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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Dislocation Allowances › Section 31-11a-6 - Disqualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
State law applies.
Except as
				stated in paragraph (b) of this section, an individual shall not be paid a
				dislocation allowance for a week of unemployment for which the individual is
				disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation under Chapter 567 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes.
(b)
Exception for trainees.
State law shall not be applied to
				disqualify an individual undergoing training approved under the Reemployment
				Assistance provisions of these regulations.
(c)
Overpayments.
Provisions in
				Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes regarding establishment and
				recovery of overpayments for fraudulent and nonfraudulent filing shall apply to
				any individual filing for a dislocation allowance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Dislocation Allowances › Section 31-11a-7 - Weekly amounts

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Regular
				allowance.
The amount of dislocation allowance payable to a dislocated
				employee for a week of unemployment (including a week of training) shall be
				equal to 75 percent of his average weekly earnings, except that the amount
				payable shall in no event exceed 85 percent of the dislocated employee's
				average net weekly earnings.
(b)
Reduction of amount.
The amount of dislocation allowance payable
				under paragraph (a) of this section shall be reduced by the amount of
				unemployment compensation received by the dislocated employee, except that when
				an individual's unemployment compensation payment for a week is reduced to
				zero, due to wages earned for partial employment or for any other reason
				pursuant to state law, no dislocation allowance shall be paid for that
				week.
(c)
Training
				allowance.
Any dislocated employee enrolled in a training program
				approved under the Reemployment Assistance provisions of these regulations, who
				is entitled for a week to dislocation allowance shall receive such dislocation
				allowance in an amount reduced by any training allowance or unemployment
				compensation or any combination of both to which that individual is entitled
				under any other state or federal law.
(d)
Rounding.
An amount payable
				under this section which is not a multiple of a dollar shall be rounded to the
				next higher multiple of a dollar.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Dislocation Allowances › Section 31-11a-8 - Duration

Current through July 10, 2024
An individual may receive a dislocation allowance for any
				  calendar week for which the individual qualifies during the two years
				  subsequent to the date he became unemployed as a result of the provisions of
				  sections 22a-77 through 22a-79 of the Connecticut General
				  Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Reemployment Assistance › Section 31-11a-9 - Training and employability services

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A dislocated
				employee shall be afforded by the administrator all forms of reemployment
				assistance to which he is entitled under law. The dislocated employee shall be:
(1) Registered for work with the Job Service
				of the Connecticut Labor Department.
(2) Afforded, when appropriate, testing,
				counseling, job referral and other placement services provided by any law,
				including supportive services in order to prepare the worker for full
				employment in accordance with the worker's capabilities and job
				opportunities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Reemployment Assistance › Section 31-11a-10 - Worker retraining

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Plan
				development.
To the extent practicable before referring dislocated
				employees to training or approving training for such individuals, the
				administrator shall consult with such worker's former employer or recognized
				union for the purpose of developing a worker retraining plan to meet the
				manpower needs of such employer.
(b)
Selection and referral.
To
				the extent consistent with this section, selection and referral of individuals
				designated in a worker retraining plan shall be in accordance with section
				31-11a-11.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Reemployment Assistance › Section 31-11a-11 - Preferred training

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
No cost
				training.
The administrator shall, whenever possible, refer a dislocated
				employee to suitable training which is provided at no cost to the individual or
				to the Employee Dislocation Allowance Fund.
(b)
Applicable standards.
The
				standards, procedures and requirements of the training program to which an
				individual is referred under this section shall apply to the
				individual.
(c)
Fees
				prohibited.
In no case shall an individual be referred to training under
				this section for which the individual is required to pay a fee or
				tuition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Reemployment Assistance › Section 31-11a-12 - Purchased training

Current through July 10, 2024
If the administrator determines that placement of a
				  dislocated employee in no cost training under section
				  31-11a-11
				  cannot otherwise be accomplished, the administrator may arrange or contract to
				  reimburse the operator of the training program for the cost of such
				  training.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Reemployment Assistance › Section 31-11a-13 - Approval of other training

