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2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor
Chapter 567* - Unemployment Compensation
*See chapter 57b re transfer of certain state employees' workers' compensation claims to third-party loss portfolio arrangement program.
Cited. 125 C. 184; Id., 300; 126 C. 116; Id., 441; 127 C. 176; Id., 607; 128 C. 80. Purpose of act. Id., 81. Cited. Id., 216; Id., 342; 129 C. 568. Unless provisions of act differ from federal act, they are to be interpreted alike. 131 C. 507. Cited. 132 C. 647; 133 C. 114; 142 C. 163. Definition of “labor dispute” applicable to chapter. 145 C. 77. Cited. 153 C. 691; 171 C. 317. Action of administrator cannot be sustained because of location of penalty provision of Sec. 31-225a(c)(1) within the act and the ambiguity of its language. 177 C. 384. Cited. 179 C. 507; 192 C. 104; 196 C. 440; Id., 546; 209 C. 381. “Employee” versus “independent contractor” discussed. 216 C. 237. Cited. 231 C. 690; 238 C. 273.
Cited. 2 CA 1; 3 CA 258; Id., 264; 4 CA 183; 25 CA 130; 34 CA 620; 41 CA 751; 44 CA 105.
Cited. 9 CS 71; Id., 429. Act to be liberally construed. 12 CS 391. Cited. 40 CS 208; 42 CS 376.
- Section 31-222. - Definitions.
- Section 31-222a. - “District” defined. Continuation of commissioners in offices.
- Section 31-223. - Application of chapter to employers.
- Section 31-223a. - Employers not subject to chapter. Notification to employees.
- Section 31-223b. - Transfer of unemployment experience upon transfer of assets, organization, trade or business of employer. Penalties.
- Section 31-224. - Municipal and other public employees.
- Section 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.
- Section 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' quarterly reports; inspection of records; electronic payments.
- Section 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; application, notice, appeal. Pooling of benefits not charged; exception. Quarterly reports of wage information. Merit rating indexes.
- Section 31-226a. - Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action.
- Section 31-227. - Payment of benefits. Disqualifying services. Offsets and deductions: Pensions, child support obligations and state, federal and local income taxes.
- Section 31-228. - Benefit for total unemployment.
- Section 31-229. - Benefit for partial unemployment.
- Section 31-230. - Benefit year, base period and alternative base period.
- Section 31-231. - Total unemployment benefit rate.
- Section 31-231a. - Total unemployment benefit rate.
- Section 31-231b. - Maximum limitation on total benefits.
- Section 31-232. - Maximum limitation on total benefits.
- Section 31-232a. - Additional benefits payable during periods of substantial unemployment.
- Section 31-232b. - Extended benefits: Definitions.
- Section 31-232c. - Applicability of chapter.
- Section 31-232d. - Eligibility conditions.
- Section 31-232e. - Weekly extended benefit amount.
- Section 31-232f. - Total extended benefit amount.
- Section 31-232g. - Public announcements and computations by administrator.
- Section 31-232h. - Additional benefits payable, when.
- Section 31-232i. - Administrator's duties with respect to federal act.
- Section 31-232j. - Extended benefits payable from Unemployment Compensation Fund.
- Section 31-232k. - Interstate claims for extended benefits.
- Section 31-232l. - Ineligibility for extended benefits. Suitable work defined. Duties of State Employment Service.
- Section 31-233. - Temporary extended-duration benefits.
- Section 31-234. - Dependency allowances.
- Section 31-235. - Benefit eligibility conditions; qualifications; involuntary retirees. Reemployment services. Profiling system.
- Section 31-235a. - Methods of payment by nonprofit organizations.
- Section 31-236. - Disqualifications. Exceptions.
- Section 31-236a. - Eligibility of apprentice unemployed due to labor dispute.
- Section 31-236b. - Eligibility for benefits not impaired by reason of participation in training with commissioner's approval. Approval of programs.
- Section 31-236c. - Ineligibility of certain board of education employees.
- Section 31-236d. - Eligibility of individual in training approved under the Trade Act of 1974.
- Section 31-236e. - Basis for determination of eligibility. Regulations.
- Section 31-236f. - Information re the availability of unemployment compensation benefits. Procedure.
- Section 31-237. - Employment Security Division.
- Section 31-237a. - Definitions.
- Section 31-237b. - Employment Security Appeals Division established.
- Section 31-237c. - Employment Security Board of Review. Appointment of members, chairman, alternate members.
- Section 31-237d. - Executive head of appeals division, delegation of his authority. Hearing of appeals to board.
- Section 31-237e. - Employment Security Appeals Division personnel, payment, appointment.
- Section 31-237f. - Disqualification of board member; challenge; replacements.
- Section 31-237g. - Powers of Employment Security Board of Review, rules of procedure.
