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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 559 - Labor Organizations › Section 31-77. - Annual reports.

As used in this section, “labor organization” means any organization or association or any agency or employee representation committee or plan which exists for the purpose, in whole or part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or conditions of work, or any federation or council located in this state representing any group of such labor organizations. Except for labor organizations subject to the provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-267), each labor organization functioning in the state and having twenty-five or more members in any calendar or fiscal year shall, annually, within three months after the end of the calendar or fiscal year used as the basis for such report, file with the Labor Commissioner and make available to its membership a written report either in the form required by Public Law 86-267 or the Internal Revenue Code. Such report shall be filed and transmitted by the treasurer or other chief financial officer of such labor organization and shall be verified by the oath of the treasurer or other chief financial officer filing such report and copies of such report shall be furnished to individual members at the regular or special meeting of the labor organization at which such report is presented and shall be available during the year following the year covered by the report at the labor organization's office during regular business hours and upon request of any member. Reports under the provisions of this section shall not be open to public inspection except that any person may examine the report of any labor organization of which he is a member, and except that the state may audit any such report so filed at the written request of any member and shall transmit to any such member and the labor organization which submitted the report the results of any such audit. The treasurer or other chief financial officer of any labor organization or any other individual charged with the filing of such reports who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit to the state twenty-five dollars for each such failure. The Labor Commissioner may destroy any report filed under the provisions of this section after such report has been on file two years.
(1957, P.A. 628, S. 1, 2, 3; 1959, P.A. 507; 1961, P.A. 258; 1971, P.A. 77; P.A. 88-364, S. 47, 123.)
History: 1959 act changed time for filing report and content requirement; 1961 act added exception to filing requirement for labor organizations subject to provisions of Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, changed reference from Taft-Hartley Act to Public Act 86-267, and specified that provisions re examination and audit of reports apply to reports of labor organizations for clarity; 1971 act required that reports be filed with labor commissioner rather than with secretary of the state and accordingly transferred power to destroy reports from the secretary to the commissioner; P.A. 88-364 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 559 - Labor Organizations › Section 31-78 to 31-89. - Employee welfare funds, generally. Examination of affairs of fund, generally. Annual statements. Insurers to file schedules with commissioner. Waiver of provisions for out-of-state funds. Prohibition of compensation for placing insurance. Actions against trustees, employers, labor organizations for violations. Appeal. Definitions.

Sections 31-78 to 31-89, inclusive, are repealed.
(1957, P.A. 594, S. 1–12; 1961, P.A. 143; 354; 1963, P.A. 262; 1967, P.A. 732.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 559 - Labor Organizations › Section 31-89a. - Civil action to collect past due payments to funds. Penalty.

Section 31-89a is repealed, effective October 1, 2012.
(1961, P.A. 218; 1967, P.A. 797; P.A. 80-296; P.A. 10-47, S. 3; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 559 - Labor Organizations › Section 31-89b. - Allocation of electricians' union pension fund contributions.

(a) Whenever any contribution is made by an employer to a pension fund for the benefit of a member of a labor union of licensed electricians and apprentices as defined in section 20-330, the contribution made on behalf of such individual member shall be transmitted to the pension fund of the local union of which he is a member.
(b) Any funds held by a local electrical union pension fund either directly or indirectly under its control, which were contributed after June 1, 1963, on behalf of a member of another local electrical union, shall be transmitted to the pension fund of the local electrical union, of which the person on behalf of whom the contribution was made was a member at the time such contribution was made.
(c) Any such local electrical union which, within ninety days from July 1, 1969, fails to remit such contributions, received prior to such date, which are required to be remitted under this section, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each day, after such period, during which it fails to remit such funds.
(d) Any such local electrical union which fails, within sixty days of their receipt, to remit such contributions, received after July 1, 1969, which are required by this section to be remitted shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each day, after such period, during which it fails to remit such funds.
(1969, P.A. 621, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 559 - Labor Organizations › Section 31-90. - Attempt to prevent laborers joining labor organizations.

Any person, and any agent or officer of any corporation, who coerces or compels, or attempts to coerce or compel, any laborer, mechanic or other employee in the employ of such person or corporation to agree that, as a condition of retaining his position as such employee, he will not join any labor organization, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8530.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 559 - Labor Organizations › Section 31-90a. - Balloting in labor organization elections.