Current through July 10, 2024
The administrator may approve and purchase with Employee
				  Dislocation Allowance Fund monies any other suitable training providing:
(a) Circumstances preclude referral to
				training under sections
				31-11a-11 and
				31-11a-12
				and
(b) If institutional vocational
				training, the training has been approved by the State Board of Education, and
				is maintained by an approved facility or by the administrator.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Administration › Section 31-11a-14 - Determinations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The administrator shall apply these
				regulations and the substantive provisions of the General Statutes in the
				determination of an individual's entitlement to dislocation allowance or
				reemployment assistance. As to matters not otherwise specifically provided for
				in these regulations or section
				31-11a of
				the Connecticut General Statutes, the administrator shall follow the applicable
				provisions of the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Law and Regulations,
				including any procedural requirements of that law or its regulations, except
				where inconsistent with these regulations or section
				31-11a of
				the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b)
Redeterminations.
A
				determination under paragraph (a) of this section may be reconsidered by the
				administrator under the same terms and conditions as a determination on a claim
				for unemployment compensation under Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General
				Statutes
(c)
Written
				notification.
The administrator shall notify the individual in writing
				of any determination or redetermination as to entitlement to dislocation
				allowance or reemployment assistance. Each determination or redetermination
				shall inform the individual of the right to reconsideration or appeal in the
				manner provided for in section
				31-11a-15.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Administration › Section 31-11a-15 - Appeals

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Written appeal.
An
				individual may appeal any determination or redetermination by the administrator
				by submitting a written request for review and reconsideration of such
				determination or redetermination within fourteen days of the mailing date of
				said decision.
(b)
Hearings.
A hearing officer, designated by the administrator shall
				rule on any appeal under paragraph (a) of this section in the same manner and
				to the same extent as provided for determination in section
				31-11a-14(a).
(c)
Judicial review.
Any
				decision made under paragraph (b) of this section shall be subject to all
				applicable provisions of Chapter 54 of the General Statutes of the State of
				Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Administration › Section 31-11a-16 - Disclosure of information

Current through July 10, 2024
Any information obtained by the administrator relating to an
				  application for, entitlement to or payment of any dislocation allowance or
				  reemployment assistance to an individual shall be confidential to the extent
				  provided for in all applicable laws.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 11a - Dislocation Allowance and Reemployment Assistance Program › Administration › Section 31-11a-17 - Unemployment compensation

