Title 31 — Title 31: Labor

Sec. 31-289a. Civil action to recover civil penalties. Privileged assignment for trial. (a) If any civil penalty imposed pursuant to any provision of this chapter is not paid within ninety days of its imposition by an administrative law judge, or within ninety days of the final d…

Sec. 31-289b. Civil action to enjoin noncomplying employer from conducting business in the state. Whenever an employer wilfully fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of …

Sec. 31-290. Obligations not to be evaded. No contract, expressed or implied, no rule, regulation or other device shall in any manner relieve any employer, in whole or in part, of any obligation created by this chapter, except as herein set forth. (1949 Rev., S. 7455; 1958 Rev., …

Sec. 31-290a. Discharge, discipline or discrimination prohibited. Misinformation or dissuasion prohibited. Right of action. (a) No employer who is subject to the provisions of this chapter shall: (1) Discharge or cause to be discharged, or in any manner discipline or discriminate…

Sec. 31-290b. Penalty for false statement. Section 31-290b is repealed. (P.A. 85-602, S. 1, 4; P.A. 90-244, S. 2.)

Sec. 31-290c. Fraudulent claim or receipt of benefits. Penalties. (a) Any person or his representative who makes or attempts to make any claim for benefits, receives or attempts to receive benefits, prevents or attempts to prevent the receipt of benefits or reduces or attempts to…

Sec. 31-290d. Workers' compensation fraud unit. (a) There shall be a workers' compensation fraud unit within the office of the Chief State's Attorney in the Division of Criminal Justice. The unit, under the supervision of the Chief State's Attorney, may, upon receipt of a complai…

Sec. 31-291. Principal employer, contractor and subcontractor. When any principal employer procures any work to be done wholly or in part for him by a contractor, or through him by a subcontractor, and the work so procured to be done is a part or process in the trade or business …

Sec. 31-291a. Method of computing workers' compensation premiums for construction contractors. On or before July 1, 1996, the rating organization licensed pursuant to section 38a-672 shall file with the Insurance Commissioner a method of computing workers' compensation premiums w…

Sec. 31-291b. Method of computing workers' compensation premiums for volunteer staff of municipality or volunteer ambulance service. On or before October 1, 2009, the rating organization licensed pursuant to section 38a-672 shall file with the Insurance Commissioner a method of c…

Sec. 31-292. Liability of employer for worker lent to or employed by another. When the services of a worker are temporarily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the worker has entered into a contract of service, the latter shall, for the purposes of this …

Sec. 31-293. Liability of third persons to employer and employee. Limitations on liability of architects and engineers. Limitations on liability of insurers, self-insurance service organizations and unions relating to safety matters. (a) When any injury for which compensation is …

Sec. 31-293a. No right against fellow employee; exception. If an employee or, in case of his death, his dependent has a right to benefits or compensation under this chapter on account of injury or death from injury caused by the negligence or wrong of a fellow employee, such righ…

Sec. 31-294. Notice of injury and of claim for compensation. Section 31-294 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7426, 7442; 1953, 1955, S. 3041d; 1958, S. 31-157, 31-168; 1959, P.A. 387; 580, S. 8; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 16; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 36; 1967, P.A. 842, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 692; P.A. 8…

Sec. 31-294a. Eligibility for podiatric care. Any recipient of benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act shall be eligible to receive the services of a podiatrist to the same extent that such person is eligible to receive the services of a practicing physician, surgeon or dent…

Sec. 31-294b. Report of injury to employer. Notice of claim form provided by commission. (a) Any employee who has sustained an injury in the course of his employment shall immediately report the injury to his employer, or some person representing his employer. If the employee fai…

Sec. 31-294c. Notice of claim for compensation. Notice contesting liability. Exception for dependents of certain deceased employees. (a) No proceedings for compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall be maintained unless a written notice of claim for compensation is g…

Sec. 31-294d. Medical and surgical aid. Hospital, ambulatory surgical center and nursing service. (a)(1) The employer, as soon as the employer has knowledge of an injury, shall provide a competent physician, surgeon, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to at…

Sec. 31-294e. Employee's option to obtain medical care at employee's expense. Refusal of employee to accept or obtain reasonable medical care. (a) At his option, the injured employee may refuse the medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service provided by his employer …

Sec. 31-294f. Medical examination of injured employee. Medical reports. (a) An injured employee shall submit himself to examination by a reputable practicing physician or surgeon, at any time while claiming or receiving compensation, upon the reasonable request of the employer or…

Sec. 31-294g. State employee notice of claim for compensation. Whenever the Commissioner of Administrative Services receives a notice of claim for compensation from an employee of the state pursuant to subsection (a) of section 31-294c, the Commissioner of Administrative Services…

Sec. 31-294h. Benefits for police officer suffering mental or emotional impairment arising from use of deadly force or subjection to deadly force in line of duty. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, workers' compensation benefits for any police officer, as described in…

Sec. 31-294i. Municipal firefighters and police officers. Employer presumption of liability for cardiac emergencies. For the purpose of adjudication of claims for payment of benefits under the provisions of this chapter to a uniformed member of a paid municipal fire department or…

Sec. 31-294j. Eligibility of municipal firefighters, police officers, constables and volunteer ambulance service members re benefits for diseases arising out of and in the course of employment. For the purpose of adjudication of claims for payment of benefits under the provisions…

Sec. 31-294k. Benefits for post-traumatic stress injury. Eligibility. (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19” means the respiratory disease designated by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof recognized by th…