In any election held by a local labor organization for the purpose of election of officers, election of trustees or ratification of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, voting shall be by secret ballot at the request of any member in good standing of such local labor organization.
(P.A. 79-444.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-91. - Membership of board; appointment; officers.

There shall be, in the Labor Department, a Board of Mediation and Arbitration, consisting of two panels of three members each. One member of each panel of said board shall represent employers of labor, one shall represent employees and one shall represent the public in general. No such public member shall have been the representative of any employer or employee in a labor dispute during the five years immediately preceding the year of his appointment. One of the public members of said board shall be the chairman. Each member representing employees shall be a member of a bona fide labor organization, which may be either a national or an independent organization, but said two board members shall not be members of the same labor organization. On or before July fifteenth in the odd-numbered years, the Governor shall appoint two members of said board to succeed the members whose terms expire. The term of office for the members of said board shall be six years. The members so appointed shall have power to complete any matter pending at the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. The board shall choose a public member as deputy chairman to serve in case of the death, removal, incapacity or absence of the chairman. Any vacancy in the membership of said board shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term. Any member of the board may be removed by the Governor for cause or for the good of the service, but only after notice and public hearing upon charges preferred and subject to the right of appeal to the Superior Court. A vacancy in the membership for any cause shall be filled by the Governor within thirty days of the date of its occurrence.
(1949 Rev., S. 7379; 1949, S. 3022d; 1957, P.A. 427, S. 1; P.A. 75-230; P.A. 85-62, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 75-230 prohibited public members from serving on board if they have represented employers or employees in a labor dispute within five years preceding their appointment; P.A. 85-62 provided that any member shall have the authority to continue any matter pending at the time his term expires.
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.
Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613.
Cited. 9 CA 260.
Cited. 40 CS 365.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-92. - Alternate members.

Whenever conditions warrant, the Labor Commissioner or the chairman of the board shall request the Governor to appoint, and the governor shall have authority to appoint, one or more alternate members to the Board of Mediation and Arbitration in such numbers as may be necessary, in order that said board may render efficient service to employers and their employees whenever grievances or disputes arise. An alternate member may be so appointed for a period of up to one year or until a replacement is appointed. Alternate members so appointed shall have power to complete any matter pending at the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. Alternate labor members shall be members of a bona fide national or independent labor organization. Alternate members of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration shall serve at any time when so delegated by the board and while so serving shall have all the powers of members of the board. Whenever an alternate member serves in place of a member of the board, he shall represent the same interest as the member in whose place he serves. Said board may, at its option, require alternate members to sit with it in the fulfillment of any function of the board.
(1949, 1951, S. 3023d; 1957, P.A. 427, S. 2; P.A. 77-91, S. 1; P.A. 88-3.)
History: P.A. 77-91 changed period of service of appointed alternates from maximum of six months to maximum of one year; P.A. 88-3 authorized an appointed alternate to serve for up to one year or until a replacement is appointed, where previously one year was the maximum time allowed.
Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613.
Cited. 9 CA 260.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-92a. - Oaths for members.

(a) Each public member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration, including alternates, shall be sworn once at the beginning of such member's term of office (1) to support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the state of Connecticut, as long as such member continues to be a citizen thereof, (2) to faithfully discharge, according to law, the duties of the office of member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration for the state of Connecticut to the best of such member's abilities, (3) to hear and examine all matters in controversy which come before such member during such member's term faithfully and fairly, and (4) to make a just award according to the best of such member's understanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 52-414, the taking of this oath shall cover all matters heard during the term and the completion of any matter pending at the expiration of such term.
(b) Each member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration representing the interests of employees or employers, including alternate members, shall be sworn once at the beginning of such member's term of office (1) to support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the state of Connecticut, as long as such member continues to be a citizen thereof, (2) to faithfully discharge, according to law, the duties of the office of member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration for the state of Connecticut to the best of such member's abilities, (3) to represent the interests of employees or employers respectively in hearing and examining all matters in controversy, and (4) to make a just award according to the best of such member's understanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 52-414, the taking of this oath shall cover all matters heard during the term and the completion of any matter pending at the expiration of such term.
(P.A. 85-62, S. 1; P.A. 06-196, S. 263.)
History: P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-93. - Panel or single member to arbitrate. Membership of panel.