Current through July 10, 2024
Unemployment Compensation payable to a dislocated employee
				  shall not be denied or reduced for any week by reason of receipt of, or any
				  right to receive a dislocation allowance or reemployment assistance under these
				  regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 19 - Employment of Women Between 1 a.m. And 6 a.m › Section 31-19-1 - Health requirements (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11, 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 19 - Employment of Women Between 1 a.m. And 6 a.m › Section 31-19-2 - Women not to work alone (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11, 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 19 - Employment of Women Between 1 a.m. And 6 a.m › Section 31-19-3 - Inspection (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11, 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 19 - Employment of Women Between 1 a.m. And 6 a.m › Section 31-19-4 - Transportation (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11, 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Potable water" means pure clean water
			 suitable for drinking or for washing purposes.
(b) Dressing room is an enclosed space used
			 by employees for changing and hanging up work clothes and street clothes. A
			 dressing room should adjoin a washroom or be provided with washing fixtures and
			 facilities conveniently located.
(c) Restroom for women is an enclosed room
			 provided with at least one cot or couch. A dressing room suitably equipped with
			 a cot or couch is a restroom within the meaning of this definition.
(d) Washroom is an enclosed room containing
			 washroom fixtures and facilities.
(e) Lavatory is any place, enclosed or not,
			 where washing fixtures and facilities are located.
(f) Washbasin or washbowl is an individual
			 basin or bowl made of sanitary pottery or other noncorroding material, equipped
			 with a faucet for hot water and a faucet for cold water or a single faucet
			 supplying water of a temperature suitable for washing. Each such basin shall
			 have an outlet with a suitable stopper.
(g) Washing sink or washing trough is a
			 trough made of sanitary pottery or other noncorroding material, equipped with
			 hot and cold water faucets or tempered water faucets.
(h) Toilet room is an enclosed room
			 containing toilet bowls with seats or toilet compartments and/or
			 urinals.
(i) Toilet or water-closet
			 compartment is an enclosure enclosing a single water closet.
(j) Water closet is an individual toilet bowl
			 (with seat) connected with a sewer and having means for flushing each toilet
			 bowl separately.
(k) Semiflush
			 toilet consists of one or more toilet bowls or a toilet trough connected with a
			 sewer and flushed automatically at intervals.
(l) A urinal is a toilet fixture connected
			 with a sewer which is used for the sole purpose of urination.
(m) Latrine is a toilet facility, with or
			 without toilet seats, over a trench, pit or stream used for defecation or
			 urination.
(n) Chemical closet is a
			 toilet facility in which the waste matter falls into a trench, pit, vault or
			 other container and is treated with lime or a chemical disinfectant and
			 deodorant to render the contents inoffensive and harmless to health.
(o) Privy is a structure enclosing a latrine
			 or chemical closet.
(p) Sewer is a
			 soil pipe carrying waste water or sewage to a sewer main, septic tank, filter
			 bed or into a stream.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-2 - Water supply and drinking facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Every railroad
			 company in each place of employment shall provide an adequate supply of clean
			 wholesome water at conveniently accessible locations for drinking and washing
			 purposes.
(b) All drinking and
			 washing water shall be supplied from a source or sources approved by the health
			 authorities having jurisdiction. Water which may be subjected to contamination
			 shall be treated and purified before being supplied to employees for drinking
			 or washing purposes.
(c) Drinking
			 water should be cooled during hot weather. Ice used to cool drinking water
			 shall not come in direct contact with the water.
(d) No railroad company shall supply drinking
			 water for employees in pails or other open vessels, whether fitted with covers
			 or not, from which the water must be dipped or poured. Drinking water
			 containers shall be bottles or other closed vessels which protect the water
			 from dust, dirt and contamination.
(e) The common drinking jug, bottle, cup or
			 dipper is prohibited.
(f)
			 Individual drinking cups, when furnished, shall be supplied in containers to
			 protect the cups from being soiled, contaminated or wasted.
(g) Sanitary drinking fountains or bubblers,
			 when furnished, shall be of a type approved by health authorities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-3 - General toilet accommodations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Every railroad
			 company in each place of employment employing ten or more females shall provide
			 at least one suitably equipped restroom. Such restroom may be located in a
			 dressing room.
(b) Every railroad
			 company in each place of employment in which it is necessary or desirable that
			 employees change their clothing at the beginning and the ending of work should
			 provide and maintain for each sex a clean hygienic dressing room with ample
			 space for each individual to hang his or her street and work clothes so that
			 such clothing will not come in contact with the clothing of any other
			 employee.
(c) An individual locker
			 for each employee shall be provided by every railroad company in each place of
			 employment where dirty, greasy, dusty, poisonous or other deleterious materials
			 or products are handled. Each locker should be of such height, width and depth
			 as to permit garments to hang without folding or rolling up. The door and sides
			 should be perforated or openwork to provide ample ventilation.
(d) Each locker should be made of
			 noncorroding material to prevent damage from rust or dampness.
(e) A suitable washroom or lavatory for the
			 use of employees shall be provided by every railroad company in each place of
			 employment. Such washroom or lavatory may be a part of the dressing
			 room.
(f) Every restroom, dressing
			 room and toilet room shall have outside windows to provide ample light and air.
			 When necessary, ventilating fans shall be installed and operated to provide
			 free circulation and change of air.
(g) Restrooms, dressing rooms, washrooms and
			 washing fixtures and facilities shall be maintained in good working order at
			 all times. Broken, damaged or impaired fixtures and facilities shall be
			 repaired, restored or replaced as quickly as possible.
(h) Each washroom, toilet room and toilet
			 compartment shall be painted white or other light color, or white-washed once a
			 year or oftener to insure greater cleanliness and better hygienic
			 requirements.
(i) Ample supplies of
			 toilet paper in suitable sanitary rolls or containers, soap in sanitary
			 containers and towels suitably protected against soiling or contamination
			 before use shall be provided without charge by every railroad company in each
			 place of employment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-4 - Washing facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All water
			 supplied by any railroad company in each place of employment for washing
			 purposes shall be potable water.
(b) Every railroad company in each place of
			 employment shall furnish for each sex at least one standard washbasin or its
			 equivalent for every twenty such employees, or fractional part thereof, up to
			 one hundred. Beyond one hundred the ratio may be one basin or equivalent to
			 each twenty-five employees of either sex, or fractional part thereof.
(c) If washing sinks or troughs are
			 furnished, each two and one-half feet of trough or sink equipped with a
			 hot-water and a cold-water faucet or a single faucet carrying tempered water
			 may be counted equal to one basin. Where washing fountains are furnished, two
			 and one-half feet of the circumference of such fountain shall be equivalent to
			 one washbasin.
(d) Washing sinks or
			 troughs equipped to be filled with water and used as a common washing trough
			 should be replaced by standard washing basins or washing troughs as soon as
			 practicable.
(e) Washbasins, bowls,
			 sinks or troughs should be made of sanitary pottery or other noncorroding
			 materials. Wooden or unprotected metal basins, troughs or sinks are
			 condemned.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-5 - Toilet facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Water
			 closets required; sex designation.
Separate water-closet compartments or
			 toilet rooms shall be provided for each sex by every railroad company in each
			 place of employment where both males and females are employed. Such water
			 closets shall be designated for the use of males and females and clearly marked
			 "Men" or "Women" at the entrance of the toilet room or of the water-closet
			 compartment if not located in a toilet room.
(b)
Number.
Water or toilet
			 closets shall be provided for each sex at the rate of one closet to twenty
			 persons or fraction thereof, up to one hundred, and thereafter at the rate of
			 one closet for every twenty-five persons.
(c)
Location.
Such closets and
			 urinals shall be readily accessible to the persons for whose use they are
			 designed. In no case may a closet be located more than three hundred feet
			 distant from the regular place of work of the persons for whose use it is
			 designed, except where service elevators, accessible to the employees, are
			 provided.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-6 - Privacy

