Title 31, Title 31: Labor

Sec. 31-2. Powers and duties of commissioner. (a) The Labor Commissioner shall collect information upon the subject of labor, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring individuals and the means of promoting their material, social and intellectual prosperity, and may summon and…

Secs. 31-2a and 31-2b. Statistical services. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sections 31-2a and 31-2b are repealed. (P.A. 73-164, S. 2–5; P.A. 76-209, S. 2.)

Sec. 31-2c. Employer reporting of new employees. Transfer of information between Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Notification of employer. Reimbursement to Labor Department. Section 31-2c is repealed, effective October 1, 1998. (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 28,…

Sec. 31-2d. Office of Workforce Competitiveness. Orders. Regulations. Section 31-2d is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 11-48, S. 77; P.A. 13-299, S. 22; P.A. 14-42, S. 3; P.A. 18-126, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Sec. 31-2e. Establishment of Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. Powers. Designation of Unemployed Workers' Advocate. (a) The Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish the Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate within the Labor Department to…

Sec. 31-3. Investigation of employment. Special agents authorized. The Labor Commissioner is authorized to investigate the wages, hours of employment, necessary expense of living and health, so far as affected by their employment, of wage-earning persons in stores, wholesale and …

Sec. 31-3a. Manpower development and planning studies and programs. Section 31-3a is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (February, 1965, P.A. 248, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 13-140, S. 20; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Sec. 31-3aa. Report re self-employment assistance pilot program. Section 31-3aa is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 94-116, S. 18, 28; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 31-3b. Contracts with or funds from public or private agency or source. (a) The Labor Commissioner may contract with any public or private agency for educational and job training services. (b) The Labor Commissioner may accept and receive funds from any public or private sou…

Sec. 31-3bb. Program report cards re employment placement. Section 31-3bb is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (P.A. 97-263, S. 3; P.A. 13-140, S. 22.)

Sec. 31-3c. Job training program for specific employers. Section 31-3c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 77-370, S. 2, 13; 77-614, S. 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 82-218, S. 39, 46; P.A. 89-260, S. 39, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 66, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 31, 48; P…

Sec. 31-3cc. Collection and analysis of data re gender and other bias in training programs. The Governor's Workforce Council, in cooperation with the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, shall regular…

Sec. 31-3d. Work training opportunities programs. (a) The Labor Commissioner shall develop and implement work training opportunities programs in cooperation with municipalities, public and private agencies and business and industry in order to expand education, training, supporti…

Sec. 31-3dd. Recommendation re budget targets. Section 31-3dd is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 97-263, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Sec. 31-3e. Basic education programs for Work Incentive Program registrants. Requirements. Report. Section 31-3e is repealed. (P.A. 81-414, S. 1, 2, 5; P.A. 86-291, S. 7.)

Sec. 31-3ee. Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients. Section 31-3ee is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (P.A. 98-169, S. 4, 8; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 16-170, S. 7.)

Sec. 31-3f. Employment training benefits voucher. The Labor Commissioner shall create an employment training benefits voucher. Such voucher shall state that the holder of the voucher is eligible for those training and benefit programs administered by the commissioner which are no…

Sec. 31-3ff. Job Training Partnership Act payments. Section 31-3ff is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 00-192, S. 30, 102; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Sec. 31-3g. Assistance to displaced homemakers. Regulations. Section 31-3g is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 83-371, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-416, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 60, 87; P.A. 13-140, S. 3; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Sec. 31-3gg. One-stop centers. (a) In addition to the required partners identified in Section 121(b)(1) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as from time to time amended, and subject to the approval of the regional workforce development b…

Sec. 31-3h. Governor's Workforce Council; duties. (a) There is created, within the Office of Workforce Strategy, the Governor's Workforce Council. The Governor's Workforce Council shall constitute a successor council to the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission in accord…

Sec. 31-3hh. Regional workforce development board contracts. Regulations. Section 31-3hh is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (P.A. 01-156, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-169, S. 35.)

