If, upon inspection of his or her personnel file or medical records, an employee disagrees with any of the information contained in such file or records, removal or correction of such information may be agreed upon by such employee and his or her employer. If such employee and employer cannot agree upon such removal or correction then such employee may submit a written statement explaining his or her position. Such statement shall be maintained as part of such employee's personnel file or medical records and shall accompany any transmittal or disclosure from such file or records made to a third party.
(b) Each employer shall include a statement in clear and conspicuous language in any documented disciplinary action, notice of termination of such employee's employment or performance evaluation that the employee may, should the employee disagree with any of the information contained in such documented disciplinary action, notice of termination or performance evaluation, submit a written statement explaining his or her position. Such employee statement shall be maintained as part of such employee's personnel file and shall accompany any transmittal or disclosure from such file or records made to a third party.
(P.A. 79-264, S. 5, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 6, 7; P.A. 13-176, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-158 changed effective date to July 1, 1980; P.A. 13-176 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and made technical changes therein, and added Subsec. (b) requiring employer to include a statement in any disciplinary action, notice of termination or performance evaluation informing employee of his or her ability to submit a written statement explaining employee's position.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128f. - Employee's consent required for disclosure.

No individually identifiable information contained in the personnel file or medical records of any employee shall be disclosed by an employer to any person or entity not employed by or affiliated with the employer without the written authorization of such employee except where the information is limited to the verification of dates of employment and the employee's title or position and wage or salary or where the disclosure is made: (1) To a third party that maintains or prepares employment records or performs other employment-related services for the employer; (2) pursuant to a lawfully issued administrative summons or judicial order, including a search warrant or subpoena, or in response to a government audit or the investigation or defense of personnel-related complaints against the employer; (3) pursuant to a request by a law enforcement agency for an employee's home address and dates of his attendance at work; (4) in response to an apparent medical emergency or to apprise the employee's physician of a medical condition of which the employee may not be aware; (5) to comply with federal, state or local laws or regulations; or (6) where the information is disseminated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Where such authorization involves medical records the employer shall inform the concerned employee of his or his physician's right of inspection and correction, his right to withhold authorization, and the effect of any withholding of such authorization upon such employee.
(P.A. 79-264, S. 6, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 5–7.)
History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-158 made provisions specifically applicable to “individually identifiable” information, clarified that disclosure prohibition applies to persons or entities “not employed or affiliated with the employer”, expanded circumstances under which disclosure is allowed where previously disclosure was limited to cases “pursuant to a lawfully issued subpoena”, added reference to physician's right of inspection, changed wording slightly and changed effective date of P.A. 79-264 from January 1, 1981, to July 1, 1980.
Cited. 201 C. 421.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128g. - Employee's right to obtain copies.

Each employer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of a written request from an employee, provide such employee with a copy of all or part of his personnel file or provide such employee's physician with a copy of such employee's medical records, provided such request reasonably identifies the materials to be copied. Such employer may charge a fee for copying such file or records or any part of such file or records. Such fee shall be reasonably related to the cost of supplying the requested documents.
(P.A. 79-264, S. 7, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 6, 7.)
History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-158 changed effective date to July 1, 1981.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128h. - Frequency of inspection.

No employer shall be required to permit an inspection of any employee's personnel file or medical records on more than two occasions in any calendar year.
(P.A. 79-264, S. 8, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 6, 7.)
History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-158 changed effective date to July 1, 1980.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128i. - Employee's consent required for disclosure of participation in employee assistance program.

(a) No employee assistance professional, employee or state employee shall be required to disclose any information or records concerning or confirming the employee's voluntary participation in an employee assistance program sponsored or authorized by an employer or the state or any of its agencies.
(b) Except as permitted under section 31-128f, no employee assistance program, by itself or its agents or representatives, shall disclose any information or records concerning or confirming an employee's or a state employee's voluntary participation in such program without the prior written consent of the employee or state employee, except where disclosure is necessary to prevent harm to the employee or others.
(c) For purposes of this section, “state employee” means any employee in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government, whether in the classified or unclassified service and whether full or part-time and any employee of a quasi-public agency.
(P.A. 01-29; P.A. 03-187, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 03-187 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “employee assistance professional”, “employee” and “employer” and amended Subsec. (b) by adding “employee” and authorizing disclosure where necessary to prevent harm.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128j. - Labor Commissioner's subpoena powers.