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Installations existing on February
			 7, 1961.
(1) The entrance door to every
			 water-closet compartment or toilet room existing on February 7, 1961, which
			 opens directly into a workroom shall be screened from view by a vestibule or a
			 stationary screen, extending to a height of not less than six feet, and of
			 sufficient width to prevent a view of the interior of the water-closet
			 compartment or toilet room.
(2)
			 Where such water closets for males and females are in adjoining compartments or
			 toilet rooms and the entrance doors are within ten feet or less of each other,
			 a stationary screen not less than six feet high and either T or L shape shall
			 be built between and in front of the doors.
(3) Every partition separating a water-closet
			 compartment provided for males from a compartment provided for females shall
			 extend from the floor to the ceiling and there shall be no direct connection
			 between the compartments either by doors or by other opening.
(4) No water closet or urinal compartment may
			 be maintained in connection with rooms in which food products are manufactured
			 or in which unwrapped food products are packed or sold, unless such compartment
			 is separated from such rooms by a ventilated vestibule with door. The
			 compartment and vestibule doors shall be provided with self-closing devices.
			 During the period between May first and November first, all windows in toilet
			 rooms, water closets and urinal compartments provided for such workrooms shall
			 have wire screens, not coarser than fourteen mesh wire, and such screens shall
			 be kept in good repair.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-7 - Construction

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Installations existing on February
			 7, 1961.
(1) The outside partitions of
			 every toilet room and of every water-closet compartment not located in a toilet
			 room shall be of solid construction and shall extend to the ceiling or the area
			 shall be independently sealed over. Above the level of six feet the outside
			 walls of a toilet room may be provided with glass that is translucent but not
			 transparent. Windows when open shall be screened if necessary to prevent a view
			 of the interior from surrounding buildings.
(2) Unless constructed of marble, cement,
			 plaster, tile, galvanized iron, glazed brick or other glazed materials or
			 concrete with a mixture of waterproofing material, every toilet room and
			 water-closet compartment, including the ceiling, shall be kept well painted
			 with a light colored nonabsorbent paint, varnish or other substance impervious
			 to water.
(3) Where more than one
			 water closet is installed in a toilet room, partitions between the water
			 closets shall be provided which shall approximate as nearly as possible the
			 dimensions prescribed in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) hereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-8 - Fixtures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Every water closet installed after
			 February 7, 1961, shall have a rim flush bowl made of vitreous china or of
			 other approved material. Every such bowl shall be set entirely free and open
			 from all enclosing woodwork, and shall be so installed that the space behind
			 and below may be easily cleaned.
(b) Every water closet installed after said
			 date shall have the seat made of nonheat-absorbing material, which shall be
			 impervious to moisture.
(c) All
			 fixtures together with sewer, soil and waste pipes shall be trapped and vented
			 in an approved manner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-9 - Ventilation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Installations existing on February
			 7, 1961.
In places of employment existing on February 7, 1961, every
			 toilet room or every water closet or urinal compartment shall be ventilated to
			 the outdoor air by window, skylight or ventilating duct.
(b)
Installations after February 7,
			 1961.
Every toilet room or water closet or urinal compartment installed
			 after February 7, 1961, shall have a window opening to the outer air, which
			 shall be kept open, except where necessity requires the installation of such
			 water closet or urinal compartment in a basement, in which case a ventilating
			 duct shall be provided.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-10 - Heating