Sec. 31-3i. Governor's Workforce Council: Members. (a) Pursuant to Section 101 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, the members of the Governor's Workforce Council shall be: (1) The Governor; (2) A member of the House of Representatives, …

Sec. 31-3ii. Adult education pilot program for incumbent workers. Report. Section 31-3ii is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 03-102, S. 1; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Sec. 31-3j. Regional workforce development boards: Definitions. As used in this section and sections 31-3k to 31-3o, inclusive, and 31-3r: (1) “Board” means a regional workforce development board established under section 31-3k; (2) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner; (3…

Sec. 31-3jj. Job training; English as a second language instruction. Each state agency providing or assisting in the provision of job training shall, within available appropriations, include the opportunity for English as a second language instruction. (P.A. 04-227, S. 3.) Histor…

Sec. 31-3k. Regional workforce development boards: Duties and responsibilities. (a) There is established within the Labor Department a regional workforce development board for each workforce development region in the state. (b) Each board, within its region, in accordance with th…

Sec. 31-3kk. Funds for incumbent worker training programs. Section 31-3kk is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (P.A. 06-83, S. 21; P.A. 13-140, S. 22.)

Sec. 31-3l. Regional workforce development boards: Members. The members of a board shall be appointed by the chief elected officials of the municipalities in the region in accordance with the provisions of an agreement entered into by such municipalities. In the absence of an agr…

Sec. 31-3ll. Incumbent Worker Training Program. Regulations. (a) The Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish and operate the Incumbent Worker Training Program, the purposes of which shall be to: (1) Sustain high growth occupation and economically vita…

Sec. 31-3m. Agencies involved in employment and training. Duties and responsibilities. Not later than July 1, 1992, the Governor shall designate appropriate state agencies as agencies involved in employment and training. The department heads of each agency involved in employment …

Sec. 31-3mm. Youth employment and training funds. (a) The Labor Department, within available appropriations, shall establish a program to distribute youth employment and training funds to regional workforce development boards. (b) Funds provided for in this section shall be alloc…

Sec. 31-3n. Regulations. Duties of Labor Commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Workforce Officer and the Governor's Workforce Council, may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of secti…

Sec. 31-3nn. Mortgage crisis job training program. (a) The WorkPlace, Inc., in conjunction with the other regional workforce development boards pursuant to section 31-3k and the one-stop centers pursuant to section 31-3gg, shall establish a mortgage crisis job training program in…

Sec. 31-3o. Duties of the Governor's Workforce Council. The Governor's Workforce Council shall ensure that the membership of each board satisfies the representation requirements of section 31-3l, regulations adopted by the commissioner under section 31-3n and guidance issued purs…

Sec. 31-3oo. Connecticut Employment and Training Commission solicitation and publication of information re promotion of green technology industry. Section 31-3oo is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 10-156, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Secs. 31-3p and 31-3q. Grant proposal or plan inconsistent with annual regional plan of regional work force development board; procedures. State employment and training programs. Sections 31-3p and 31-3q are repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 92-145, S. 7, 8, 10; P.A. 93-134…

Sec. 31-3pp. Subsidized Training and Employment program. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Department” means the Labor Department; (2) “Eligible small business” means a business that (A) employed not more than one hundred full-time employees on at least fifty per cent of its…

Sec. 31-3r. Construal or administration not to conflict with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or supersede statutory duties. Nothing in this section or sections 31-3j to 31-3o, inclusive, shall be construed or administered in any manner that would conflict with the re…

Sec. 31-3rr. Career ladder in green technology industry. (a) As used in this section and section 10a-55g: (1) “Green jobs” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-55d; (2) “Green technology” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-55d; and (3) “Career ladder” mean…

Sec. 31-3s. Subsidized employment program for general assistance recipients. Section 31-3s is repealed, effective July 1, 1995. (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 22; P.A. 95-265, S. 6, 7.)

Sec. 31-3t. Job training and retraining programs for unemployed persons who owe overdue child support. Within available resources, the Labor Commissioner shall establish a job training and retraining program designed specifically for unemployed persons (1) against whom an order f…

Sec. 31-3u. Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards. Section 31-3u is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 93-394, S. 1, 3; P.A. 94-193, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 16-170, S. 4; P.A. 21-141, S. 12; June Sp. Se…

Sec. 31-3uu. Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Department” means the Labor Department; (2) “Eligible business” means a business that (A) has operations in Connecticut, (B) has been registered to condu…

Sec. 31-3v. Priority for financial assistance applicants who have established a work environment consistent with criteria in Sec. 32-475. The Labor Commissioner shall give priority to applicants who have established a work environment consistent with the criteria set forth in sec…

Sec. 31-3vv. Bond authorization for Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of…