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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 244 - Appeals and Hearing Procedures › Section 31-244-4a - Timeliness of an employer's response to notice of fact-finding or in response to Administrator's request for information on a claim

Current through July 10, 2024
In order to be considered timely for purposes of Section 31-241
				and Section 31-273(k) of the Connecticut General Statutes, an employer's
				response to the Administrator's notice of a fact-finding or request for
				information on a claim for unemployment compensation benefits shall be actually
				received in the manner and within the time frame prescribed by the
				Administrator in the notice of fact-finding or request for information. Nothing
				in this section precludes consideration of a late response received before an
				eligibility determination is made, or subsequent to such determination in the
				Administrator's exercise of continuous jurisdiction under Section 31-243 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes. However, such consideration shall not relieve the
				employer of any charges imposed pursuant to Section 31-241 or 31-273(k) of the
				Connecticut General Statutes as a consequence of untimely response, unless good
				cause for such late participation is shown. For purposes of this section, "good
				cause" means (1) agency error, or (2) circumstances beyond the employer's or
				its agent's control which could not have been reasonably foreseen or
				prevented.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 244 - Appeals and Hearing Procedures › Section 31-244-5a - Postponements

Current through July 10, 2024
In order to insure timely determinations of eligibility for
				benefits, it shall be the general practice of the Administrator to deny
				postponement requests. The Administrator may grant a request for postponement
				in extraordinary circumstances where the rights of one or both parties would be
				substantially prejudiced by denying such a request and the effect of such
				denial could not be mitigated by the opportunity for submission of a statement
				or participation by telephone or other electronic means. The granting of any
				postponement request shall be at the sole discretion of the
				Administrator.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 244 - Appeals and Hearing Procedures › Section 31-244-7a - Determination of adequacy of the employer's response

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An
			 employer's response to a notice of fact-finding shall contain adequate
			 information to be considered a timely response within the meaning of Section
			 31-241 of the Connecticut General Statutes. To be considered adequate, an
			 employer's response shall (1) specify the reason for the separation, and (2)
			 answer, in good faith, the questions corresponding to the appropriate
			 separation issue, either by completing the appropriate areas of the
			 questionnaire provided to the employer with the notice of fact-finding or by
			 submitting relevant alternate documentation, or both. The Administrator shall
			 determine whether an employer's response is adequate. So long as an employer
			 substantially complies with subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, the
			 Administrator shall determine that an employer's response is
			 adequate.
(b) An employer's
			 response to a request by the Administrator for information with respect to a
			 claim for unemployment compensation benefits, including, but not limited to,
			 any requests for additional information, shall be considered an adequate
			 response within the meaning of section 31-273(k) of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes if the response is provided in the manner prescribed by the
			 Administrator in the request, is timely and is intended in good faith to
			 respond to the request for information in the manner prescribed in such
			 request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 244 - Appeals and Hearing Procedures › Section 31-244-9a - Employer's appeal of charges resulting from its nonparticipation in the fact-finding process or in response to a request for information by the Administrator

Current through July 10, 2024
The issue of an employer's nonparticipation in a fact-finding
				or in response to a request for information by the Administrator may not be the
				subject of an appeal until notification of the nonparticipation and the right
				to appeal is noticed in a decision by the Employment Security Appeals Division
				established under section 31-237b of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Section 31-250-1 - Personal data definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
			 definitions shall apply to these regulations:
(1) "Category of Personal Data" means the
			 classifications of personal information set forth in Personal Data Act, Section
			 4-190(9)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) "Other data" means any information which,
			 because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily
			 associated with a particular person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Section 31-250-2 - General nature and purpose of personal data systems