Current through July 10, 2024
Every toilet room and water-closet compartment shall be kept
				heated during working hours to not less than 68°F. from November first to
				April first. Heating facilities installed after February 7, 1961, shall be so
				arranged as to permit thorough cleaning of floors and walls.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-11 - Lighting

Current through July 10, 2024
Every toilet room or water-closet compartment shall be so
				illuminated that all parts of the room and compartment are easily visible at
				all times during working hours. If daylight is not sufficient for this purpose,
				artificial illumination shall be maintained. The approaches of all water
				closets and privies shall be kept well lighted and free from
				obstacles.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-12 - Urinals

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) One urinal shall be installed by every
			 railroad company in each place of employment employing ten or more male
			 employees for every forty males or fractional part thereof up to two hundred
			 and thereafter one additional urinal for every sixty males or fractional part
			 thereof. Two feet of an approved trough urinal shall be equivalent to one
			 individual urinal.
(b) Every urinal
			 installed after February 7, 1961, shall be made of material that is impervious
			 to moisture. Cast iron, galvanized iron, sheet metal or steel urinals are
			 prohibited unless coated with vitreous enamel. Where slate is used, it shall be
			 of first quality.
(c) Individual
			 urinal stalls shall be provided with sides to give privacy. The sides and base
			 of every urinal stall shall be made of material which is impervious to moisture
			 and which has a smooth surface. The use of trough urinals in installations
			 after February 7, 1961, is prohibited.
(d) Wherever urinals are installed after
			 February 7, 1961, the floors in front for a distance of at least twenty-four
			 inches shall slope to the drain.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-13 - Privies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Privy vaults will be prohibited until
			 after it has been shown to the satisfaction of the labor commissioner that
			 their use is unavoidable.
(b) Every
			 privy vault shall be water-tight and fly-proof, and the walls shall extend not
			 less than twelve inches above the surface of the ground.
(c) Every privy shall be ventilated by
			 unobstructed opening to the outdoor air other than the door, and every privy
			 shall have a self-closing door. Every window and ventilating opening of a privy
			 shall be provided with fly-screens.
(d) Every privy shall be kept clean and the
			 contents of the vault shall be emptied, chemically treated or incinerated at
			 frequent intervals. Dry sand, dry fine earth or lime shall be provided in a
			 receptacle and used at frequent intervals to deodorize the contents of the
			 vault.
(e) All privies shall be
			 separated for the two sexes, and marked "Men" and "Women" as required for
			 toilet rooms, and shall be provided with partitions and individual
			 seats.
(f) The entrance to every
			 privy shall be screened by a vestibule or a stationary screen extending to a
			 height of at least six feet and of sufficient width to prevent a view of the
			 interior. Where privies for males and females are in adjoining compartments,
			 there shall be a metal-covered partition between the compartments, extending
			 from the floor to the roof.
(g)
			 Latrines shall be replaced by standard water closets where practicable. Where
			 water closets are not practicable, chemical closets shall be
			 installed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-14 - Maintenance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All water-closet compartments and all
			 toilet rooms and all wash and dressing rooms and all privies and the floors,
			 walls, ceilings and surfaces thereof, and all fixtures therein, and all water
			 closets and urinals, basins and sinks shall at all times be maintained in good
			 order and repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
(b) In each toilet room and privy an adequate
			 supply of toilet paper in proper holders shall be provided and it shall be of
			 material which will not obstruct fixture or plumbing.
(c) The enclosure of all toilet rooms,
			 dressing rooms or water-closet compartments and all fixtures shall be kept free
			 from all indecent writing or marking and such defacement, when found, shall be
			 at once removed by the employer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 38a - Sanitary, Lighting and Heating Facilities for Employees of Railroad Companies as Defined in Section 16-1 of the General Statutes › Section 31-38a-15 - Scope and application