- Section 31-237h. - Access of appeals division to records of the Employment Security Division.
- Section 31-237i. - Referee section established. Appointment of referees; chief referee.
- Section 31-237j. - Appeals to referee section; jurisdiction, venue; panel of referees.
- Section 31-238. - Budget of Employment Security Appeals Division. Provision for expenses, offices, equipment and supplies.
- Section 31-239. - Advisory council.
- Section 31-240. - Claim procedure. Filing.
- Section 31-241. - Determination of claims and benefits. Notice, hearing and appeal. Regulations.
- Section 31-242. - Referee's hearing of claim on appeal from examiner: Decision, notices, remand; disqualification of referee, challenge.
- Section 31-243. - Continuous jurisdiction.
- Section 31-244. - Procedure.
- Section 31-244a. - Procedure on appeals; hearings; rules of evidence; record.
- Section 31-245. - Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas.
- Section 31-246. - Enforcement of subpoena.
- Section 31-247. - Witness fees. Payment of expenses of proceedings.
- Section 31-248. - Decisions of employment security referee; final date, notice; reopening; judicial review.
- Section 31-248a. - Transfer of case from referee to Employment Security Board of Review.
- Section 31-249. - Appeal from employment security referee's decision to Employment Security Board of Review.
- Section 31-249a. - Decision of board, final date, grounds for reopening appeal, payment of benefits, exhaustion of remedies.
- Section 31-249b. - Appeal.
- Section 31-249c. - Administrator a party to all appeal proceedings. Right of board to intervene as a party.
- Section 31-249d. - Disqualification of referees and board members as advocates.
- Section 31-249e. - Decisions of board and referees. Methods of issuance. Notice of appellate rights.
- Section 31-249f. - Decisions of board as precedents, referees' decisions as authority. Index of cases decided.
- Section 31-249g. - Use of arbitration decisions by board or referees. Preclusive effect of unemployment compensation proceedings.
- Section 31-249h. - Regulations defining “good cause”.
- Section 31-250. - Administration. Duties and powers of administrator.
- Section 31-250a. - Advisory board. Membership. Functions and duties.
- Section 31-251. - General regulations.
- Section 31-252. - Public distribution of law, regulations and reports.
- Section 31-253. - Delegation of authority.
- Section 31-254. - Records and reports. State directory of new hires. Disclosure.
- Section 31-254a. - Wage and claim information to national directory of new hires.
- Section 31-255. - Reciprocal agreements with other states.
- Section 31-256. - Application for advances to Unemployment Trust Fund.
- Section 31-257. - Repayment of benefits on receipt of retroactive pay.
- Section 31-258. - Repayment of benefits on receipt of workers' compensation.
- Section 31-259. - Employment Security Administration Fund.
- Section 31-260. - Transfer of funds authorized by federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.
- Section 31-261. - Unemployment Compensation Fund. Payment of administrative expenses.
- Section 31-262. - Deposits of contributions. Payments to United States Treasurer.
- Section 31-263. - Withdrawals of funds for payment of benefits and reimbursement of advance fund.
- Section 31-264. - Management of fund upon discontinuance of or changes in Unemployment Trust Fund.
- Section 31-264a. - Unemployment Compensation Advance Fund.
- Section 31-264b. - Issuance of unemployment compensation revenue bonds.
- Section 31-265. - Interest on contributions not paid when due.
- Section 31-266. - Collection of contributions. Lien. Foreclosure.
- Section 31-266a. - Civil action to enjoin employer from entering employment contracts where contributions unpaid.
- Section 31-266b. - Disposition of real or personal property taken by foreclosure.
- Section 31-266c. - Abatement of contributions. Compromises.
- Section 31-267. - Priority of claim for contributions in case of insolvency, bankruptcy or dissolution.
- Section 31-268. - Adjustment of errors.
- Section 31-269. - Refunds and deficiencies.
- Section 31-270. - Failure of employer to file report of contributions due. Appeal from action of administrator.
- Section 31-271. - Examination to determine liability of employer, sufficiency of reports, amount of contributions due, or ability to pay; subpoena.
- Section 31-272. - Protection of rights and benefits.
- Section 31-273. - Overpayments; recovery and penalties. Timeliness of appeals. False or misleading declarations, statements or representations. Additional violations and penalties.
- Section 31-274. - Saving clause. Conflict with federal law. Governmental districts and subdivisions defined.
- Section 31-274a to 31-274f. - Nonprofit organizations.
- Section 31-274g. - Cooperation with other states for enforcement of law.
- Section 31-274h. - Publication of unemployment compensation information.
- Section 31-274i. - Information to be provided re earned income credit program.
- Section 31-274j. - Voluntary shared work unemployment compensation program.
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