Title 31, Title 31: Labor

Secs. 31-122 and 31-123. Transferred to Chapter 814c, Secs. 46a-51 and 46a-52, respectively.

Sec. 31-123a. Commission as secretariat to executive committee on human rights and opportunities. Section 31-123a is repealed. (1967, P.A. 636, S. 9; P.A. 80-422, S. 50.)

Secs. 31-125 and 31-125a. Transferred to Chapter 814c, Secs. 46a-54 and 46a-55, respectively.

Secs. 31-126b to 31-126e. Limitation on retirement benefit. Effect on collective bargaining agreements. Medical examinations permitted. Retirement notice by employee. Sections 31-126b to 31-126e, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 78-350, S. 2–6; P.A. 79-304, S. 2–4; P.A. 80-422, S. …

Sec. 31-128a. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Employee” means any individual currently employed or formerly employed by an employer and includes individuals in managerial positions; (2) “Employee assistance program” means a program sponsored or authorized by an employe…

Sec. 31-128b. Employee access to personnel file, documentation of disciplinary action and notice of termination. (a) Each employer shall, not more than seven business days after receipt of a written request from an employee, permit such employee to inspect, and if requested, copy…

Sec. 31-128c. Employee access to medical records. Employer's duties re maintaining medical records. Each employer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of a written request from an employee, permit an inspection of medical records pertaining to such employee which may be …

Sec. 31-128d. Employer's right to retain files on premises. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a requirement that an employee or his physician be permitted to remove his personnel file or medical records or any part of such file or records from the place on the employe…

Sec. 31-128e. Removal or correction of information. Employee's explanatory statement. (a) If, upon inspection of his or her personnel file or medical records, an employee disagrees with any of the information contained in such file or records, removal or correction of such inform…

Sec. 31-128f. Employee's consent required for disclosure. No individually identifiable information contained in the personnel file or medical records of any employee shall be disclosed by an employer to any person or entity not employed by or affiliated with the employer without …

Sec. 31-128g. Employee's right to obtain copies. Each employer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of a written request from an employee, provide such employee with a copy of all or part of his personnel file or provide such employee's physician with a copy of such empl…

Sec. 31-128h. Frequency of inspection. No employer shall be required to permit an inspection of any employee's personnel file or medical records on more than two occasions in any calendar year. (P.A. 79-264, S. 8, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 6, 7.) History: P.A. 79-264 effective January 1…

Sec. 31-128i. Employee's consent required for disclosure of participation in employee assistance program. (a) No employee assistance professional, employee or state employee shall be required to disclose any information or records concerning or confirming the employee's voluntary…

Sec. 31-128j. Labor Commissioner's subpoena powers. In connection with any investigation by the Labor Department regarding any provision of this chapter, the Labor Commissioner or the Labor Commissioner's duly authorized agent may summon by subpoena an employer against whom a com…

Sec. 31-129. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) “Person” includes persons or a company, society, association, limited liability company or corporation; (b) “Employment agency” includes the business of procuring or offering to procure work or employment for persons seeking …

Sec. 31-130. Licenses; application, bond, fees, location, qualifications; temporary license, exemptions; registration. (a) No person shall open, keep or carry on any employment agency unless he procures a license from the Labor Commissioner authorizing the licensee to open, keep …

Sec. 31-131. Fees. Receipt for fee. Agreements with applicant. (a) If an applicant does not obtain or accept a situation or employment through the agency of a licensed person, such licensed person shall not be entitled to collect a fee from such applicant. If an applicant obtains…

Sec. 31-131a. Conduct of business. (a) No licensed person shall impose any fee for registration or exact a fee from any applicant except for employment obtained directly through the effort of such agency. (b) No person shall display, on any sign or window or in any publication, t…

Sec. 31-131b. Records to be kept. (a) Every licensed person shall keep a register for at least one year in which shall be entered the date of the application for employment and the name and address of every applicant from whom a fee is received or charged, the name and address of…

Sec. 31-131c. Enforcement, penalties. (a) The commissioner may cancel or suspend the license of any person when it appears to his satisfaction, upon hearing, that such person has been convicted in a state or federal court of an offense which, under the laws of the state, is a fel…

Secs. 31-132 and 31-133. Penalties. Excepted agencies. Sections 31-132 and 31-133 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3784, 3785; 1959, P.A. 640, S. 4, 5; P.A. 73-461, S. 7, 8.)