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections
				31-38a-1
				to
				31-38a-14,
				inclusive, apply to sanitary facilities for railroad employees employed in, at
				or near depots, terminals, passenger yards, coach yards, freight yards,
				switching yards, garages, repair shops, warehouses, assembly points,
				headquarters and other facilities of such company located in this
				state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-1 - Purpose and scope

Current through July 10, 2024
Section
				31-40v
				of the general statutes "Establishment of safety and health committees by
				certain employers" requires that every covered employer administer a safety and
				health committee to promote health and safety in places of employment in this
				state. The purpose of this regulation is to specify rules for establishing and
				administering committees which will bring employers and employees together in a
				non-adversarial, cooperative, and effective effort to promote safety and health
				at each work site.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purpose of sections
				31-40v-1
				through
				31-40v-11,
				inclusive:
(a) "Average incidence
			 rate" means the average incidence rate of work-related injury and illness for
			 all industries in this state as determined by the Department of
			 Labor.
(b) "Chairman" means the
			 chairman of the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission or his designated
			 agent.
(c) "Employee" means a
			 person engaged in service to an employer in a business of his
			 employer.
(d) "Employer" means a
			 person engaged in business who has employees, including the State of
			 Connecticut and any political subdivision thereof.
(e) "Managerial member" means any individual
			 who has the authority to use his judgment in the interest of the employer to
			 hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or
			 discipline other employees, or responsibility to direct them, or to adjust
			 their grievances or effectively to recommend such actions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-3 - Establishment of committees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Except as
			 provided in subsection (e) of section
			 31-40v-4
			 and section
			 31-40v-10
			 of these regulations, each employer who has twenty-five or more employees at
			 any single work site in this state, as well as each employer who has
			 twenty-four or less employees in this state whose rate of work-related injury
			 and illness exceeds the average incidence rate, shall establish and administer
			 a safety and health committee for that work site.
(b) In determining employment levels under
			 sections
			 31-40v-1 to
			 31-40v-11,
			 inclusive, of these regulations, the employer shall count all regular employees
			 excluding temporary and seasonal workers under the employer's direction and
			 control.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-4 - Committee membership and composition

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The committee
			 shall be composed of at least as many employee members as employer members. The
			 number of employee members on the committee may be greater than the number of
			 employer members.
(b) The
			 employer's non-managerial employees shall select employee safety and health
			 members.
(c) Each committee shall
			 have a chairperson elected by the committee members. Employer and employee
			 members may have rotating responsibilities for chairing committee
			 meetings.
(d) Reasonable efforts
			 shall be made to ensure that committee members are representative of the major
			 work activities at the work site.
(e) An employer need not provide a safety and
			 health committee where the employees do not primarily report to or work at a
			 fixed location and at work sites where less than 25 employees are employed. In
			 such situations, a single centralized committee may represent the safety and
			 health concerns of covered employees.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-6 - Recordkeeping

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The employer shall keep a roster
			 containing the names and departments of all committee members. The names of
			 current committee members shall be posted to ensure that all employees can
			 readily contact committee members.
(b) The employer shall keep a record of
			 attendance and minutes of meetings.
(c) All records regarding safety and health
			 committees shall be provided to the chairman or his designee.
(d) The retention time for such records is
			 three (3) years, after which said records may be purged.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-7 - Compensation

Current through July 10, 2024
Any employee who participates in committee activities in
				his/her role as a committee member, including, but not limited to, attending
				meetings, training activities, and inspections, shall be paid at his/her
				regular rate of pay for all time spent on such activities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-8 - Duties and functions