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Job Service: Employment
			 Applications
(1) General Nature and
			 Purpose of Personal Data System:
(A) Name of
			 System:
Employment Applications Records
(B) Location of System:
Connecticut State Labor Department
200 Folly Brook Boulevard
Wethersfield, CT. 06109
(C) Automated, Manual or Combination:
Combination
(D) Purpose:
(i) Retrieval of applicants for placement,
			 enrollment in programs or job development
(ii) Labor Market Information (Research
			 Department)
(iii) Demographic
			 planning of programs.
(iv)
			 Reporting-State and Federal purposes
(E) Title and Address of Official Responsible
			 for the System of Records and to Whom Requests for Disclosure or Amendment of
			 the Records in the System should be Made:
Director, Connecticut Job Service
200 Folly Brook Boulevard
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(F) Routine Sources of Data:
Routine sources of data are the Job Service registrants, Job
				Service intake interviewers, and other agencies, such as public welfare and
				rehabilitation facilities.
(G) Legal Authority:
Wagner-Peyser Act (
				29 U.S.C.
				49
et seq.
)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Section 31-250-4 - Maintenance of personal data-automated systems

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) To
			 the greatest extent practical, automated equipment and records shall be located
			 in a limited access area.
(b) To
			 the greatest extent practical, the Connecticut State Labor Department shall
			 require visitors to such limited access area to sign a visitor's log and permit
			 access to said area on a bona-fide need-to-enter basis only.
(c) To the greatest extent practical, the
			 Connecticut State Labor Department will insure that regular access to automated
			 equipment is limited to operations personnel.
(d) The Connecticut State Labor Department
			 shall utilize appropriate access control mechanisms to prevent disclosure of
			 personal data to unauthorized individuals.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Section 31-250-6 - Contesting the content of personal data records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any
			 person who believes that the Connecticut State Labor Department is maintaining
			 inaccurate, incomplete or irrelevant personal data concerning him or her may
			 file a written request with the Department for correction of said personal
			 data.
(b) Within thirty days of
			 receipt of such request, the Connecticut State Labor Department shall give
			 written notice to that person that it will make the requested correction, or if
			 the correction is not to be made as submitted, the Department shall state the
			 reason for its denial of such request and notify the person of his or her right
			 to add his or her own statement to his or her personal data records.
(c) Following such denial by the Connecticut
			 State Labor Department, the person requesting such correction shall be
			 permitted to add a statement to his or her personal data record setting forth
			 what that person believes to be an accurate, complete and relevant version of
			 the personal data in question. Such statements shall become a permanent part of
			 the Department's personal data system and shall be disclosed to any individual,
			 agency or organization to which the disputed personal data is
			 disclosed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Section 31-250-7 - Uses to be made of personal data-general disclosure to individuals from whom personal data is requested

Current through July 10, 2024
When an individual is asked to supply personal data to the
				Connecticut State Labor Department, the Department shall disclose to that
				individual, upon request, the name of the agency and the division within the
				agency which is requesting the data, the legal authority under which the agency
				is empowered to collect and maintain the personal data, the individual's rights
				pertaining to such records under the Personal Data Act and the agency's
				regulations, the known consequences arising from supplying or refusing to
				supply the requested personal data, and the proposed use to be made of the
				requested personal data.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Requirements and Administrative Procedures for a Voluntary Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Pilot Program › Section 31-250-9 - Application for shared work

Current through July 10, 2024
An employer seeking to participate in a shared work
				  unemployment compensation program, also known as a short-time compensation
				  program as set forth in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
				  2012, Public Law 112-96, shall
				  submit a signed written shared work plan to the Administrator for approval. As
				  a condition of approval, a participating employer shall agree to furnish the
				  Administrator with such reports relating to the operation of the shared work
				  plan as the Administrator may request. The participating employer shall monitor
				  and evaluate the operation of the established shared work plan as directed by
				  the Administrator.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Requirements and Administrative Procedures for a Voluntary Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Pilot Program › Section 31-250-10 - Criteria for shared work plan