In connection with any investigation by the Labor Department regarding any provision of this chapter, the Labor Commissioner or the Labor Commissioner's duly authorized agent may summon by subpoena an employer against whom a complaint under this chapter has been filed, an employee who has filed a complaint that is the subject of such investigation, any other person having custody or control of such employee's medical records or personnel file or any person whose testimony may be pertinent to the matter under investigation, together with any records or other documents of the complaining employee relevant to such investigation. Any such records or documents obtained by the Labor Department pursuant to such subpoena shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued pursuant to this section, the Superior Court, upon application of the Labor Commissioner, shall have jurisdiction to make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section.
(P.A. 04-178, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 564 - Private Employment and Information Agencies › Section 31-129. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(a) “Person” includes persons or a company, society, association, limited liability company or corporation;
(b) “Employment agency” includes the business of procuring or offering to procure work or employment for persons seeking employment, or acting as agent for procuring such work or employment where a fee or other valuable thing is exacted, charged or received for procuring or assisting to procure employment, work or a situation of any kind or for procuring or providing help for any person;
(c) “To accept or obtain employment, work or a situation” means to enter upon the duties of that employment, work or situation, with resulting remuneration for the same;
(d) “Emigrant agent” means any person who, on behalf of an employment agency and for a fee, procures or attempts to procure domestic or household employment in Connecticut for persons outside the state seeking such employment, or domestic or household employees from outside the state for employers in the state seeking the services of such employees;
(e) “Temporary help service” means any person conducting a business which consists of employing individuals directly for the purpose of furnishing part-time or temporary help to others.
(1949 Rev., S. 3781; 1959, P.A. 640, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 401, S. 1; P.A. 73-461, S. 1, 8; P.A. 89-128, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 116, 189.)
History: 1959 act extended agency definition to include seeking employees for employers and defined “to accept or obtain employment,” etc.; 1961 act defined “emigrant agent”; P.A. 73-461 made technical changes and defined “temporary help service”; P.A. 89-128 redefined “employment agency” to exclude agencies who only supply employees to employers; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
Cited. 42 CS 376.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 564 - Private Employment and Information Agencies › Section 31-131b. - Records to be kept.

(a) Every licensed person shall keep a register for at least one year in which shall be entered the date of the application for employment and the name and address of every applicant from whom a fee is received or charged, the name and address of the person by whom the applicant was employed, the wages agreed to be paid, and the amount of fee charged and received. Such licensed person shall also enter, in the same or in a separate register, the name and address of every employer from whom a fee is received or charged, the date of such employer's request or assent that applicants be furnished, the name of the one employed, the capacity in which employed, the rate of wages agreed upon, and the amount of fee received or charged.
(b) The original or duplicate original of each application for employment shall be retained by every employment agency for one year following the date on which the application is filed.
(c) A true copy of every advertisement used, together with a true copy of the job order upon which it was predicated, shall be retained by every employment agency for a period of sixty days following the date of publication of such advertisement.
(d) All such records shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the examination of the commissioner or his authorized agents.
(P.A. 73-461, S. 4, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 564 - Private Employment and Information Agencies › Section 31-131c. - Enforcement, penalties.