Current through July 10, 2024
The committee's duties and responsibilities shall include, but
				not be limited to, establishing procedures for sharing ideas with the employer
				concerning:
(a) Safety
			 inspections;
(b) Investigating
			 safety incidents, accidents, illnesses and deaths;
(c) Evaluating accident and illness
			 prevention programs;
(d)
			 Establishing training programs for the identification and reduction of hazards
			 in the workplace which damage the reproductive system of employees;
			 and
(e) Establishing training
			 programs to assist committee members in understanding and identifying the
			 effects of employee substance abuse on workplace accidents and
			 safety.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-10 - Pre-existing committees

Current through July 10, 2024
Any employer who can establish that, prior to July 1, 1993, it
				had an existing safety and health program or other program determined by the
				chairman to be effective in the promotion of health and safety in the workplace
				may not be required to establish a safety and health committee pursuant to
				section
				31-40v-3
				of these regulations if such existing safety and health committee or program is
				in substantial compliance with the provisions of sections
				31-40v-1 to
				31-40v-11,
				inclusive, of these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 40v - Establishment and Administration of Safety and Health Committees at Work Sites › Section 31-40v-11 - Construction

Current through July 10, 2024
A safety and health committee established under and operating
				in conformity with the provisions of sections
				31-40v-1 to
				31-40v-11, inclusive, of these regulations is intended to respect all rights of
				all employees, including those rights arising under the National Labor
				Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act, and a committee operating pursuant to
				the provisions of sections
				31-40v-1 to
				31-40v-11, inclusive, shall not be construed to constitute a labor organization
				within the meaning of section 2 (5) of the National Labor Relations Act or a
				representative within the meaning of section 1, sixth, of the Railway Labor
				Act.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 49p › Section 31-49p-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in this section and sections 31-49p-2 to 31-49p-10,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Authority" has the same meaning as
			 provided in section 31-49e of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) "Address" means the United States Postal
			 Service mailing address or the electronic mail address designated by a party
			 for receipt of notices regarding the appellant's appeal.
(3) "Appellant" means a covered employee,
			 person or health care provider, as those terms are defined in section 31-49e of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes, who is authorized to file an appeal pursuant
			 to section 31-49p of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(4) "Commissioner" means the Labor
			 Commissioner of the State of Connecticut or the commissioner's
			 designee.
(5) "File record" has the
			 same meaning as provided in section 3 l-49p of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes.
(6) "Party" means, with
			 regard to an appeal, any of the following persons if aggrieved or potentially
			 aggrieved by the determination of the appeal:
(A) an appellant;
(B) an employer with a private
			 plan;
(C) a third-party
			 administrator; or
(D) the
			 authority.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 49p › Section 31-49p-2 - Appeal processing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An appeal to
			 the commissioner, pursuant to section 3 l-49p of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes shall be filed in writing through a mechanism prescribed by the
			 commissioner including, but not limited to:
(1) electronically through the Connecticut
			 Labor Department Leave Complaint and Appeal Portal,
(2) by United States Postal Service to the
			 Connecticut Labor Department Appeals Division at its mailing address,
(3) by fax, or
(4) in person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 49p › Section 31-49p-3 - Request for hearing; supplementing the record

