Title 31 — Title 31: Labor

Sec. 31-237i. Referee section established. Appointment of referees; chief referee. (a) The referee section shall consist of such referees as the board deems necessary for the prompt processing of appeals hearings and decisions and for the performance of the duties imposed by this…

Sec. 31-237j. Appeals to referee section; jurisdiction, venue; panel of referees. (a) The referees shall promptly hear and decide appeals from the decisions of the administrator of this chapter, or his designee, appeals from all other determinations made pursuant to any provision…

Sec. 31-238. Budget of Employment Security Appeals Division. Provision for expenses, offices, equipment and supplies. The board shall annually prepare a budget request covering the necessary administrative costs of the appeals division for the next ensuing year. Upon approval by …

Sec. 31-239. Advisory council. Section 31-239 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7511; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

Sec. 31-240. Claim procedure. Filing. Claims for benefits shall be made in a manner prescribed by the administrator. (1949 Rev., S. 7512; P.A. 16-169, S. 5.) History: P.A. 16-169 replaced provision re benefit claims to be made at public employment bureau or branch with provision …

Sec. 31-241. Determination of claims and benefits. Notice, hearing and appeal. Regulations. (a) The administrator, or a deputy or representative designated by the administrator and hereinafter referred to as an examiner, shall promptly examine the initiating claim and, on the bas…

Sec. 31-242. Referee's hearing of claim on appeal from examiner: Decision, notices, remand; disqualification of referee, challenge. Unless such appeal is withdrawn, a referee shall promptly hear the claim, de novo, and render a decision thereon. Unless a party has waived the noti…

Sec. 31-243. Continuous jurisdiction. Jurisdiction over benefits shall be continuous but the initiating of a valid appeal under section 31-242 or the pendency of valid appellate proceedings under section 31-249 shall, if the appellate tribunal has taken jurisdiction, stay any pro…

Sec. 31-244. Procedure. The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented and the reports thereon required from the claimant and from employers shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the administrator. Neither the administrator nor the examiners shall be bound…

Sec. 31-244a. Procedure on appeals; hearings; rules of evidence; record. The conduct of hearings and appeals, including notice thereof, shall be in accordance with rules of procedure prescribed by the board in regulations adopted pursuant to section 31-237g. No formal pleadings s…

Sec. 31-245. Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas. In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the administrator, the examiners, the referees, the hearing officials designated pursuant to subsection (b) of section 31-237d and subsection (b) of section 31-…

Sec. 31-246. Enforcement of subpoena. In case of contumacy by any person, or his refusal to obey a subpoena issued to him under section 31-245, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which such person guilt…

Sec. 31-247. Witness fees. Payment of expenses of proceedings. Subject to the approval of the administrator or chairman of the board, witnesses before the administrator, the referee or the board appearing pursuant to the provisions of section 31-245 shall be allowed fees as provi…

Sec. 31-248. Decisions of employment security referee; final date, notice; reopening; judicial review. (a) Any decision of a referee, in the absence of a timely filed appeal from a party aggrieved thereby or a timely filed motion to reopen, vacate, set aside or modify such decisi…

Sec. 31-248a. Transfer of case from referee to Employment Security Board of Review. At any time before the referee's decision has become final within the periods of time prescribed in section 31-248 or at any time during the pendency of a proceeding before a referee, the board ma…

Sec. 31-249. Appeal from employment security referee's decision to Employment Security Board of Review. At any time before the referee's decision has become final within the periods of limitation prescribed in section 31-248, any party including the administrator, may appeal ther…

Sec. 31-249a. Decision of board, final date, grounds for reopening appeal, payment of benefits, exhaustion of remedies. (a) Any decision of the board, in the absence of a timely filed appeal from a party aggrieved thereby or a timely filed motion to reopen, vacate, set aside or m…

Sec. 31-249b. Appeal. At any time before the board's decision has become final, any party, including the administrator, may appeal such decision, including any claim that the decision violates statutory or constitutional provisions, to the superior court for the judicial district…

Sec. 31-249c. Administrator a party to all appeal proceedings. Right of board to intervene as a party. The administrator shall be deemed to be a party to any proceeding under this chapter before a referee, the board or any reviewing court. The board shall have the right to interv…

Sec. 31-249d. Disqualification of referees and board members as advocates. No referee or member of the board shall appear for or on behalf of himself or any party before any other referee or before the board. No referee or member of the board shall appear in any court on his own …

Sec. 31-249e. Decisions of board and referees. Methods of issuance. Notice of appellate rights. Every decision of a referee or the board shall be issued in a manner prescribed by the appeals division, which may include, but need not be limited to, in writing, in person delivery, …

Sec. 31-249f. Decisions of board as precedents, referees' decisions as authority. Index of cases decided. (a) Final decisions of the board shall be binding in all subsequent proceedings involving similar questions. Final decisions of referees and the principles of law declared in…

Sec. 31-249g. Use of arbitration decisions by board or referees. Preclusive effect of unemployment compensation proceedings. (a) In proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter, the Employment Security Board of Review or any employment security appeals referee may admit into ev…

Sec. 31-249h. Regulations defining “good cause”. On or before January 1, 1988, the Employment Security Board of Review shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, which establish a definition of “good cause” for the timeliness of filing motions or ap…

Sec. 31-250. Administration. Duties and powers of administrator. (a) In administering this chapter, the administrator may adopt such regulations, employ such persons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make such investigations and take such other action as may be neces…

Sec. 31-250a. Advisory board. Membership. Functions and duties. (a) There is established an advisory board to advise the administrator on matters concerning policy for and the operation of the Employment Security Division. The advisory board shall consist of eight members, who sh…

Sec. 31-251. General regulations. Section 31-251 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7523; 1949, S. 3079d; P.A. 73-616, S. 31; P.A. 89-51, S. 2.)