(a) The commissioner may cancel or suspend the license of any person when it appears to his satisfaction, upon hearing, that such person has been convicted in a state or federal court of an offense which, under the laws of the state, is a felony or of any offense involving moral turpitude, or that such person had obtained his license illegally or fraudulently or was guilty of fraud, false swearing or deception in applying for his license, or that such person has engaged in any immoral, fraudulent conduct in connection with the operation of an employment agency, or that such person has violated or is violating the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner shall not cancel the license of any person until a complaint in writing, made by a creditable person, is filed with him, specifying the ground or grounds of the complaint, and a full and fair hearing given to the licensee thereon.
(b) Upon the filing of a complaint, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing on such complaint in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, governing contested cases.
(c) Any person whose license is suspended or cancelled or against whom a fine has been levied by the commissioner may, within thirty days after the service upon him of the decision of the commissioner, appeal such decision to the Superior Court. If the person whose license has been suspended or cancelled by the commissioner or against whom a fine has been levied by the commissioner, within ten days after receiving information of such suspension, cancellation, or fine, gives notice to the commissioner in writing of his intention to appeal such decision, the action of the commissioner in suspending or cancelling such license or imposing a fine shall be suspended for a period of thirty days but, unless such appeal is filed within said time, the action of the commissioner shall be final. If an appeal from the decision of the commissioner is filed within said time, the action of the commissioner shall remain suspended until the validity of the license or fine in question is adjudicated by the court in such appeal. Any person whose license is finally cancelled according to the provisions of this section shall be prohibited from obtaining another private employment agency license for a period of five years.
(d) Any person who operates an employment agency without obtaining a license therefor shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. If it is shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner, after hearing as provided in subsection (b) of this section, that any person has violated any other provision of this chapter, the commissioner may levy a fine against such person not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars.
(P.A. 73-461, S. 6, 8; P.A. 76-436, S. 268, 681.)
History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 1978.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 564 - Private Employment and Information Agencies › Section 31-132 and 31-133. - Penalties. Excepted agencies.

Sections 31-132 and 31-133 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3784, 3785; 1959, P.A. 640, S. 4, 5; P.A. 73-461, S. 7, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 564 - Private Employment and Information Agencies › Section 31-134. - Information agencies; records inspection.

No person or corporation, nor any agent or attorney thereof, nor any association of persons or corporations, shall maintain, subscribe to, belong to or support any bureau or agency conducted for the purpose of preserving and furnishing to any member thereof or to others information descriptive of the character, skill, acts or affiliations of any person whereby his reputation, standing in a trade or ability to secure employment may be affected, unless a complete record of such information is open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the person to whom such information relates or of his authorized agent or attorney. All items of information pertaining to each person so described shall be recorded, in reasonably clear and unambiguous terms, on a single sheet or card, and all records preserved in any such bureau or agency shall be at all times open to the inspection of the Labor Commissioner. The name of the person or corporation, together with the names of the officers of any such corporation, conducting any such bureau or agency, the exact business address of such bureau or agency and the name of every subscriber thereto or member thereof shall be furnished promptly to the Labor Commissioner and by him recorded and preserved in a convenient form for public inspection. Any person or corporation, or any officer or employee of any bureau or agency subject to the provisions of this section, who violates any of said provisions shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense. Said provisions shall not apply to religious or charitable institutions maintained solely for humanitarian purposes; nor to agencies maintained solely for the purpose of vending employment and in which persons seeking such employment authorize the registration of their names and qualifications; nor to companies, agencies or associations conducted solely for the purpose of preserving records and furnishing reports of financial standing and personal or business credit; nor to the private records of employees kept by any person or corporation to be used in accordance with the provisions of section 31-51.
(1949 Rev., S. 8532.)
Statute is constitutional. 86 C. 141. Cited. 313 U.S. 184.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 565 - Employment of Persons with Disabilities › Section 31-135. - Governor's committee.

Section 31-135 is repealed.
(1957, P.A. 525, S. 1; P.A. 73-274, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 565 - Employment of Persons with Disabilities › Section 31-136. - Promotion of employment.