In the performance of the duties of conciliation, mediation or arbitration, the board shall be represented by a panel of three of its members, except that, in arbitration, a single public member of the board may arbitrate instead of a panel by joint agreement of the parties involved, and in such event such member shall have all the powers of a panel. In each case, the employee or his representative appearing before said board shall be permitted to designate the labor member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration who shall serve and the employer or his representative appearing before said board may designate the employer member of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration who shall serve. The chairman of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration shall serve as the member representing the public; if he is unable to serve, the deputy chairman shall serve in his stead. Whenever members are unable to serve, alternate members may be delegated to serve in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(1949, S. 3024d; 1961, P.A. 141.)
History: 1961 act added exception re arbitration by single board member rather than by panel.
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.
Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613.
Cited. 9 CA 260.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-94. - Compensation of members and alternates.

Section 31-94 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7382; 1949, S. 3027d; 1957, P.A. 426, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 870, S. 1; P.A. 79-610, S. 36; P.A. 82-91, S. 37, 38.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-95. - Powers of board. Subpoena.

Said board, or any member thereof, may enter any establishment in which a strike or lockout exists in order to examine payrolls and other records and to inspect conditions affecting the relations between employees and employers. Said board, or any member thereof, may summon, by subpoena, employers, employees or any other persons whose testimony may be pertinent to the matters before said board, together with any records or other documents relating to such strike or lockout. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the Superior Court, upon application by the board, shall have jurisdiction to order such person to appear before the board to produce evidence or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question, and any failure to obey such order may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents or other evidence in obedience to the subpoena of the board, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. In case of a dispute which has not reached the stage of a strike or lockout, said board, upon the request of either party to the dispute, is authorized to exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as in case of a strike or lockout. Said board, or any member thereof, shall have the power to take testimony under oath and to administer oaths.
(1949 Rev., S. 7381; 1949, S. 3026d.)
Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613; 200 C. 91.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-96. - Appointment and testimonial privilege of mediators. Duties of Labor Commissioner.

The Labor Commissioner, with the advice and approval of said board, shall appoint at least five mediators to act for it in making investigations and adjusting labor disputes. Each such mediator shall, with the approval of said board, expressly granted in each case in which he is required to function, have all the powers of a member of said board to enter establishments, to examine payrolls or other records, to issue subpoenas and to administer oaths. In any civil or criminal case, any preliminary proceeding to such case, or any legislative or administrative proceeding, any person acting as a mediator under this chapter shall not disclose any confidential communication made to him in the course of his mediation duties unless the party making such communication waives such privilege. Said commissioner shall assign such stenographic and other clerical assistants to said board as may be necessary in the performance of its duties. All records of hearings and other proceedings of said board shall be kept on file in the Labor Department.
(1949 Rev., S. 7383; 1959, P.A. 149; 1969, P.A. 610; P.A. 81-15.)
History: 1959 act substituted “mediator” for “investigator”; 1969 act substituted “labor” disputes for “industrial” disputes and required appointment of at least five mediators rather than one as previously; P.A. 81-15 afforded mediators a testimonial privilege in order to prevent disclosure of confidential communications made by parties to the mediator, unless the right is waived by the affected party.
Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-97. - Submission of grievance or dispute; procedure. Claim of nonarbitrability of issue.