Current through July 10, 2024
The Administrator may approve a shared work plan based upon
				  compliance with the following conditions:
(a) The shared work plan applies to and
				identifies a specific affected unit.
(b) Those employees within the affected unit
				who have been designated as shared work plan participants are identified by
				name and social security number.
(c) Prior to July 1, 2014, the shared work
				plan reduces the normal weekly hours of work for the participating employees in
				the affected unit by not less than twenty (20) percent nor more than forty (40)
				percent. For shared work plans effective on or after July 1, 2014, the shared
				work plan reduces the normal weekly hours of work for the participating
				employees in the affected unit by not less than ten (10) percent nor more than
				sixty (60) percent.
(d) The shared
				work plan shall state that:
(1) fringe
				benefits will continue to be provided to employees in affected units as though
				their normal weekly hours of work had not been reduced, and
(2) service credits toward seniority shall
				accrue during the operation of the shared work plan at a rate at least
				commensurate with the amount of reduced hours actually worked.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 250 - Personal Data › Requirements and Administrative Procedures for a Voluntary Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Pilot Program › Section 31-250-11 - Eligibility for shared work compensation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An
				individual is eligible to receive shared work benefits with respect to any week
				in which the Administrator finds that:
(1) The
				individual is a participating employee in an affected unit subject to a shared
				work plan that was approved before the week in question and is in effect for
				that week;
(2) The individual is
				able to work and is available for additional hours of work or full-time work
				with the participating employer;
(3) For shared work plans effective prior to
				July 1, 2014, the individual's normal weekly hours of work have been reduced by
				at least twenty (20) percent but not more than forty (40) percent, with a
				corresponding reduction in wages. For shared work plans effective on or after
				July 1, 2014, the individual's normal weekly hours of work have been reduced by
				at least ten (10) percent but not more than sixty (60) percent, with a
				corresponding reduction in wages; and
(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
				these regulations relating to availability for work and actively seeking work,
				the individual is available for the individual's normal hours of work with the
				participating employer, which may include, for purposes of this section,
				participating in training to enhance job skills that is approved by the
				Administrator such as employer-sponsored training or training funded under the
				federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 255 - Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut › Section 31-255-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
a. "Covering state" means the state under the
			 law of which an employer or an employing unit is or was required to pay
			 contributions with respect to wages for employment.
b. "Refunding state" means the state to which
			 an employer or employing unit has paid in error contributions required to be
			 paid to the covering state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 255 - Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut › Section 31-255-2 - Transfer of contributions

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon agreement between the signatories hereto that certain
				services concerning which payment of contributions was made by an employer to a
				refunding state constitute employment in the covering state, the refunding
				state will transfer to the covering state the aggregate amount of the employer
				contributions erroneously paid relating to such services, together with
				interest and penalties received by the refunding state to the extent of, but
				not to exceed, the contributions, interest and penalties due and owing the
				covering state, provided that such a transfer shall be made only upon the
				express consent of the employer concerned.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 255 - Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut › Section 31-255-3 - Repayment of benefits paid by the refunding state

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever benefits have been paid by the refunding state based
				on employment or wages paid for employment finally agreed to be covered by the
				covering state, the covering state will reimburse the refunding state for the
				aggregate amount of such benefits. Where a worker's base period employment was
				for two or more employers, the amount to be reimbursed shall be that proportion
				of the total benefits paid to such worker as his base period wages used by the
				refunding state in the employment finally determined to be covered under the
				law of the covering state bears to his total base period
				wages.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 255 - Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut › Section 31-255-4 - Preparation of the refund check

Current through July 10, 2024
The check for the transfer of contributions erroneously paid
				shall be prepared by the refunding state to the joint order of the covering
				state and the employer. The refunding state, prior to the transmittal of the
				check to the covering state, will obtain an endorsement by the employer of the
				check so drawn, such endorsement to serve as a written release of the refunding
				state by the employer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 255 - Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut › Section 31-255-5 - Effective dates of payment

Current through July 10, 2024
The covering state shall, for all purposes of its law, consider
				the contributions transferred under this agreement to have been paid to it as
				of the date or dates such contributions were paid to the refunding state. The
				covering state shall, for all purposes of its law, consider benefits which were
				erroneously paid by the refunding state and for which reimbursement was made to
				the refunding state to have been paid by it as of the date or dates such
				benefits were paid by the refunding state. It is expressly understood and
				agreed that the covering state may prescribe the extent of any retroactive
				recomputation of contribution rate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 255 - Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut › Section 31-255-6 - Unexpired benefit years