The Labor Commissioner shall carry on a continuing program to promote the employment of persons with disabilities by creating state-wide interest in the rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities and by obtaining and maintaining cooperation from all public and private groups in this field.
(1957, P.A. 525, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 361, S. 14; 1967, P.A. 543, S. 1; P.A. 73-616, S. 30; P.A. 77-128, S. 1; 77-614, S. 527, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 38; P.A. 17-202, S. 84.)
History: 1965 act authorized committee to employ executive secretary and clerical personnel; 1967 act authorized committee to contract with executive secretary to perform advisory, consulting and administrative services; P.A. 73-616 deleted provision added by 1967 act; P.A. 77-128 replaced President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped with President's Commission on Employment of the Handicapped; P.A. 77-614 replaced Governor's committee on the Employment of the Handicapped with commissioner of human resources and deleted provision authorizing committee to employ executive secretary and clerical personnel, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 replaced commissioner of human resources with labor commissioner; P.A. 17-202 replaced references to handicapped persons with references to persons with disabilities and deleted provision re cooperation with President's Commission on Employment of the Handicapped.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 565 - Employment of Persons with Disabilities › Section 31-137. - Receipt of gifts and donations.

The Labor Commissioner is authorized to receive any gifts, grants or donations made for any of the purposes of any program under this chapter and to disburse and administer the same in accordance with the terms thereof.
(September, 1957, P.A. 3, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 528, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-610, S. 39; P.A. 80-483, S. 93, 186.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced committee on employment of the handicapped with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 replaced commissioner of human resources with labor commissioner; P.A. 80-483 substituted “any program” for “its program”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 565 - Employment of Persons with Disabilities › Section 31-138. - National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

The Governor shall proclaim the month of October of each year to be “National Disability Employment Awareness Month” to recognize and celebrate businesses who employ individuals with disabilities and to encourage other businesses to do so to reduce the unemployment rate of individuals with disabilities.
(1957, P.A. 525, S. 3; P.A. 77-128, S. 2; P.A. 17-202, S. 85; 17-204, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-128 dropped the word “Physically” from official designation of Handicapped Week; P.A. 17-202 replaced provision re first full week in October to be “National Employ the Handicapped Week” with provision re month of October to be “National Disability Employment Awareness Month”; P.A. 17-204 replaced provision re first full week in October to be “National Employ the Handicapped Week” with provision re month of October to be “National Disability Employment Awareness Month”, and added provision re recognizing and celebrating businesses who employ individuals with disabilities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 566a - Professional Employer Organizations › Section 31-221b. - Limitations of professional employer organization and coemployment relationship.

(a) Nothing in this section or sections 31-221c to 31-221f, inclusive, or in any professional employer agreement shall:
(1) Diminish existing rights between covered employees and a client existing prior to the effective date of the professional employer agreement; or
(2) Create any new or additional enforceable right of a covered employee against a professional employer organization that is not specifically provided by the professional employer agreement or in this section or sections 31-221c to 31-221f, inclusive.
(b) (1) A covered employee who is required to be licensed, registered or certified under any provision of the general statutes shall be deemed to be solely an employee of the client for purposes of any such license, registration or certification requirement.
(2) A professional employer organization or professional employer organization group shall not be deemed to engage in any occupation, trade, profession or other activity that is subject to licensing, registration or certification requirements or is otherwise regulated by a governmental entity solely by entering into and maintaining a coemployment relationship.
(c) For purposes of determination of tax credits and other economic incentives provided by this state or other governmental entity and based on employment, covered employees of the client shall be deemed employees solely of the client.
(d) A client company's status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged or woman-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business shall not be affected by the client company entering into an agreement with a professional employer organization or using the services of a professional employer organization.
(P.A. 08-105, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 08-105 effective January 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 566a - Professional Employer Organizations › Section 31-221d. - Working capital or equivalent requirement.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section or section 31-221c, each professional employer organization or, collectively, each professional employer organization group shall:
(1) Maintain a minimum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars in working capital, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles, as reflected in the financial statements submitted to the department with the initial registration and each annual renewal. A professional employer organization or professional employer organization group with less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars in working capital at renewal shall have one hundred eighty days to eliminate the deficiency. During such one hundred eighty days, the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group shall submit quarterly financial statements to the department accompanied by the attestation of the chief executive officer that all wages, taxes, workers' compensation premiums and employee benefits have been paid by the professional employer organization or members of the professional employer organization group; or
(2) Provide a bond, irrevocable letter of credit or securities with a minimum market value of one hundred fifty thousand dollars to the department. Such bond shall be held by a depository designated by the commissioner securing payment by the professional employer organization of all taxes, wages, benefits or other entitlement due to or with respect to covered employees, if the professional employer organization does not make such payments when due.
(b) The commissioner may accept an affidavit or certification of a bonded, independent and qualified assurance organization approved by the commissioner to certify qualifications of a professional employer organization in lieu of the requirements of this section.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to a professional employer organization that has been issued a limited registration under subsection (e) of section 31-221c.
(P.A. 08-105, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 08-105 effective January 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 566a - Professional Employer Organizations › Section 31-221e. - Professional employer agreements: Requirements. Liabilities.