Sec. 31-294l. Firefighters claim due to cancer diagnosis. Record. The Workers' Compensation Commission shall maintain a record of all workers' compensation claims made by firefighters due to a cancer diagnosis. Not later than January first of each year, the Workers' Compensation …

Sec. 31-295. Waiting period. When compensation begins. Penalty for late payment of permanent partial disability benefits. (a) No compensation shall be payable for total or partial incapacity under the provisions of this chapter on account of any injury which does not incapacitate…

Sec. 31-296. Voluntary agreements. (a) If an employer and an injured employee, or in case of fatal injury the employee's legal representative or dependent, at a date not earlier than the expiration of the waiting period, reach an agreement in regard to compensation, such agreemen…

Sec. 31-296a. Discontinuance or reduction of payments under oral agreements. No employer shall discontinue or reduce payment on account of total or partial incapacity under any oral agreement or in any case where the employer's acceptance of compensability has been conclusively p…

Sec. 31-297. Hearing of claims. If an employer and his injured employee, or his legal representative, as the case may be, fail to reach an agreement in regard to compensation under the provisions of this chapter, either party may notify the administrative law judge of the failure…

Sec. 31-297a. Informal hearings. In any informal hearing held by the administrative law judge or chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission in regard to compensation under the provisions of this chapter, any recommendations made by the administrative law judge or chairpe…

Sec. 31-298. Conduct of hearings. Both parties may appear at any hearing, either in person or by attorney or other accredited representative, and no formal pleadings shall be required, beyond any informal notices that the commission approves. In all cases and hearings under the p…

Sec. 31-298a. Use of medical panel. Duties of commissioner and panel. Appeal. Regulations. Section 31-298a is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (P.A. 81-392, S. 1–4; P.A. 91-339, S. 18, 55; P.A. 21-18, S. 8.)

Sec. 31-299. Prior statements of parties as evidence at hearings before administrative law judges. At any hearing before an administrative law judge no written statement, and no oral statement taken by means of tape recorder or any mechanical, electrical or electronic device, con…

Sec. 31-299a. Payments under group medical policy not defense to claim for benefits. Health insurer's duty to pay. Lien. (a) Where an employer contests the compensability of an employee's claim for compensation, proof of payment made under a group health, medical or hospitalizati…

Sec. 31-299b. Initial liability of last employer. Reimbursement. If an employee suffers an injury or disease for which compensation is found by the administrative law judge to be payable according to the provisions of this chapter, the employer who last employed the claimant prio…

Sec. 31-300. Award as judgment. Interest. Attorney's fee. Procedure on discontinuance or reduction. As soon as may be after the conclusion of any hearing, but no later than one hundred twenty days after such conclusion, the administrative law judge shall send to each party a writ…

Sec. 31-301. Appeals to the Compensation Review Board. Payment of award during pendency of appeal. (a) At any time within twenty days after entry of an award by the administrative law judge, after a decision of the administrative law judge upon a motion or after an order by the a…

Sec. 31-301a. Decision of Compensation Review Board. Any decision of the Compensation Review Board, in the absence of an appeal therefrom, shall become final after a period of twenty days has expired from the issuance of notice of the rendition of the judgment or decision. (P.A. …

Sec. 31-301b. Appeal of decision of Compensation Review Board. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the Compensation Review Board upon any question or questions of law arising in the proceedings may appeal the decision of the Compensation Review Board to the Appellate Court, wh…

Sec. 31-301c. Costs of appeal. Interest added to award affirmed on appeal. (a) No costs shall be taxed in favor of either party on any such appeal either in the Compensation Review Board or in the Appellate Court, and no party shall be liable to pay any fees or costs in connectio…

Sec. 31-301d. Power of Compensation Review Board re witnesses and production of evidence. Enforcement of order. The Compensation Review Board and each member thereof shall have the same power in summoning and examining witnesses and in requiring production of evidence as is veste…

Sec. 31-302. Payment of compensation. Commutation into monthly, quarterly or lump sums. Compensation payable under this chapter shall be paid at the particular times in the week and in the manner the administrative law judge may order, and shall be paid directly to the persons en…

Sec. 31-303. Day when compensation payments become due. Penalty for late payments. Payments agreed to under a voluntary agreement shall commence on or before the twentieth day from the date of agreement. Payments due under an award shall commence on or before the twentieth day fr…

Sec. 31-304. Destruction of agreement. Section 31-304 is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (1955, S. 3048d; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 27; P.A. 21-18, S. 8.)

Sec. 31-305. Medical examinations. Section 31-305 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7445; 1958 Rev., S. 31-172; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 28; 1967, P.A. 842, S. 11; P.A. 87-160, S. 2; P.A. 91-32, S. 40, 41.)

Sec. 31-306. Death resulting from accident or occupational disease. Dependents. Compensation. (a) Compensation shall be paid to dependents on account of death resulting from an accident arising out of and in the course of employment or from an occupational disease as follows: (1)…

Sec. 31-306a. Payments due children committed to the Commissioner of Social Services or the Commissioner of Children and Families. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in section 31-306, any compensation due on behalf of any presumptive dependent child under the provisions of s…

Sec. 31-306b. Written notice of potential eligibility for death benefits. (a) Not later than thirty days after the date an employer or insurer discontinues paying weekly disability benefits to an injured employee under the provisions of this chapter due to the death of the injure…

Sec. 31-307. Compensation for total incapacity. (a) If any injury for which compensation is provided under the provisions of this chapter results in total incapacity to work, the injured employee shall be paid a weekly compensation equal to seventy-five per cent of the injured em…