Current through July 10, 2024
If at the time a transfer of contributions to another state is
				in process, the refunding state is paying benefits to claimants whose wages or
				employment do not constitute wages or employment under the law of the refunding
				state, but that of the covering state, the claims shall be completed by the
				refunding state before billing the covering state for benefits
				paid.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 255 - Interstate Reciprocal Agreement Relating to Transfer of Contributions Between the States of New York and Connecticut › Section 31-255-9 - Revocation

Current through July 10, 2024
This agreement may be revoked by either state by giving the
				other state thirty days' notice in writing of its intent to terminate, except
				that such revocation shall apply only to matters not theretofore brought to the
				attention of one state by the other state. However, matters which were the
				subject of prior negotiation shall be brought to a conclusion regardless of the
				date of termination.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 31-272-1 through
				31-272-18 of
				these regulations, inclusive, unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise:
"Administrator" means the Labor Commissioner of the State of
				Connecticut, whose mailing address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield,
				Connecticut, 06109.
"Agency complaint" means a Board finding of probable cause of
				authorized agent misconduct from which further proceedings will follow.
"Appeals Division" means the Employment Security Appeals
				Division consisting of the Board members, the Referees employed in the Referee
				Section and all other supporting staff members employed in that division for
				discharge of its responsibilities.
"Attorney" means an attorney-at-law admitted to practice law in
				Connecticut.
"Authorized agent" means an individual, organization or
				business that provides representation to parties before a Referee or the Board
				for a fee. In the case of an individual authorized agent representing an
				organization or business that provides representation to parties for a fee,
				both the individual and the organization or business must register with the
				Board and both will be held responsible as the authorized agents. An attorney
				is not an authorized agent for purposes of these regulations. If an attorney
				provides service to an organization or business which is an authorized agent,
				the organization or business must register with the Board and will be
				considered the authorized agent for purposes of these regulations.
"Board" means the Employment Security Board of Review.
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Employment Security
				Board of Review.
"Client" means the party being represented by the authorized
				agent.
"Filed" means the receipt of a document by the office
				authorized and designated to receive such document.
"Party" means the following parties to an appeal:
(a) the claimant whose unemployment
			 compensation claim is involved;
(b)
			 any employer (1) against whom charges may be made or tax liability assessed due
			 to a decision by the Administrator or the Appeals Division and who has appealed
			 that decision; or (2) from whom the claimant's separation is an issue in the
			 appeal;
(c) the Administrator.
"Referee" means an Employment Security Appeals Division
				Referee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-2 - Registration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An authorized agent who represents a
			 party for a fee may not appear before a Referee or the Board after July 1,
			 1992, unless the agent is registered with the Board.
(b) Each authorized agent shall register at
			 any Appeals Division office or with the Board. An authorized agent who is an
			 individual shall provide the registrant's name, permanent address and telephone
			 number. An authorized agent which is an organization or business shall provide
			 the name, local address and telephone numbers, and address and telephone number
			 of the principal place of business, if different, and the names of principals
			 or others authorized to act on behalf of the organization and to receive
			 notice. Any changes in identifying information shall be promptly reported to
			 the Board.
(c) Upon registration,
			 an authorized agent will be assigned a registration number that should be used
			 in all appearances before a Referee and the Board. An individual appearing on
			 behalf of an organization or business providing representation to parties
			 before a Referee or the Board for a fee must indicate the registration number
			 of the individual, unless that individual is an attorney, as well as the
			 registration number of the organization or business. An individual may indicate
			 only the registration number of the organization or business if that number
			 reflects both the organization or business and the individual agent.
(d) An authorized agent shall provide the
			 Appeals Division notice of its status as a representative of record for a party
			 either by filing a power of attorney with the Administrator or by submitting a
			 written statement to the Appeals Division, signed by the party and designating
			 the individual or organization as the authorized agent.
(e) Each registrant shall file notice with
			 the Board within thirty days after the agent ceases activity as an authorized
			 agent.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-3 - Communication with the client