(a) Whenever a grievance or dispute arises between an employer and his employees, the parties may submit the grievance or dispute directly to said board and notify said board or its clerk in writing and upon payment by each party of a filing fee of two hundred dollars. Whenever a single public member of the board is chosen to arbitrate a grievance or dispute, as provided in section 31-93, the parties shall each be refunded the filing fee. Whenever such notification is given, a panel of said board, as directed by its chairman, shall proceed with as little delay as possible to the locality of such grievance or dispute and inquire into the causes thereof. The parties shall thereupon submit to said panel in writing, succinctly, clearly and in detail, their grievances and complaints and the causes thereof, and severally promise and agree to continue in business or at work without a strike or lockout until the decision of the panel is rendered; but such agreement shall not be binding unless such decision is rendered within ten days after the completion of the investigation. The panel shall fully investigate and inquire into the matters in controversy, take testimony under oath in relation thereto and may administer oaths and issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books and papers.
(b) No panel of said board may consider any claim that one or more of the issues before the panel are improper subjects for arbitration unless the party making such claim has notified the opposing party and the chairman of the panel of such claim, in writing, at least ten days prior to the date of hearing, except that the panel may consider such claim if it determines there was reasonable cause for the failure of such party to comply with said notice requirement.
(1949 Rev., S. 7384; 1949, S. 3028d; P.A. 79-610, S. 37; P.A. 80-447; P.A. 82-91, S. 32, 38; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 179.)
History: P.A. 79-610 imposed $25 filing fee payable by each party; P.A. 80-447 added Subsec. (b) re claims that issues are improper subjects for arbitration; P.A. 82-91 required that whenever a single public member is chosen to arbitrate, the parties will be refunded the filing fee; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase filing fee from $25 to $200 and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2016.
Applies as against general provision of Sec. 52-416. 136 C. 205. Cited. 145 C. 53; 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613; 200 C. 91; 206 C. 465.
Cited. 9 CA 260.
Cited. 31 CS 88.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-97a. - Failure to prosecute grievances or disputes.

Section 31-97a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 94-226, S. 1, 2; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-99. - Duty of board in case of a strike or lockout.

Whenever a strike or lockout occurs or is seriously threatened and it comes to the knowledge of the board, a panel of said board, as directed by its chairman, shall proceed as soon as practicable to the locality of such strike or lockout, put itself in communication with the parties of the controversy and endeavor by mediation to effect a settlement of such strike or lockout; and may inquire into the causes of the controversy and may subpoena witnesses and send for persons and papers.
(1949 Rev., S. 7386; 1949, S. 3030d.)
Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613; 200 C. 91.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration › Section 31-100. - Annual report. Confidential information.

Said board shall, as provided in section 4-60, make a report to the Governor and shall include therein statements of such facts and explanations as will disclose the actual doings of the board and such suggestions as to legislation as seem to it conducive to harmony in the relations between employers and employees. The board shall hold confidential all information submitted to it by any party to a labor dispute and shall not reveal such information unless specifically authorized to do so by such party.
(1949 Rev., S. 7387; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 75-32.)
History: P.A. 75-32 substituted “labor dispute” for “industrial dispute”.
Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 613. Section exempts grievance arbitration proceedings from open meetings requirements of Freedom of Information Act. 244 C. 487.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 561 - Labor Relations Act › Section 31-104. - Rights of employees.

Employees shall have the right of self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choice and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, free from actual interference, restraint or coercion by employers.
(1949 Rev., S. 7391.)
Cited. 138 C. 277. Guarantees to employees right of self-organization free from coercion by employers. 139 C. 95. Cited. 142 C. 497. Allows employees to decide whether to join a labor organization, except where there is a valid closed or union shop agreement. 146 C. 93. Cited. 226 C. 475.
Cited. 14 CS 72; 17 CS 203; 22 CS 136.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 561 - Labor Relations Act › Section 31-107a. - Application for transcript. Costs.

Any party who wishes to have a transcript of the proceedings before the labor relations board shall apply therefor. The parties may agree on the sharing of the costs of the transcript but, in the absence of such agreement, the costs shall be paid by the requesting party.
(P.A. 73-120, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 561 - Labor Relations Act › Section 31-108. - Oaths. Subpoenas. Service of process.

For the purpose of hearings before the board, the board shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the Superior Court, upon application by the board, shall have jurisdiction to order such person to appear before the board to produce evidence or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question, and any failure to obey such order may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents or other evidence in obedience to the subpoena of the board, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Complaints, orders and other processes and papers of the board or the agent may be served personally, by registered or certified mail, by telegraph or by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office or place of business of the person required to be served. The verified return of service shall be proof of such service. Witnesses summoned before the board or the agent shall be paid the same fees and mileage allowances that are paid witnesses in the courts of this state, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the person taking the same shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts of this state. All processes of any court to which an application or petition may be made under this chapter may be served in the judicial district wherein the person or persons required to be served reside or may be found.
(1949 Rev., S. 7396; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”.
See Sec. 52-260 re witness fees.
Cited. 234 C. 704.
Cited. 33 CS 205.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 561 - Labor Relations Act › Section 31-110. - Records and proceedings to be public.

