Title 31, Title 31: Labor

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 Section 31-3oo is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.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 Sections 31-3p and 31-3q are repealed, effective July 1, 2021.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…

Sec. 31-3w. Establishment of state-wide network of job centers. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Labor Commissioner, in exercise of any duties including any duties as administrator under chapter 567, shall, within available resources, participate in …

Sec. 31-3ww. Qualified apprenticeship training program. (a) For purposes of this section, “qualified apprenticeship training program” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-217g, and “taxpayer” means an affected business entity, as defined in section 12-284b. (b) The Labo…

Sec. 31-3x. Funding. Application for federal waivers. The Labor Department, for the purpose of funding the program pursuant to section 31-3w, may, in addition to expending available appropriations, apply for federal waivers and receive and expend any such funds available from the…

Sec. 31-3xx. Quick-reference guide for workers fifty years of age or older. (a) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Labor Department shall develop or approve a one page quick-reference guide summarizing (1) the public and private resources available for unemployed workers fifty y…

Secs. 31-3y and 31-3z. Self-employment assistance: Definitions. Regulations. Sections 31-3y and 31-3z are repealed, effective May 23, 2022. (P.A. 94-116, S. 16, 17, 28; P.A. 14-122, S. 144; P.A. 22-67, S. 17.)

Sec. 31-3yy. Report cards re employment placement programs. Section 31-3yy is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 14-42, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 494.)

Sec. 31-3zz. Special Operations Resource Network for veterans and members of armed forces or National Guard. The Labor Commissioner shall establish a Special Operations Resource Network to serve as a clearinghouse for veterans and members of the armed forces and National Guard wh…

Sec. 31-4. Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights. (a) The commissioner may appoint, as special agents, competent persons, familiar with the language of non-English-speaking laborers, who shall inform such laborers, either personally or…

Sec. 31-5. State employment bureaus. Branches. Section 31-5 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3779; P.A. 75-97; P.A. 77-113; 77-426, S. 15, 19.)

Sec. 31-6. Federal aid for public employment offices. Notification of state job openings or examinations to the Connecticut Employment Service. (a) The state of Connecticut accepts the benefits of an act of the Congress of the United States entitled “An Act to Provide for the Est…

Sec. 31-7. Notices. The orders and notices given by the Labor Commissioner under the provisions of this chapter shall be written or printed, signed by him officially, and may be served by him or any proper officer or indifferent person, by leaving an attested copy thereof with or…

Sec. 31-8. Appeal from orders of commissioner. Except as provided in subsections (a) and (c) of section 4-186, any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by any order of the commissioner may appeal, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to the superior court for the jud…

Sec. 31-9. Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report. Section 31-9 is repealed, effective May 23, 2022. (1949 Rev., S. 3746; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 22-67, S. 17.)

Sec. 31-12. Hours of labor of minors in manufacturing or mechanical establishments. (a) No person under the age of eighteen years who is not enrolled in and has not graduated from a secondary educational institution shall be employed in any manufacturing or mechanical establishme…

Sec. 31-13. Hours of labor of minors in mercantile establishments. (a) No person under the age of eighteen years who is not enrolled in and has not graduated from a secondary educational institution shall be employed in any mercantile establishment more than eight hours in any on…

Sec. 31-13a. Employer to furnish record of hours worked, wages earned and deductions. Employer to provide means to access and print electronically held records. (a) With each wage payment each employer shall furnish to each employee, in writing or, with the employee's explicit co…

Sec. 31-13b. Visible clock required as part of time card system. On and after January 1, 1977, no employer, private, municipal or state, shall use a time card system, recording clock or other device intended to record the work time of an employee unless such system, clock or devi…

Sec. 31-14. Night work of minors regulated. (a) No person under eighteen years of age shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning, except that such persons may be emp…

Sec. 31-15. Penalty. (a) Any parent or guardian who permits any minor to be employed in violation of section 31-12, 31-13 or 31-14 shall be subject to penalties under sections 31-15a and 31-69a. (b) A certificate of the age of a person made as provided in section 10-193 shall be …

Sec. 31-15a. Criminal penalty. Any employer, officer, agent or other person who violates any provision of section 31-12, 31-13 or 31-14, subsection (a) of section 31-15 or section 31-18, 31-23 or 31-24 shall be guilty of a class D felony for each offense, except that such person …

Sec. 31-16. Night work in messenger service. No person under the age of eighteen years shall be employed by any messenger company, in cities having a population of twenty thousand or over, to distribute, transmit or deliver goods or messages between the hours of ten o'clock at ni…

Sec. 31-17. Hours of labor of minors and women in bowling alleys, shoe-shining establishments, billiard and pool rooms. Section 31-17 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7348; 1963, P.A. 159.)

Sec. 31-18. Hours of labor of minors in certain other establishments. (a) No public restaurant, cafe, dining room, barber shop, hairdressing or manicuring establishment, amusement or recreational establishment, bowling alley, shoe-shining establishment, billiard or pool room or p…

Secs. 31-19 and 31-20. Employment of women between one a.m. and six a.m. Hours of women entertainers. Sections 31-19 and 31-20 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7350, 7351; 1949, S. 3011; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 60; P.A. 74-185, S. 5.)

Sec. 31-21. Legal day's work. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 51-247a, eight hours of labor performed in any one day by any one person shall be a legal day's work unless otherwise agreed. (1949 Rev., S. 7355; P.A. 08-103, S. 4.) History: P.A. 08-103 inserte…

Sec. 31-22. Labor Commissioner's duties of enforcement and reports. Section 31-22 is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (1949 Rev., S. 7370; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 74-185, S. 2; P.A. 13-140, S. 22.)

Secs. 31-22a to 31-22l. Reserved for future use. PART Ia APPRENTICESHIP

Sec. 31-22m. (Formerly Sec. 31-51a). Apprenticeship. Definitions. When used in sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, and 31-22u, “apprentice” means a person who is employed under a written agreement to work at and learn a specific trade and who is registered with the Labor Depart…

Sec. 31-22n. (Formerly Sec. 31-51b). Apprenticeship council. The Governor shall appoint thirteen members to the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council, each of whom shall have some association with apprentice training. Four shall be representative of Connecticut industry, with …

Sec. 31-22o. (Formerly Sec. 31-51c). Powers and duties of council. The council may recommend minimum standards of apprenticeship and for related and supplementary instruction, encourage registration and approval of apprentice agreements and training programs, and issue certificat…