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An authorized
			 agent shall keep a client reasonably informed about the status of any matter
			 before the Appeals Division. An authorized agent shall verify with the client
			 the accuracy of any information it provides to the Appeals Division.
(b) An authorized agent shall promptly notify
			 the client of any scheduled proceedings before the Appeals Division to allow
			 time for case preparation and the scheduling of witnesses. An authorized agent
			 will ensure that the client is familiar with the contents of "An Employer's
			 Guide to the Appeals Process," "A Claimant's Guide to the Appeals Process," and
			 any other relevant information that the Board provides for the education of
			 parties. Clients should be apprised of the consequences of not appearing and
			 the importance of participation at all stages of the proceedings and of
			 producing first-hand testimony.
(c)
			 If a client determines that it does not wish to pursue an appeal, a request for
			 withdrawal of the appeal should be made in writing, or communicated orally and
			 followed by a writing, in a timely fashion. If the client and the authorized
			 agent determine that there is no basis for an appeal, that the appeal is
			 frivolous, or that the client is not interested in pursuing the appeal, the
			 appeal should be withdrawn. The appeal should be withdrawn as soon as possible,
			 preferably prior to the scheduling of a hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-4 - Postponement requests

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Requests to
			 postpone a hearing for good cause must be made as soon as possible after the
			 issuance of the notice of hearing before the Referee or Board. Last minute
			 requests will not be granted except under extraordinary
			 circumstances.
(b) If an authorized
			 agent believes that a critical witness will not be available for a scheduled
			 hearing and requests a postponement in order to produce the witness, the
			 authorized agent shall, after consulting with the client, provide the Appeals
			 Division with the name, address, and title of the witness, the reason the
			 witness is unable to attend, the general nature of the witness's testimony, and
			 the reason another witness would not testify. Upon request, the authorized
			 agent shall submit a written statement of its request and supporting
			 documentation or sworn affidavit to the Appeals Division.
(c) If a postponement request is denied, the
			 authorized agent shall notify the client that the hearing will go forward as
			 scheduled and advise the client to appear. In the event that a postponement
			 request made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section is denied, the client
			 should be advised to appear with or without the critical witness or another
			 witness. The client should be advised that it may renew the postponement
			 request at the hearing by requesting a continuance of the hearing.
(d) In the event that a postponement request
			 is properly denied and the agent or the client does not appear, no further
			 hearings will be scheduled at the client's request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-5 - Preparation of the case

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An authorized
			 agent shall provide competent representation to a client. The authorized agent
			 shall explain the proceedings and prepare the case with the client and any
			 witnesses before the hearing is called, shall be acquainted with the facts and
			 legal issues involved, and shall arrange for producing witnesses and
			 documentary evidence at the Referee's hearing.
(b) An authorized agent shall make a
			 reasonable effort to produce the testimony of the first-hand witnesses in the
			 case.
(c) An authorized agent who
			 wants to inspect or review a case file may do so prior to the date of the
			 Referee's hearing. If it is necessary for the agent to review the file on the
			 day of the hearing, the agent must make arrangements with the Appeals Division
			 in advance of the scheduled hearing time.
(d) An authorized agent shall not delay the
			 hearing or disturb the progress of other cases or the functioning of the
			 Appeals Division in an effort to view a case file or consult with its client or
			 witnesses.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-6 - Conduct of the hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An authorized
			 agent shall be prepared to go forward with its case and to produce all
			 necessary evidence and witnesses at the time the Referee's hearing is scheduled
			 to commence.
(b) An authorized
			 agent shall provide to all parties copies of any documentary evidence to be
			 admitted into the record.
(c) An
			 authorized agent shall not engage in conduct that disrupts the
			 proceedings.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-7 - Prohibited conduct in the course of representing a party at a hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An authorized agent shall not counsel a
			 client to engage, or assist a client in engaging, in conduct the agent knows or
			 should know to be criminal, or fraudulent, or in violation of these
			 regulations.
(b) An authorized
			 agent shall not knowingly or intentionally:
(1) make a false statement or representation
			 of material fact or law to the Administrator or the Appeals Division;
(2) offer evidence it knows to be false or
			 counsel a witness or party to testify falsely;
(3) fail to disclose a material fact or
			 statement;
(4) unlawfully obstruct
			 another party's access to evidence or destroy or conceal evidence;
(5) assert personal knowledge of the facts
			 unless testifying as a witness;
(6)
			 refer at a hearing to a matter which the agent does not reasonably believe is
			 relevant or is not supported by evidence;
(7) seek to improperly influence the
			 Administrator or the Appeals Division.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-8 - Misconduct