(a) Except as specifically provided in sections 31-221b to 31-221f, inclusive, the allocation of rights, duties and obligations of a professional employer organization and a client shall be determined by the professional employer agreement.
(b) Each professional employer agreement shall:
(1) Provide for the (A) allocation of employer rights and obligations between the clients and the professional employer organization with respect to the covered employees, and (B) professional employer organization and the client to assume the responsibilities required by sections 31-221b to 31-221f, inclusive; and
(2) Require the professional employer organization (A) to pay wages to covered employees, (B) to withhold, collect, report and remit payroll-related and unemployment taxes, and (C) to the extent the professional employer organization has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement, to make payment for employee benefits for covered employees.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in the applicable professional employer agreement:
(1) A client shall be solely responsible for the quality, adequacy or safety of the goods or services produced or sold in the client's business;
(2) A client shall be solely responsible for directing, supervising, training and controlling the work of covered employees with respect to the business activities of the client and solely responsible for the acts, errors or omissions of covered employees with regard to such activities;
(3) A client shall not be liable for the acts, errors or omissions of a professional employer organization or of any covered employee of the client when such covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the professional employer organization;
(4) A professional employer organization shall not be liable for the acts, errors or omissions of a client or of any covered employee of the client when such covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the client; and
(5) A covered employee is not, solely as the result of being a covered employee of a professional employer organization, an employee of the professional employer organization for purposes of general liability insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, employer's liability which is not covered by workers' compensation and employer's liability insurance carried by the professional employer organization unless the covered employee is included by specific reference in the professional employer agreement and applicable prearranged employment contract, insurance contract or bond.
(P.A. 08-105, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 08-105 effective January 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 566a - Professional Employer Organizations › Section 31-221g. - Additional protections.

Nothing in sections 31-221a to 31-221f, inclusive, shall operate to eliminate or diminish an employee protection or employer responsibility provided by this title or any regulation or policy adopted by the Labor Department pursuant thereto, or the Labor Department's ability to enforce those provisions.
(P.A. 08-105, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 08-105 effective July 1, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 566a - Professional Employer Organizations › Section 31-221h. - Commissioner's duties re professional employer organizations. Regulations.

On or before July 1, 2009, the commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement and administer sections 31-221a to 31-221g, inclusive, which shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Establishing guidelines for the electronic filing of applications, documents, reports and other filings by a bonded, independent and qualified assurance organization approved by the commissioner which may satisfy the filing requirements of sections 31-221c and 31-221d;
(2) Establishing criteria for notice and written summaries to covered employees of the professional employer organization arrangement;
(3) Requiring specific notice as to whether all or only a part of a client's employees are covered employees; and
(4) Requiring notice of who is the controlling entity of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization group.
(P.A. 08-105, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 08-105 effective June 2, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-223a. - Employers not subject to chapter. Notification to employees.