Sec. 31-134. Information agencies; records inspection. No person or corporation, nor any agent or attorney thereof, nor any association of persons or corporations, shall maintain, subscribe to, belong to or support any bureau or agency conducted for the purpose of preserving and …

Sec. 31-134a. Procurement of out-of-state domestic employees. (a) No employment agency, directly or indirectly, shall accept applications from persons outside the state of Connecticut, or procure or offer to procure employment, as domestic or household employees, of persons who a…

Sec. 31-135. Governor's committee. Section 31-135 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 525, S. 1; P.A. 73-274, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

Sec. 31-136. Promotion of employment. The Labor Commissioner shall carry on a continuing program to promote the employment of persons with disabilities by creating state-wide interest in the rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities and by obtaining and maintaini…

Sec. 31-137. Receipt of gifts and donations. The Labor Commissioner is authorized to receive any gifts, grants or donations made for any of the purposes of any program under this chapter and to disburse and administer the same in accordance with the terms thereof. (September, 195…

Sec. 31-138. National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The Governor shall proclaim the month of October of each year to be “National Disability Employment Awareness Month” to recognize and celebrate businesses who employ individuals with disabilities and to encourage other …

Secs. 31-139 to 31-221. Workmen's Compensation Act. Sections 31-139 to 31-221, inclusive, are repealed. (1961, P.A. 491, S. 82.)

Sec. 31-221a. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 31-221b to 31-221f, inclusive: (1) “Client” means any person who, as an employer, enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization; (2) “Coemployment relationship” means an ongo…

Sec. 31-221b. Limitations of professional employer organization and coemployment relationship. (a) Nothing in this section or sections 31-221c to 31-221f, inclusive, or in any professional employer agreement shall: (1) Diminish existing rights between covered employees and a clie…

Sec. 31-221c. Registration as professional employer organization: Requirements. Application. Disclosures. Fees. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, no person shall provide, advertise or otherwise hold itself out as providing professional employer serv…

Sec. 31-221d. Working capital or equivalent requirement. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section or section 31-221c, each professional employer organization or, collectively, each professional employer organization group shall: (1) Maintain a minimum of one hundr…

Sec. 31-221e. Professional employer agreements: Requirements. Liabilities. (a) Except as specifically provided in sections 31-221b to 31-221f, inclusive, the allocation of rights, duties and obligations of a professional employer organization and a client shall be determined by t…

Sec. 31-221f. Enforcement. Penalties. (a) An applicant for registration or a registered professional employer organization or controlling person of an applicant or a registered professional employer organization shall be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to subsection (b) o…

Sec. 31-221g. Additional protections. Nothing in sections 31-221a to 31-221f, inclusive, shall operate to eliminate or diminish an employee protection or employer responsibility provided by this title or any regulation or policy adopted by the Labor Department pursuant thereto, o…

Sec. 31-221h. Commissioner's duties re professional employer organizations. Regulations. On or before July 1, 2009, the commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement and administer sections 31-221a to 31-221g, inclusive, which shall include, but …

Sec. 31-222. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) (1) “Employment”, subject to the other provisions of this subsection, means: (A) Any service, including service in interstate commerce, and service outside the United States, pe…

Sec. 31-222a. “District” defined. Continuation of commissioners in offices. Section 31-222a is repealed. (April, 1964, P.A. 3, S. 3; P.A. 74-339, S. 35, 36.)

Sec. 31-223. Application of chapter to employers. (a) Nonvoluntary liability. Every employer who was subject to this chapter immediately prior to January 1, 1980, shall continue to be so subject. An employer not previously subject to this chapter shall become subject to this chap…

Sec. 31-223a. Employers not subject to chapter. Notification to employees. Any employer that is not subject to the provisions of this chapter and has not accepted voluntary liability under this chapter in accordance with subsection (b) of section 31-223 or subsection (g) of secti…

Sec. 31-223b. Transfer of unemployment experience upon transfer of assets, organization, trade or business of employer. Penalties. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Knowingly” means having actual knowledge of or acting with deliberate ignorance of or reckless disregard for a…

Sec. 31-224. Municipal and other public employees. Section 31-224 is repealed. (1953, S. 3062d; 1969, P.A. 700, S. 2.)

Sec. 31-225. Contributions by employers. Failure of an Indian tribe or tribal unit to make required payments. Financing of benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations. Bond requirement for foreign construction contractors. (a) Each contributing employer who is subject t…

Sec. 31-225a. Definitions; employers' experience accounts; noncharging provisions; benefit ratio; rates of contribution; assessments to pay interest due on federal loans and to reimburse advance fund; fund balance tax rate; notice to employers; multiple employers; employers' quar…

Secs. 31-225b to 31-226. Compensable separation charge, compensable period; rehire credits. Exception re date of filing application. Account not charged if claimant employed at that time; notice required. Employer's account not charged during employee's disqualification period; a…

Sec. 31-226a. Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action. (a) No employer shall discharge, discipline, penalize or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed a claim or instituted or caused to be instituted any…