Subject to regulations to be made by the board, the complaints, orders and testimony relating to a proceeding instituted under section 31-107 may be available for inspection or copying. All proceedings pursuant to said section shall be open to the public.
(1949 Rev., S. 7397.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 561 - Labor Relations Act › Section 31-111. - Penalty.

Any person who wilfully resists, prevents or interferes with any member of the board or the agent in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter, or who interferes with the free exercise by employees of the right to select representatives in an election directed by the board pursuant to section 31-106, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 7399.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 561 - Labor Relations Act › Section 31-111a. - Strike, work stoppage or lockout of hospital employees prohibited.

No employees of an employer licensed by the Department of Public Health under section 19a-490, or their representatives, or any other persons shall engage in or induce or encourage, or attempt to engage in or induce or encourage, any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of goods or services by such employees or other persons at the institution where they are employed, provided nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit publicity, other than picketing, for the purpose of truthfully advising the public that a grievance or dispute, as defined by section 31-111b, exists at such employer's premise, as long as such publicity does not have the effect of inducing any persons to withhold goods or services at such employer's premise. No employer licensed by the Department of Public Health under said section 19a-490 shall institute, declare or cause, or attempt to institute, declare or cause, any lockout of the employees of such employer's premise.
(1967, P.A. 497, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-112. - Injunctions. Definitions.

When used in this chapter, except sections 31-120 and 31-121:
(a) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, craft or occupation, or have direct or indirect interests therein, or who are employees of the same employer, or who are members of the same or an affiliated organization of employers or employees, whether such dispute is (1) between one or more employers or associations of employers and one or more employees or associations of employees, (2) between one or more employers or associations of employers and one or more employers or associations of employers, or (3) between one or more employees or associations of employees and one or more employees or associations of employees, or when the case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a labor dispute of persons participating or interested therein;
(b) A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it, and if he or it is engaged in the same industry, trade, craft or occupation in which such dispute occurs, or has a direct or indirect interest therein, or is a member, officer or agent of any association composed in whole or in part of employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft or occupation;
(c) The term “labor dispute” includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment or concerning employment relations, or any controversy arising out of the respective interest of employer and employee, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee.
(1949 Rev., S. 7408.)
Cited. 148 C. 568; 164 C. 446; 183 C. 235; 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371; 201 C. 685; 213 C. 807.
Cited. 34 CS 157.
Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 378.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-113. - Jurisdiction.

No court shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute to prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts: (a) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment; (b) becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization; (c) paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance, or other moneys or things of value; (d) by all lawful means aiding any person participating or interested in any labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the United States or of any state; (e) giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking or patrolling or by any other lawful method; (f) assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute; (g) advising or notifying any person of an intention to do any of the acts hereinbefore specified; (h) agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts hereinbefore specified; and (i) advising or urging or otherwise causing or inducing by any lawful method the acts hereinbefore specified.
(1949 Rev., S. 7409.)
Court may not enjoin peaceful picketing in labor dispute. 127 C. 421. Cited. 134 C. 627; 147 C. 608; 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.
Cited. 9 CS 154; 13 CS 47. When picketing is unlawful. 14 CS 22. Interference with ingress and egress from plant not peaceful picketing. 18 CS 75. Section does not deny courts power to hear and determine injunction actions but only limits them in exercise of that power. 27 CS 156. Cited. 42 CS 227.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-114. - Responsibility for unlawful acts.

No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members or agents, except upon proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts, or ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 7410.)
Mere fact that persons committing the unlawful acts are acting within the scope of their general authority is not enough; it must appear that authority to do the particular acts charged, or acts generally of that type or quality, was expressly granted or necessarily followed from a granted authority. 150 C. 266. Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371; 203 C. 624.
Cited. 42 CS 336.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-116. - Finding of facts required.

No restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except on the basis of a finding of facts made and filed by the court in the record of the case prior to the issuance of such restraining order or injunction, and each restraining order or injunction granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute shall include only a prohibition of such specific act or acts as are expressly complained of in the complaint or petition filed in such case and as are expressly included in the findings of fact made and filed by the court as provided herein.
(1949 Rev., S. 7412.)
Cited. 145 C. 77; 146 C. 93. Where temporary injunction was issued, ex parte, without notice, full hearing and finding of facts, plaintiffs were wrongfully enjoined. 148 C. 568. Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-117. - Submission to arbitration.

No temporary injunction shall be made permanent unless the plaintiff alleges and proves that he has notified the labor commissioner in writing of his willingness to submit such labor dispute to arbitration or mediation.
(1949 Rev., S. 7413.)
Cited. 147 C. 608; 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.
Cited. 19 CS 403. Plaintiff employer is entitled to measure of protection from unlawful picketing prior to any submission to conciliatory efforts of commissioner. 34 CS 157.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-118. - Appeal.

When any court or a judge thereof issues or denies a temporary injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute and either party is aggrieved by the decision of the court or judge upon any question of law arising therein, he may appeal from the final judgment of the court or of such judge to the Appellate Court at any time within two weeks of the entry of such judgment. Such appeal shall not designate the term of such court to which the appeal is taken. At the request of either party, the record shall be prepared by the clerk and made available to counsel within two weeks from the completion of such record. The appellant shall file his brief within two weeks from the receipt of the record, and the appellee within one week thereafter. No extensions of time shall be granted to either party for any of the steps required in filing or perfecting such appeal except for illness or other acts of God. Such appeal shall be heard not later than two weeks from the date the appeal is perfected by the filing of such record and briefs with the Appellate Court, and such appeal shall take precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character.
(1949 Rev., S. 7414; 1955, S. 3036d; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 28, 82.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to supreme court and substituted appellate court in lieu thereof, deleted provision re suspension of time limitations during June, July and substituted “prepared” for “printed”.
“Final judgment” as used in section means a decision which definitely determines a motion for the issuance of a temporary injunction either in favor of or against the party seeking it. 134 C. 358. Interpretation of “labor dispute”. 145 C. 77. Cited. 177 C. 17; 186 C. 247; Id., 725; 189 C. 24; 190 C. 371; 195 C. 384; 203 C. 624.
Cited. 22 CA 73; 25 CA 28; 26 CA 610; 29 CA 105; 37 CA 269.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-119. - Contempt of court.

Any person charged with contempt of court shall have the same right of admission to bail that is accorded to persons accused of crime and a reasonable time to make a defense, provided the alleged contempt was not committed in the immediate view or presence of the court.
(1949 Rev., S. 7415.)
Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-120. - Picketing of residences.

No person shall engage in picketing before or about the home or residence of any individual unless such home or residence is adjacent to or in the same building or on the same premises in which such person was employed and which employment is involved in a labor dispute. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8610.)
Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371. Statute is a “constitutionally impermissible regulation of speech that violates the first and fourteenth amendments” to U.S. Constitution. 203 C. 624.
Residential picketing is prohibited by labor groups on labor issues only and statute is not extended beyond that. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 372.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-121. - Solicitations for employees to state existence of strike or lockout.

No employer of labor shall, by himself or by his agent, solicit persons to replace employees, or fill the positions made vacant as the result of a strike, lockout or other labor dispute, by means of newspaper advertisements, posters, oral or written communications, or otherwise, unless such solicitations state plainly and specifically that a strike, lockout or other labor dispute exists. If such statements are printed, they shall be printed in boldface upper case letters, at least ten points larger than the largest of any other type appearing in the statement, and shall be separately stated.
(1955, S. 3021d; 1971, P.A. 340.)
History: 1971 act replaced requirement that statements of existence of strike, lockout, etc. be printed in twelve-point or larger size with provision requiring that statement be printed “at least ten points larger than the largest of any other type appearing in the statement”.
Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes › Section 31-121a. - Labor disputes in health care institutions. Appointment of fact-finder by Labor Commissioner.