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 commissioner may decide an appeal based solely on the file record obtained from
			 the authority, employer with a private plan, or third-party
			 administrator.
(b) If the
			 commissioner determines that the ends of justice so require, the commissioner
			 may order a hearing for such purposes as the commissioner may direct. Each
			 appeal may include a statement requesting the commissioner to order a hearing.
			 Each such request should:
(1) describe any
			 evidence or testimony that the requesting party desires to introduce at such
			 hearing, explain the importance of such evidence or testimony for review of the
			 case and state how such evidence is likely to affect the outcome of the
			 case;
(2) if the opportunity for
			 oral argument is alleged as a reason for such request, explain why such oral
			 argument is alleged to be necessary for review of the case; and
(3) describe each other reason, if any, to
			 support the party's request for the scheduling of a hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 49p › Section 31-49p-4 - Untimely appeal; lack of aggrievement; moot appeal; lack of standing dismissal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of any appeal over which the
			 commissioner determines that no jurisdiction exists for any reason, including
			 (1) the untimely filing of the appeal; (2) lack of aggrievement on the part of
			 the appellant; (3) mootness of the appeal; or (4) lack of standing, the
			 commissioner shall assign such appeal a case number and, unless the
			 commissioner determines that a hearing is necessary, thereafter issue a
			 decision dismissing such appeal. The commissioner's determination of such
			 jurisdictional issues may be based solely upon review and consideration of the
			 evidence in the file record concerning such jurisdictional issues. Such lack of
			 standing dismissal decision shall contain findings of fact and conclusions of
			 law concerning the jurisdictional issues involved.
(b) If an appellant alleges good cause for
			 the untimely filing of an appeal, the commissioner may conduct a hearing on the
			 issue of good cause. For purposes of this section, an appellant has good cause
			 for filing an appeal more than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the date of
			 issuance of the denial or penalty decision pursuant to section 3 l-49p of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes if a reasonably prudent individual under the same
			 or similar circumstances would have been prevented from filing a timely appeal.
			 In determining whether good cause has been shown, the commissioner shall
			 consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to:
(1) Whether the appellant was represented by
			 an attorney;
(2) Whether the
			 appellant received timely and adequate notice of the need to act;
(3) Administrative error;
(4) Factors outside the control of the
			 appellant which prevented a timely action;
(5) The appellant's physical or mental
			 impairment;
(6) Whether the
			 appellant acted diligently in filing an appeal once the reason for the late
			 filing no longer existed;
(7) The
			 total length of time that the action was untimely; and
(8) Good faith error, provided, in
			 determining whether good faith error constitutes good cause, the commissioner
			 shall consider any prior history of late filing due to such error, whether the
			 appeal is excessively late, and whether the appellant otherwise acted with due
			 diligence.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 49p › Section 31-49p-5 - Timely appeal; notice of appeal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
			 a timely filed appeal, the commissioner shall promptly issue to each party at
			 its address a written notice of appeal which shall acknowledge the receipt of
			 such appeal and contain an announcement of the rights of each party pursuant to
			 subsection (b) of this section.
(b)
			 Any party may, not later than ten (10) calendar days after the date of issuance
			 of the notice of appeal, file with the commissioner written argument, a request
			 to supplement the written record, or a request for a hearing pursuant to
			 section 31-49p-3 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Before a
			 decision upon such appeal or request is issued, the commissioner, on the
			 commissioner's own initiative, or upon request from a party to such appeal or
			 the attorney of record for such party, may grant an extension of no more than
			 fifteen (15) calendar days in which to file further written argument on such
			 appeal or request, except that an extension of more than fifteen (15) calendar
			 days may be granted for good cause shown. A request for an extension of time
			 need not be in writing, but shall explain all reasons alleged for the time
			 extension requested and shall state the proposed limit for the time extension
			 requested.
(c) Any party to an
			 appeal may be represented by an attorney, provided the cost of representation
			 shall be at the expense of the party obtaining such representation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 49p › Section 31-49p-6 - Withdrawals; dismissal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The appellant
			 may request that the commissioner withdraw the appellant's appeal and the
			 commissioner may issue a decision dismissing such appeal pursuant to such
			 withdrawal request, provided (1) the request is in writing, (2) the request is
			 voluntary and signed by the appellant or the attorney of record for such party,
			 and (3) the request is received prior to the issuance of a decision on such
			 appeal. A withdrawal request received after the issuance of a decision on the
			 appeal shall be treated by the commissioner as a motion to reopen the
			 decision.
(b) The commissioner
			 shall reopen a decision dismissing an appeal pursuant to a withdrawal request
			 and reinstate the withdrawn appeal, without the requirement of finding good
			 cause under section 31-49p-9(d) of the Regulations of Connecticut State
			 Agencies, if the appellant files a motion to reopen the decision before the
			 decision is final pursuant to section 31-49p-9 of the Regulations of
			 Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 49p › Section 31-49p-7 - Stipulations; official notice

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The parties to
			 an appeal before the commissioner may stipulate to facts.
(b) The commissioner may take official notice
			 of judicially cognizable facts and generally recognized, technical, or
			 scientific facts. Any facts officially noticed by the commissioner shall be
			 specifically identified as such in the decision. Any party who (1) is aggrieved
			 by a decision issued on the appeal that incorporates an officially-noticed fact
			 that was not specifically addressed at a hearing ordered pursuant to section 3
			 l-49p-3 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and (2) disputes such
			 officially-noticed fact, may file a motion to reopen such decision for purposes
			 of scheduling an evidentiary hearing on such officially-noticed fact.