Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-3. Official addressAll communications should be addressed to the State Board of Labor Relations, 38 Wolcott Hill Road, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109. (Effective May 7, 1980; Amended October 11, 2013) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-30. New matter in answerAny allegation of new matter contained in the answer is to be deemed denied or avoided without the necessity of a reply. (Effective May 7, 1980) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-471

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-31. Extension of time for answer; amendmentUpon the board's own motion or upon application of the respondent, the board may extend the time within which the answer may be filed. The answer may be amended at any time with the per…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-32. Amendment of answer following amendment of complaintIn any ease where a complaint has been amended, the respondent shall have an opportunity to amend his answer within such period as may be fixed by the board. (Effective May…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-33. Failure to file answerNotwithstanding any failure of the respondent to file an answer within the time provided in section 7-471-28, the board may proceed to hold a hearing at the time and place specified in the notice of hea…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-34. Construction of pleadingsAll pleadings shall be liberally construed.(Effective May 7, 1980) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-471

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-35. Back pay proceedings(a) After a board order has been issued or after enforcement of such order by the superior court, if informal efforts to dispose of the matter prove unsuccessful, the agent is then authorized in the agent…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-36. Interim relief pending final disposition(a) Following the date on which a complaint has been made to the board concerning an ongoing violation of the act, the complainant may request the board to issue an interim order requi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-37. Declaratory ruling; form of petitionWhenever there is a substantial and immediate threat to rights protected by the Municipal Employee Relations Act a person or organization may request a declaratory ruling by the board with…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-38. Declaratory rulings; procedure after filing(a) The board may give notice to any other person or organization that such a declaratory ruling has been requested and may receive and consider facts, arguments, and opinions from …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-39. Scope of bargaining determinationAny employee organization, employer, or arbitrator may request the board to determine the scope of collective bargaining if (1) during the course of collective negotiations one party seeks to…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-4. Public informationThe public may inspect the regulations, decisions and public records of the board at its offices in Wethersfield. There is no prescribed form for requests for information. Written requests should be submitte…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-40. Petitions concerning adoption of regulations(a) Any person or organization may at any time petition the board to promulgate, amend or repeal any regulation. The petition shall set forth clearly and concisely the text of the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-41. Settlement of casesInformal disposition may be made of any complaint or petition by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, or default. (Effective May 7, 1980) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-471

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-42. Pre-trial hearingsPrior to any scheduled hearing the board or agent may order the parties to meet with a board member, agent or other staff member for the purpose of obtaining stipulations of fact, joint exhibits, disclosure…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-43. Vacancy in board; quorumA vacancy in the board, or the absence or disqualification of a member of the board, shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the board, and two members of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-44. Nonjoinder and misjoinder of partiesNo proceeding under the act will be dismissed because a person directly concerned is not a party thereto. If it is necessary for the determination of the matter in dispute so to do, the bo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-45. Joining of respondentsAll persons alleged to have engaged in any prohibited practices may be joined as respondents, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative, and a decision may be rendered against such one or more of…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-46. Motions during pendency of hearingAll motions made at a hearing shall be stated orally, shall be included in the stenographic report of the hearing and shall be decided by the board, except that motions made to intervene sha…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-47. Motions made before or after hearingAll motions made, other than those made during a hearing or hearings, shall be filed in writing with the board and shall state the order or relief applied for and the grounds for such moti…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-48. Intervention; procedure; contents; filings and serviceAny person, municipal employer or employee organization desiring to intervene in any proceeding shall file with the board a sworn petition and four copies thereof in writ…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-49. Consolidation or severanceTwo or more proceedings under section 7-471 of the act may be consolidated by the board, in its discretion, and such proceedings may be severed by the board, in its discretion. (Effective May 7, 198…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-5. Signature of documentsThe duly authorized and official documents of the board of every description, and without exception, including but not limited to the board decisions, orders, notices, subpoenas, and communications shall…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-50. Witnesses; examination; record; depositionsWitnesses at all hearings shall be examined orally, under oath or affirmation, and a record of the proceedings shall be made and kept by the board. If a witness resides outside the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-51. Application for subpoenasAny party to a proceeding may apply to the board for the issuance of a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, requiring the attendance during a hearing of any person, party or witness and directing the pr…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-52. Issuance of subpoenas for production of books, papers and other mattersUpon proper application the board shall issue subpoenas at any time, requiring persons, parties or witnesses to attend or be examined or give testimony a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-53. Fees and mileage for witnessesWitnesses summoned before the board or its agent shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the state, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the per…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-54. Board shall conduct hearingsA hearing for the purpose of taking testimony upon a complaint, or upon a complaint and answer, or upon a petition for an election shall be conducted by the board. Such hearings shall be open to t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-55. Hearings; powers and duties of the boardDuring the course of any hearing, the board shall have the full authority to control the conduct and procedure of the hearings, and the records thereof, to admit or exclude testimony o…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-56. Examination of witnesses; introduction of evidenceIn any hearing, the agent and all parties shall have the right to call, examine and cross-examine witnesses and to introduce into the record papers and documents or other evi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-57. EvidenceThe board shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. All findings of the board as to facts shall be supported by substantial evidence. (Effective May 7, 1980) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-471