Sec. 31-252. Public distribution of law, regulations and reports. The administrator shall make available to the public, on its Internet web site, the text of this chapter, the administrator's general regulations and his annual reports to the Governor and any other material the ad…

Sec. 31-253. Delegation of authority. The administrator may delegate to any person duly employed such authority as he deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of his duties. (1949 Rev., S. 7525; June, 1955, S. 3080d.)

Sec. 31-254. Records and reports. State directory of new hires. Disclosure. (a)(1) Each employer, whether or not otherwise subject to this chapter, shall keep accurate records of employment as defined in subsection (a) of section 31-222, containing such information as the adminis…

Sec. 31-254a. Wage and claim information to national directory of new hires. (a) The Labor Department shall, on a quarterly basis, furnish to the national directory of new hires extracts of the wage and claim information contained in the records required and maintained by the Lab…

Sec. 31-255. Reciprocal agreements with other states. (a) The administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with the proper agencies under the laws of other states and of the United States to provide reciprocal treatment to individuals who have, after acquiring potential r…

Sec. 31-256. Application for advances to Unemployment Trust Fund. The administrator is authorized to apply for such advances to the account of the state of Connecticut in the Unemployment Trust Fund to which it may be entitled in accordance with the provisions of Title XII of the…

Sec. 31-257. Repayment of benefits on receipt of retroactive pay. Whenever any person who has drawn benefits under this chapter subsequently receives retroactive pay without deduction for such benefits under an arbitration, or other award or judgment with respect to the same peri…

Sec. 31-258. Repayment of benefits on receipt of workers' compensation. Any person who has drawn benefits under this chapter who subsequently receives compensation for temporary disability under a workers' compensation law with respect to the same period for which he has drawn un…

Sec. 31-259. Employment Security Administration Fund. (a) Establishment. There is created in the State Treasury a special segregated fund to be known as the Employment Security Administration Fund. Said fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated by this state, all moneys recei…

Sec. 31-260. Transfer of funds authorized by federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. The Treasurer shall, on request filed in writing by the administrator, withdraw from the Unemployment Trust Fund and deposit in the Employment Security Administration Fund amounts not to exc…

Sec. 31-261. Unemployment Compensation Fund. Payment of administrative expenses. (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special segregated fund to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Fund. Said fund shall consist of all contributions and moneys paid into or received b…

Sec. 31-262. Deposits of contributions. Payments to United States Treasurer. All contributions made in accordance with this chapter and all other moneys payable into this fund, upon receipt thereof by the administrator, shall be paid to the State Treasurer, who shall deposit them…

Sec. 31-263. Withdrawals of funds for payment of benefits and reimbursement of advance fund. (a) The State Treasurer, as treasurer of the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Fund, shall, as directed by the administrator, requisition from the Unemployment Trust Fund such amounts…

Sec. 31-264. Management of fund upon discontinuance of or changes in Unemployment Trust Fund. The provisions of sections 31-261, 31-262 and 31-263 to the extent that they relate to the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be operative only as long as said Unemployment Trust Fund continu…

Sec. 31-264a. Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund. (a) Unless the context requires a different meaning, the term “bonds” or “revenue bonds” under this section and sections 3-21a, 31-222, 31-225a, 31-231a, 31-232b, 31-232d, 31-232f, 31-236, 31-250a, 31-259, 31-263, 31-264b and …

Sec. 31-264b. Issuance of unemployment compensation revenue bonds. (a) The State Bond Commission may authorize the issuance of revenue bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts necessary or estimated to be necessary as an advance to the Unemployment Compen…

Sec. 31-265. Interest on contributions not paid when due. Contributions unpaid on the date on which they are due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall bear interest for each month or fraction thereof after such date until payment, plus accrued intere…

Sec. 31-266. Collection of contributions. Lien. Foreclosure. If, after notice, any employer fails to make any payment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due, with interest thereon pursuant to section 31-265, shall be collectible by any means provided by law for the …

Sec. 31-266a. Civil action to enjoin employer from entering employment contracts where contributions unpaid. When a tax warrant issued pursuant to the authority contained in section 31-266 has been returned unsatisfied either in whole or in part, and the amount collectible from t…

Sec. 31-266b. Disposition of real or personal property taken by foreclosure. Any real estate to which title has been taken by foreclosure, or any personal property on which a tax lien under this chapter has been filed, or which has been conveyed to the state in lieu of foreclosur…

Sec. 31-266c. Abatement of contributions. Compromises. (a) The administrator, upon the advice of the Attorney General, may abate any contributions due under this chapter which have been found by the administrator to be uncollectible. (b) The administrator or the administrator's d…

Sec. 31-267. Priority of claim for contributions in case of insolvency, bankruptcy or dissolution. In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of credit…

Sec. 31-268. Adjustment of errors. Section 31-268 is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (1949 Rev., S. 7538; P.A. 77-104, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-169, S. 35.)