Any employer that is not subject to the provisions of this chapter and has not accepted voluntary liability under this chapter in accordance with subsection (b) of section 31-223 or subsection (g) of section 31-225 shall notify, in writing: (1) Not later than July 1, 2006, any individual employed by such employer as of April 21, 2006, and (2) any prospective employee that such employer is not subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 06-3, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-3 effective April 21, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-225b to 31-226. - Compensable separation charge, compensable period; rehire credits. Exception re date of filing application. Account not charged if claimant employed at that time; notice required. Employer's account not charged during employee's disqualification period; application, notice, appeal. Pooling of benefits not charged; exception. Quarterly reports of wage information. Merit rating indexes.

Sections 31-225b to 31-226, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7498; 1949, 1953, 1955, S. 3066d; 1953, S. 3067d; 1953, 1955, S. 3065d; 1957, P.A. 464, S. 3; 596, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 790, S. 6, 7; October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 835, S. 10; P.A. 73-53; 73-289, S. 7, 10; 73-536, S. 5, 8–12; P.A. 74-229, S. 9–12, 22; 74-338, S. 68, 94; P.A. 75-525, S. 4–6, 13; 75-567, S. 66, 80; P.A. 76-90; 76-259, S. 2, 3; P.A. 78-368, S. 10, 11; P.A. 81-5, S. 7; 81-12, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-226a. - Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action.

(a) No employer shall discharge, discipline, penalize or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed a claim or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by this chapter.
(b) Any employee who believes that such employee has been discharged, disciplined, penalized or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of this section may file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Upon receipt of any such complaint, the commissioner shall hold a hearing. After the hearing, the commissioner shall send each party a written copy of the commissioner's decision. The commissioner may award the employee all appropriate relief including rehiring or reinstatement to such employee's previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee benefits to which such employee otherwise would have been eligible if such employee had not been discharged, disciplined, penalized or discriminated against. Any employee who prevails in such a complaint shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(c) The commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the Superior Court for injunctive relief requiring compliance with any award, decision or judgment issued by the commissioner under this section.
(P.A. 88-169; 88-364, S. 106, 123; P.A. 01-147, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-364 made technical change; P.A. 01-147 made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) permitting commissioner to request Attorney General to bring action for injunctive relief requiring compliance with award, decision or judgment of commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-228. - Benefit for total unemployment.

An eligible individual who is totally unemployed throughout a week, which shall be, at the discretion of the administrator, either a calendar week or a payroll week of seven consecutive days as determined by the administrator, shall be paid, with respect to such week, an amount equal to his total unemployment benefit rate for the benefit year during which such week of unemployment occurs. An individual shall be deemed to be totally unemployed throughout a week if he has performed during that week no services for which remuneration of any nature is payable, except service performed in the employ of any town, city or other political subdivision, which service is performed in lieu of payment of any delinquent tax payable to such town, city or other political subdivision and for which no other remuneration is payable and has not engaged in any self-employment.
(1949 Rev., S. 7501; P.A. 78-307, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 78-307 added exception for service performed in employ of towns, cities, etc. in lieu of payment of delinquent tax.
Cited. 136 C. 485. Plaintiff held unemployed during period of shutdown beyond one-week vacation to which he was entitled. 138 C. 253. Cited. 161 C. 362; 175 C. 269. Section contemplates an employer-employee relationship; in order to be considered “totally unemployed”, one must first be “unemployed”. 245 C. 744.
Section does not apply to holiday pay. 15 CS 501.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-231. - Total unemployment benefit rate.

Section 31-231 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7504; 1953, 1955, S. 3069d; 1957, P.A. 464, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 680, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 550, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 790, S. 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-231b. - Maximum limitation on total benefits.

Except as provided in sections 31-232b to 31-232k, inclusive, no individual shall receive benefits for unemployment occurring during his or her benefit year commencing after September 30, 1967, in excess of twenty-six times his or her total unemployment benefit rate.
(1967, P.A. 790, S. 10; October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 10; P.A. 77-426, S. 9, 19; P.A. 81-17, S. 3, 9; P.A. 16-169, S. 25.)
History: 1970 act added reference to Secs. 31-232b to 31-232j; P.A. 77-426 deleted provision prohibiting receipt of benefits exceeding 75% of total earnings in base period of benefit year, including dependency allowances; P.A. 81-17 included Sec. 31-232k within the exception to the terms of this section; P.A. 16-169 deleted reference to Sec. 31-232a and made technical changes, effective June 6, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232. - Maximum limitation on total benefits.