In the event of a strike, work stoppage or lockout involving employees of a health care institution licensed by the Department of Public Health under sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive, the Labor Commissioner shall, upon the request of either party to such labor dispute, appoint an impartial fact-finder if he determines that such dispute is endangering or may endanger the health, welfare and safety of the patients of the institution or the general community. The fact-finder shall inquire into the causes and effects of the dispute and shall issue a report of his findings to the Labor Commissioner and the parties, including nonbinding recommendations for settlement of the dispute. The cost of the fact-finder shall be shared equally by both parties.
(P.A. 87-183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: The phrase “commissioner of labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “labor commissioner”, in conformance with Sec. 31-1); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563 - Fair Employment Practices (See Chapter 814c) › Section 31-126b to 31-126e. - Limitation on retirement benefit. Effect on collective bargaining agreements. Medical examinations permitted. Retirement notice by employee.

Sections 31-126b to 31-126e, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 78-350, S. 2–6; P.A. 79-304, S. 2–4; P.A. 80-422, S. 50.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128b. - Employee access to personnel file, documentation of disciplinary action and notice of termination.

(a) Each employer shall, not more than seven business days after receipt of a written request from an employee, permit such employee to inspect, and if requested, copy his or her personnel file if such a file exists. Such inspection shall take place during regular business hours at a location at or reasonably near the employee's place of employment. Each employer who has personnel files shall be required to keep any personnel file pertaining to a particular employee for at least one year after the termination of such employee's employment.
(b) Each employer shall, not more than ten business days after receipt of a written request from a former employee, permit such former employee to inspect, and if requested, copy his or her personnel file if such a file exists, provided the employer receives such written request not later than one year after the termination of such former employee's employment with the employer. Such inspection shall take place during regular business hours at a location mutually agreed upon by the employer and former employee. If the employer and former employee cannot agree upon a location to conduct such inspection, the employer may satisfy the requirements of this subsection by mailing a copy of the former employee's personnel file to the former employee not more than ten business days after receipt of the written request from the former employee.
(c) Each employer shall provide an employee with a copy of any documentation of any disciplinary action imposed on that employee not more than one business day after the date of imposing such action. Each employer shall immediately provide an employee with a copy of any documented notice of that employee's termination of employment.
(P.A. 79-264, S. 2, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 2, 6, 7; P.A. 13-176, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-158 required that inspection take place at or near the employee's place of employment rather than “at the place where such file is kept”; P.A. 13-176 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to replace “within a reasonable time” with “not more than seven business days” and add provision requiring employer to allow employee to copy his or her personnel file, added Subsec. (b) requiring employer to allow former employee to inspect and copy his or her personnel file within 1 year after termination of employment, and added Subsec. (c) requiring employer to provide employee with a copy of any documentation of disciplinary action or termination of employment.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128c. - Employee access to medical records. Employer's duties re maintaining medical records.

Each employer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of a written request from an employee, permit an inspection of medical records pertaining to such employee which may be in such employer's possession. Such inspection shall take place during regular business hours at a location at or reasonably near the employee's place of employment and shall be made by a physician chosen by such employee or by a physician chosen by the employer with such employee's consent. Each employer that has medical records shall be required to keep any medical records pertaining to a particular employee for at least three years following termination of employment. Medical records, if kept by an employer, shall be kept separately and not as part of any personnel file.
(P.A. 79-264, S. 3, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 3, 6, 7; P.A. 99-284, S. 36, 60; P.A. 01-55.)
History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-158 required that inspection take place at or near employee's place of employment rather than “at the place where such record is kept”; P.A. 99-284 changed “may” to “shall” re keeping medical records separately, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-55 required the retention of medical records of an employee to be increased from one year to three years following the employee's termination and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 563a - Personnel Files › Section 31-128d. - Employer's right to retain files on premises.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a requirement that an employee or his physician be permitted to remove his personnel file or medical records or any part of such file or records from the place on the employer's premises where it is made available for inspection. Each employer shall retain the right to protect his files and records from loss, damage or alteration to insure their integrity. Each employer may require that inspection of any personnel file or medical records take place in the presence of a designated official.
(P.A. 79-264, S. 4, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 4, 6, 7.)
History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1, 1981; P.A. 80-158 added references to inspection of medical files and to inspections by employee's physician.