Current through July 10, 2024
It is misconduct for an authorized agent to:
(a) violate or attempt to violate the rules
			 of conduct set forth in these regulations or knowingly assist or induce another
			 to do so, or disobey an obligation under the rules of conduct or an order by
			 the Board;
(b) commit a criminal
			 act in the course of the representation;
(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty,
			 fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;
(d) engage in conduct which is prejudicial to
			 the administration of the Unemployment Compensation Act;
(e) state or imply an ability to, or attempt
			 to, improperly influence the Administrator or the Appeals Division, or
			 improperly influence any other state agency or official in a matter before the
			 Appeals Division.
(f) in dealing on
			 behalf of a client with another party, to state or imply that the agent is
			 disinterested when the agent knows or reasonably should know that the other
			 party misunderstands the agent's role in the matter.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-9 - Penalties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A failure to comply with an obligation or
			 prohibition imposed by these rules of conduct or an order by the Board is a
			 basis for invoking the disciplinary process set forth in these
			 regulations.
(b) If, in its final
			 decision, the Board concludes that an authorized agent has committed
			 misconduct, the Board may order the agent to comply with all applicable
			 statutory and regulatory requirements and may impose a penalty. The Board may,
			 upon finding mitigating circumstances or that corrective action has been taken,
			 dismiss the complaint. An authorized agent who is determined to have violated
			 the rules of conduct or otherwise committed misconduct within the meaning of
			 section
			 31-272-8
			 may be subjected to one or more of the following:
(1) a letter of reprimand;
(2) an order to comply with applicable
			 law;
(3) suspension of registration
			 with the Appeals Division;
(4)
			 revocation of registration with the Appeals Division;
(5) civil fines not to exceed one thousand
			 dollars per violation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-10 - Filing of the complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person may
			 file with the Board a written complaint alleging misconduct by an authorized
			 agent. The administrator, any member of the Labor Department, or a member of
			 the Appeals division, including the Board or any member, may initiate and file
			 a complaint alleging misconduct by an authorized agent. The complaint shall
			 contain the name of the authorized agent, the party or parties being
			 represented, and sufficient information to identify the incident or incidents
			 of alleged misconduct. When, during the commission of the alleged misconduct,
			 an individual authorized agent is employed by an organization or business which
			 is also an authorized agent, both the individual agent and the organization may
			 be named in the complaint. The Board may seek additional information it deems
			 necessary to initiate an investigation, and may add additional authorized
			 agents to the complaint if it deems it appropriate.
(b) Within ten calendar days of the receipt
			 of the complaint, the Board will mail notice that the complaint has been filed
			 to the complainant, the authorized agent against whom the complaint is filed,
			 and all parties and agency staff members directly involved in any proceeding in
			 which misconduct is alleged. The notice shall include the name of the
			 complainant, a copy of the complaint, notice that the authorized agent is
			 entitled to representation in any proceeding before the Board, and instructions
			 regarding the right to respond to the complaint in writing within twenty-one
			 (21) calendar days of the mailing date of such notice. Such response may
			 include any information, evidence or argument that the authorized agent deems
			 relevant to the complaint. The continuation and completion of an investigation
			 shall not be contingent upon such response.
(c) Any complaint filed pursuant to these
			 regulations must be filed with the Board within ninety (90) calendar days of
			 the conduct which is the subject of the complaint.
(d) The complainant and the authorized agent
			 shall notify the Board in writing of any corrections or changes of identifying
			 information, address or telephone number during the pendency of the proceedings
			 on the complaint.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-11 - Investigation of the complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
			 a complaint filed in accordance with section
			 31-272-10
			 of these regulations, an investigation will be undertaken. The Chairperson, as