Section 31-232 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7505; 1949, S. 1329b; 1953, 1955, S. 3070d; 1957, P.A. 464, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 680, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 550, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 790, S. 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232a. - Additional benefits payable during periods of substantial unemployment.

Section 31-232a is repealed, effective June 6, 2016.
(1959, P.A. 680, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 589; 1967, P.A. 790, S. 11; 1969, P.A. 510; October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 11; 1971, P.A. 835, S. 13; P.A. 76-414, S. 1; P.A. 82-361, S. 2, 10; P.A. 16-169, S. 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232c. - Applicability of chapter.

Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of subsection (d) of section 31-222 and sections 31-231b, 31-232b to 31-232k, inclusive, subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 31-236 and section 31-250, as provided in the regulations of the administrator, the provisions of this chapter, which apply to claims for, or the payment of, regular benefits, including benefits for partial unemployment, shall apply to claims for, and the payment of, extended benefits.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 2; P.A. 75-525, S. 9, 13; P.A. 81-17, S. 4, 9; P.A. 16-169, S. 27; P.A. 22-37, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 75-525 added reference to Sec. 31-222(d) and deleted reference to Sec. 31-226(g); P.A. 81-17 included Sec. 31-232k within the exception to the terms of this section; (Revisor's note: In 1991 the reference to “31-236(8)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to read “31-236(a)(8)”); P.A. 16-169 deleted reference to Sec. 31-232a, effective June 6, 2016; P.A. 22-37 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232d. - Eligibility conditions.

An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period only if the administrator finds that with respect to such week: (1) He is an “exhaustee”, as defined in subdivision (12) of subsection (a) of section 31-232b; (2) he has satisfied the requirements of this chapter, for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits, except where such requirements are inconsistent with the requirements of subdivisions (3) and (4) of this section; (3) he has been paid wages, by an employer subject to the provisions of this chapter, during the base period of his applicable benefit year (A) in an amount equal to at least one and one-half times the wages paid during that quarter of the base period of his applicable benefit year in which such wages were highest, (B) in an amount equal to at least forty times his most recent weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, or (C) for twenty different weeks; and (4) he has not been found ineligible for failure to apply for or accept suitable work or for failure to actively seek work, as provided in section 31-232l.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 3; P.A. 82-361, S. 3, 10; P.A. 93-243, S. 13, 15; P.A. 11-87, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 82-361 required that, for an individual to be eligible for extended benefits, his base period earnings equal at least one and one-half times the highest quarter's earnings in his base period and that he has actively sought work as required in Sec. 31-232
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, effective September 26, 1982; P.A. 93-243 added Subsec. (c)(2) and (3) to expand eligibility for extended benefits, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 11-87 made technical changes, effective July 8, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232e. - Weekly extended benefit amount.

The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a week of total unemployment in his eligibility period shall be an amount equal to the weekly basic or augmented benefit amount, whichever is appropriate, payable to him during his applicable benefit year. For any individual who was paid benefits during the applicable benefit year in accordance with more than one weekly basic or augmented benefit amount, whichever is appropriate, the weekly extended benefit amount shall be the average of such weekly basic or augmented benefit amounts, whichever are appropriate.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232f. - Total extended benefit amount.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts: (1) Fifty per cent of the total amount of regular benefits, including dependents' allowances, which were payable to him under this chapter, in his applicable benefit year; and (2) thirteen times his average weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, which was payable to him under this chapter, for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.
(b) With respect to weeks of unemployment which begin in a high unemployment period, as defined in subdivision (14) of subsection (a) of section 31-232b, the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts: (1) Eighty per cent of the total amount of regular benefits, including dependents' allowances, which were payable to him under this chapter, in his applicable benefit year; and (2) twenty times his average weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, which was payable to him under this chapter, for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the benefit year of any individual ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended benefits that such individual would be entitled to receive in that extended benefit period, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of the benefit year, shall be reduced by the product of the number of weeks for which the individual received any amounts as trade readjustment allowances under the Trade Act of 1974 within that benefit year, multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit amount for extended benefits.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 5; P.A. 82-361, S. 5; P.A. 93-243, S. 14, 15; P.A. 11-87, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 82-361 added Subsec. (b) to limit an individual's combined trade adjustment assistance and unemployment compensation to a maximum of 52 weeks; P.A. 93-243 inserted new Subsec. (b) increasing the total extended benefit amount for eligible individuals who become unemployed during a high unemployment period and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 11-87 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 8, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232g. - Public announcements and computations by administrator.