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-58. StipulationsAt a hearing, stipulations may be introduced in evidence with respect to any issue, subject to the ruling of the board. (Effective May 7, 1980) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-471

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-59. Continuation, adjournment or postponement of hearing; notice of withdrawal(a) In the discretion of the Board, the hearing may be continued from day to day or adjourned to a later date, or to a different place, by announcemen…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-6. DefinitionsThe term “Act” as used herein means the Municipal Employee Relations Act, sections 7-467 to 7-479, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes, and the term “Board” means the Connecticut State Board of Labor Rel…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-60. Contemptuous conduct at hearingsAny person who engages in contemptuous conduct before the board may, in the discretion of the board, be excluded from the hearing room or further participation in the proceeding. (Effective Ma…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-61. Waiver of hearing; consent orders(a) Nothing in sections 7-471-19 to 7-471-75, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall prevent the entry of an order with the consent of the respondent, and on notic…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-62. Oral argument or briefs; requests for findings of fact and conclusions(a) In all hearings under section 7-471 of the act the board may, in its discretion, permit the parties to argue orally before it at the close of the hear…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-63. Variance between allegation and proof; defects in pleading and procedure(a) A variance between an allegation in a petition for an election or a pleading in a prohibited practice proceeding and the proof shall be considered i…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-64. Motions and objections during hearingMotions made during the hearing and objections with respect to the conduct of the hearing, including objections to the introduction of evidence, shall be stated orally and shall be includ…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-65. Motion to reopen hearingNo motion for leave to reopen a hearing because of newly discovered evidence shall be entertained unless it is shown that such additional evidence is material, that the motion has been timely made and…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-66. Findings of fact and conclusions of law; decision and orderThe board shall, at any time after the close of a hearing under section 7-471(5) of the Connecticut General Statutes issue its findings of fact, conclusions of law, …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-67. Record of proceedings in prohibited practice cases(a) The record of the proceedings before the board in prohibited practice cases shall consist of the complaint or amended complaint, any other pleadings, notices of hearing, …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-68. Record of proceedings in representation casesThe record of the proceedings before the board in representation cases shall consist of the petition or amended petition, notices of hearing, the agent’s recommendation for dismis…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-69. Record publicThe record as defined in sections 7-471-67 and 7-471-68 shall constitute the public record of the cases and shall be made available for inspection or copying under such conditions as the board may prescribe. (Ef…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-7. Computation of TimeWhenever the time limited in these regulations for any act is seven (7) days or more, Saturdays, Sundays , holidays and other days when the board’s offices are closed to the public shall be included in maki…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-70. Limitation on board members and employees appearing before boardAny person who at any time has been a member of or employed by the board shall not be permitted to appear as attorney or representative for any person, firm, co…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-71. Service of documents by boardComplaints, decisions and orders and other processes and papers of the board and agent may be served personally, by registered or certified mail, or by leaving a copy thereof in the principal off…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-72. Services of papers by partyService of papers by a party to the proceeding shall be made by registered or certified mail or first class mail, postage pre-paid or in person. The verified return by the individual so serving the…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-73. Service on attorneyIf a party appears by her, his or its attorney, all papers other than the complaint, notice of original hearings, and final decisions and orders may be served, as herein provided, upon such attorney with t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 7-471-74. Construction of regulationsThese regulations shall be liberally construed and shall not be deemed to limit the powers conferred upon the board by the act. (Effective May 7, 1980) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-471