			 executive head of the Appeals Division, may appoint as investigator any person
			 employed in the Appeals Division who has not been directly involved in the
			 proceeding in which the misconduct is alleged to have occurred.
(b) The Board shall review the results of the
			 investigation and render a determination that probable cause or no probable
			 cause exists that the authorized agent has committed misconduct no later than
			 ninety (90) days from the date the complaint was filed.
(c) At any point during the pendency of the
			 investigation, the Board may effect an informal resolution of the complaint
			 which is mutually acceptable to the complainant and the authorized
			 agent.
(d) Where the Board finds
			 probable cause that misconduct within the meaning of section
			 31-272-8 of
			 these regulations has occurred, it may, after considering the wilfulness and
			 seriousness of the violation alleged, the results of the investigation
			 conducted pursuant to subsection (b), the presence of extenuating
			 circumstances, and the existence of previous violations or complaints of
			 similar conduct, issue an agency complaint. The complaint shall be mailed to
			 the authorized agent. A copy of such complaint shall also be mailed to the
			 complainant. The authorized agent will be mailed a notice of hearing before the
			 Board or a designated hearing officer, pursuant to section
			 31-272-13 of
			 these regulations. The notice shall be issued at least ten days before the
			 scheduled hearing.
(e) Where the
			 Board, as a result of an investigation conducted pursuant to this section,
			 finds that there is no probable cause that misconduct by the authorized agent
			 has occurred, or declines to issue an agency complaint, it shall so advise the
			 complainant and the authorized agent against whom the complaint was filed, and
			 shall dismiss the complaint.
(f)
			 The Board may, in its discretion, reconsider any agency complaint or dismissal
			 issued pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) of this section, in response to a
			 written request by the complainant or authorized agent, or on its own
			 initiative.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-12 - Prehearing conference; resolution and reconsideration prior to an adjudicative hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) At any time
			 after the issuance of an agency complaint and determination of probable cause
			 of misconduct, and before the commencement of a hearing, the Board may order,
			 or a complainant or an authorized agent may request, an informal prehearing
			 conference. The granting or denial of a request for a prehearing conference is
			 within the discretion of the Board or hearing officer designated by the
			 Board.
(b) A prehearing conference
			 may be held for any of the following purposes:
(1) to discuss the informal disposition of
			 the complaint;
(2) to simplify or
			 schedule matters to be heard at the formal hearing;
(3) to narrow the scope of the issues in
			 dispute;
(4) to obtain stipulations
			 as to matters of fact;
(5) to
			 stipulate as to the qualifications of expert witnesses to testify at the
			 hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-13 - Conduct of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Hearings shall
			 be presided over by the Board or by one or more hearing officers designated by
			 the Chairperson. A hearing officer shall be designated in any case in which the
			 complaint is filed by the Board or one of its members. The designated hearing
			 officer shall not have initiated the complaint, personally carried out the
			 function of investigator, or otherwise been personally involved with the
			 case.
(b) An authorized agent may
			 challenge the interest of the designated hearing officer by way of a request to
			 the Board which specifically sets forth all reasons for the request. A written
			 request shall be filed with the Board as soon as the hearing officer is
			 appointed. The Board shall decide the challenge within ten days, and shall
			 appoint another person if it grants the challenge. The mere fact that an
			 individual has previously served as a hearing officer or decided a case
			 involving the authorized agent or a similar issue need not, in itself, preclude
			 the person from serving as the hearing officer.
(c) The Board or hearing officer shall have
			 the power to:
(1) regulate the course of the
			 hearing and the conduct of the parties and their counsel therein;
(2) insure that all testimony is given under
			 oath or affirmation;
(3) rule upon
			 offers of proof and receive evidence;
(4) consider and rule upon all motions;
			 and
(5) require any additional
			 written and/or oral argument.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-15 - Proposed decision