(a) Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective or is to be terminated in this state, the administrator shall make an appropriate public announcement.
(b) Computations required by the provisions of subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 31-232b shall be made by the administrator, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the United States Secretary of Labor.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 6; P.A. 82-361, S. 4, 10; P.A. 11-87, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 82-361 removed all references to “on” and “off” indicators in keeping with amendments to Sec. 31-232b made by the act, effective September 26, 1982; P.A. 11-87 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 8, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232h. - Additional benefits payable, when.

No individual shall receive both extended benefits and additional benefits during or in respect to the same week. An individual may become eligible to receive additional benefits under section 31-232a with respect to a week of unemployment only if he is not eligible to receive extended benefits under subsection (d) of section 31-222 and sections 31-231b, 31-232b to 31-232k, inclusive, subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 31-236 and section 31-250 with respect to such week.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 7; P.A. 75-525, S. 10, 13; P.A. 81-17, S. 5, 9; P.A. 16-169, S. 28; P.A. 22-37, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 75-525 added reference to Sec. 31-222(d) and deleted reference to Sec. 31-226(g); P.A. 81-17 provided that an individual may be denied additional benefits if he is eligible to receive extended benefits under the terms of Sec. 31-232k; (Revisor's note: In 1991 the reference to “31-236(8)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to read “31-236(a)(8)”); P.A. 16-169 deleted reference to Sec. 31-232a, effective June 6, 2016; P.A. 22-37 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232i. - Administrator's duties with respect to federal act.

In the administration of the provisions of subsection (d) of section 31-222 and sections 31-231b, 31-232b to 31-232k, inclusive, subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 31-236 and section 31-250, which are enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the administrator shall take such action as may be necessary (1) to ensure that the provisions are so interpreted and applied as to meet the requirements of such federal act as interpreted by the United States Department of Labor, and (2) to secure to this state the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid under said sections that are reimbursable under the federal act.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 8; P.A. 75-525, S. 11, 13; P.A. 81-17, S. 6, 9; P.A. 16-169, S. 29; P.A. 22-37, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 75-525 added reference to Sec. 31-222(d) and deleted reference to Sec. 31-226(g); P.A. 81-17 added reference to Sec. 31-232k; (Revisor's note: In 1991 the reference to “31-236(8)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to read “31-236(a)(8)”); P.A. 16-169 deleted reference to Sec. 31-232a, effective June 6, 2016; P.A. 22-37 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232j. - Extended benefits payable from Unemployment Compensation Fund.

Benefits payable under sections 31-232b to 31-232h, inclusive, and section 31-232k shall be payable out of the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 14; P.A. 81-17, S. 7, 9.)
History: P.A. 81-17 added reference to benefits under Sec. 31-232k.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation › Section 31-232k. - Interstate claims for extended benefits.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual shall not be eligible for extended benefits for any week if (1) extended benefits are payable for such week pursuant to an interstate claim filed in any state under the interstate benefit payment plan, and (2) no extended benefit period is in effect for such week in such state.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect to the first two weeks for which extended benefits are payable pursuant to an interstate claim filed under the interstate benefit payment plan to the individual with respect to the benefit year.
(P.A. 81-17, S. 1, 9.)