2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor
Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation
Section 31-49e - Paid family and medical leave. Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 31-49f to 30-49t, inclusive:

(1) “Authority” means the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority established in section 31-49f. “Authority” does not mean an appointing authority;

(2) “Base period” means the first four of the five most recently completed quarters;

(3) “Base weekly earnings” means an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to the next lower dollar, of a covered employee's total wages, as defined in subsection (b) of section 31-222 and self-employment income, as defined in 26 USC 1402(b), as amended from time to time, earned during the two quarters of the covered employee's base period in which such earnings were highest, provided self-employment income shall be included only if the recipient has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m;

(4) “Covered employee” means an individual who has earned not less than two thousand three hundred twenty-five dollars in subject earnings during the employee's highest earning quarter within the base period and (A) is presently employed by an employer, (B) has been employed by an employer in the previous twelve weeks, or (C) is a self-employed individual or sole proprietor and Connecticut resident who has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m;

(5) “Covered public employee” means an individual who is (A) employed in state service, as defined in section 5-196, and who is not in a bargaining unit established pursuant to sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive, or (B) a member of a collective bargaining unit whose exclusive collective bargaining agent negotiates inclusion in the program, in accordance with chapter 68, sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, or sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive. If a municipal employer, as defined in section 7-467, or a local or regional board of education negotiates inclusion in the program for members of a collective bargaining unit, “covered public employee” also means an individual who is employed by such municipal employer or local or regional board of education and who is not in a bargaining unit established under sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, or sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive;

(6) “Employ” means to allow or permit to work;

(7) “Employee” means an individual engaged in service to an employer in this state in the business of the employer;

(8) “Employer” means a person engaged in any activity, enterprise or business who employs one or more employees, and includes any person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer to any of the employees of such employer and any successor in interest of an employer. “Employer” does not mean the federal government, the state or a municipality, a local or regional board of education or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school, except that the state, a municipal employer or local or regional board of education is an employer with respect to each of its covered public employees;

(9) “Family and medical leave compensation” or “compensation” means the paid leave provided to covered employees from the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund;

(10) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority Board” means the board of directors established in section 31-49f;

(11) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program” or “program” means the program established in section 31-49g;

(12) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund” or “trust” means the trust fund established in section 31-49i;

(13) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as provided in section 31-51kk;

(14) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons;

(15) “Serious health condition” has the same meaning as provided in section 31-51kk; and

(16) “Subject earnings” means total wages, as defined in subsection (b) of section 31-222 and self-employment income as defined in 26 USC 1402(b), as amended from time to time, that shall not exceed the Social Security contribution and benefit base, as determined pursuant to 42 USC 430, as amended from time to time, provided self-employment income shall be included only if the recipient has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m.

(P.A. 19-25, S. 1; 19-117, S. 232.)

History: P.A. 19-25 effective June 25, 2019; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsecs. (3) and (16) by replacing “or” with “and” and adding provision re self-employment income, and made technical changes, effective June 26, 2019.