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In those cases
			 heard by a hearing officer, the hearing officer shall make a proposed final
			 decision. The proposed final decision shall be served by United States mail
			 upon the authorized agent and investigator and an opportunity shall be afforded
			 to file with the hearing officer exceptions to the proposed final decision and
			 present briefs.
(b) A proposed
			 final decision made under this section shall be in writing and contain a
			 statement of the reasons for the decision and findings of fact and conclusions
			 of law necessary to the decision. Findings of fact shall be based exclusively
			 on the evidence in the record and on matters noticed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-16 - Final decision

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When the
			 hearing is conducted by a hearing officer, the final decision shall be rendered
			 by a majority of the Board. The final decision may be based on the proposed
			 final decision and any exceptions and briefs filed. When the hearing is
			 conducted by the Board, the final decision shall be based on the hearing record
			 and any briefs filed. The Board shall adopt the proposed final decision
			 rendered by the hearing officer as its own in any case in which the complaint
			 was filed by the Board or one of its members.
(b) A final decision shall be in writing and
			 shall include the Board's findings of fact and conclusions of law necessary to
			 its decision. Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence in
			 the record and on matters noticed.
(c) The Board shall state in the final
			 decision the name and address of the complainant, the authorized agent, and, if
			 appropriate, the party represented by the agent.
(d) The final decision shall be served on the
			 authorized agent, investigator and complainant by United States mail. The final
			 decision shall be effective when mailed or on a later date specified by the
			 Board.
(e) When the hearing is
			 conducted by a hearing officer, the Board shall render a final decision within
			 ninety days from the date set for the filing of briefs by the hearing officer
			 in the proposed final decision. When the hearing is conducted by the Board, the
			 Board shall render a final decision within ninety days of the close of evidence
			 or the date set by the Board for the filing of briefs, whichever is
			 later.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 272 - Registration and Rules of Conduct for Authorized Agents Providing Representation for a Fee › Section 31-272-17 - Reconsideration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Board, on its own motion, or an
			 authorized agent may, within thirty days after the issuance of the final
			 decision, file a petition for reconsideration of the decision on the ground
			 that:
(1) an error of fact or law should be
			 corrected;
(2) new evidence has
			 been discovered which materially affects the merits of the case and which for
			 good cause was not presented in the earlier proceeding; or
(3) other good cause for reconsideration
			 exists. Within twenty-five days of the filing of the petition, the Board shall
			 determine whether the ends of justice require reconsideration. If the Board
			 does not grant the petition within twenty-five days of such filing, it shall be
			 considered a denial of the petition. If the Board determines that
			 reconsideration is required, the Board shall proceed to conduct such additional
			 proceedings as may be necessary to render a decision modifying, affirming or
			 reversing the final decision of the Board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 273 - Collection of Overpayments of Unemployment Compensation Benefits › Section 31-273-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For purposes of sections 31-273-1 through
				31-273-9
				inclusive of these regulations, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Administrator" means the Labor
			 Commissioner of the State of Connecticut, whose mailing address is 200 Folly
			 Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, or his designated
			 representative.
(b) "Benefits"
			 means unemployment compensation payable to an individual with respect to his
			 unemployment under Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) "Benefit year" means the period
			 commencing with the beginning of the week with respect to which an individual
			 has filed a valid initiating claim and continuing through the Saturday of the
			 fifty-first week following the week in which it commenced, provided no benefit
			 year shall end until after the end of the third complete calendar quarter, plus
			 the remainder of any uncompleted calendar week which began in such quarter,
			 following the calendar quarter in which it commenced.
(d) "Repayment schedule" means a mandatory
			 timetable established by the administrator whereby the individual on a monthly
			 basis, or such other basis as the administrator determines appropriate, reduces
			 his overpayment balance by the issuance of a check, money order or such other
			 payment to the administrator as is deemed acceptable by the administrator until
			 the account is paid in full.
(e)
			 "Wage execution" means a process executed in accord with the provisions of
			 Section
			 52-361a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(f) "Weekly benefit amount" means an
			 individual's total unemployment benefit rate, as defined in Section
			 31-231a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, plus any dependency allowance for which
			 the individual has been determined eligible, pursuant to Section
			 31-234 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes, for a given week.