2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 31-272. Protection of rights and benefits.
Sec. 31-272. Protection of rights and benefits. (a) Waiver of rights void. No
agreement by an employee to waive, release or commute his rights to benefits or any
other rights under this chapter shall be valid. No agreement by an employee or by employees to pay all or any portion of an employer's contributions required under this
chapter from such employer shall be valid. No employer shall, directly or indirectly,
make or require or accept any deduction from the remuneration of individuals in his
employ in order to finance the contributions required from such employer, or require
or accept any waiver by an employee of any right hereunder.
(c) Limitations on assignment or garnishment of benefits. Except as provided in subsection (h) of section 31-227, no assignment, pledge or encumbrance of any rights to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be valid; and such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment or any other process for the collection of debt until such benefits have been actually received by the employee. No waiver of any exemption provided for in this subsection shall be valid.
(1949 Rev., S. 7542; P.A. 74-339, S. 31, 36; P.A. 82-361, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 29, 82; P.A. 91-250, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 74-339 replaced references to commissioners with references to the board and its referees; P.A. 82-361 amended Subsec. (c) to allow the garnishment of benefits for child support obligations, as provided in Sec. 31-227; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to supreme court and substituted appellate court in lieu thereof in Subsec. (b); P.A. 91-250 amended Subsec. (b) by changing the term "counsel" to "attorney" and making technical changes in Subdiv. (2) and adding Subdiv. (3) re registration of and rules of conduct for authorized agents, effective July 1, 1992.
Cited. 128 C. 220.
Cited. 17 CS 146. Cited. 42 CS 376, 388.
Subsec. (b):
Cited re affect on the speed and fairness of the resolution of contested claims. 175 C. 269, 271, 272. Cited. 192 C. 581, 591. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 581, 583, 589.
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