Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 556 - Labor Department
Section 31-3l. - Regional workforce development boards: Members.

The members of a board shall be appointed by the chief elected officials of the municipalities in the region in accordance with the provisions of an agreement entered into by such municipalities. In the absence of an agreement the appointments shall be made by the Governor. The membership of each board shall satisfy the requirements for a local board as provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

(P.A. 92-145, S. 3, 10; P.A. 93-134, S. 2; P.A. 96-190, S. 2, 8; P.A. 99-195, S. 5, 15; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; P.A. 21-40, S. 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 218.)
History: P.A. 93-134 amended Subdiv. (1) to delete provision re membership of business members of private industry council, amended Subdiv. (4) to require selection of members by labor federations in manner consistent with Job Training Partnership Act rather than by labor organizations or building trade councils and added Subdiv. (6) to specify minimum requirements for initial membership of such boards in cases where private industry council has been approved as a board; P.A. 96-190 added regional community-technical colleges to the list of nonbusiness members, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 99-195 added provision specifying that membership of each board must satisfy the requirements of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, effective June 23, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128”; P.A. 21-40 made a technical change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced reference to private industry council as provided under Job Training Partnership Act with reference to local board as provided under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and deleted former Subdivs. (1) to (6) re makeup of membership of board, effective July 1, 2021.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 31 - Labor

Chapter 556 - Labor Department

Section 31-1. - Labor Department. Commissioner.

Section 31-2. - Powers and duties of commissioner.

Section 31-2a and 31-2b. - Statistical services. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Section 31-2c. - Employer reporting of new employees. Transfer of information between Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Notification of employer. Reimbursement to Labor Department.

Section 31-2d. - Office of Workforce Competitiveness. Orders. Regulations.

Section 31-2e. - Establishment of Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. Powers. Designation of Unemployed Workers' Advocate.

Section 31-3. - Investigation of employment. Special agents authorized.

Section 31-3a. - Manpower development and planning studies and programs.

Section 31-3aa. - Report re self-employment assistance pilot program.

Section 31-3b. - Contracts with or funds from public or private agency or source.

Section 31-3bb. - Program report cards re employment placement.

Section 31-3c. - Job training program for specific employers.

Section 31-3cc. - Collection and analysis of data re gender and other bias in training programs.

Section 31-3d. - Work training opportunities programs.

Section 31-3dd. - Recommendation re budget targets.

Section 31-3e. - Basic education programs for Work Incentive Program registrants. Requirements. Report.

Section 31-3ee. - Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients.

Section 31-3f. - Employment training benefits voucher.

Section 31-3ff. - Job Training Partnership Act payments.

Section 31-3g. - Assistance to displaced homemakers. Regulations.

Section 31-3gg. - One-stop centers.

Section 31-3h. - Governor's Workforce Council; duties.

Section 31-3hh. - Regional workforce development board contracts. Regulations.

Section 31-3i. - Governor's Workforce Council: Members.

Section 31-3ii. - Adult education pilot program for incumbent workers. Report.

Section 31-3j. - Regional workforce development boards: Definitions.

Section 31-3jj. - Job training; English as a second language instruction.

Section 31-3k. - Regional workforce development boards: Duties and responsibilities.

Section 31-3kk. - Funds for incumbent worker training programs.

Section 31-3l. - Regional workforce development boards: Members.

Section 31-3ll. - Incumbent Worker Training Program. Regulations.

Section 31-3m. - Agencies involved in employment and training. Duties and responsibilities.

Section 31-3mm. - Youth employment and training funds.

Section 31-3n. - Regulations. Duties of Labor Commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer.

Section 31-3nn. - Mortgage crisis job training program.

Section 31-3o. - Duties of the Governor's Workforce Council.

Section 31-3oo. - Connecticut Employment and Training Commission solicitation and publication of information re promotion of green technology industry.

Section 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.

Section 31-3pp. - Subsidized Training and Employment program.

Section 31-3r. - Construal or administration not to conflict with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or supersede statutory duties.

Section 31-3rr. - Career ladder in green technology industry.

Section 31-3s. - Subsidized employment program for general assistance recipients.

Section 31-3t. - Job training and retraining programs for unemployed persons who owe overdue child support.

Section 31-3u. - Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards.

Section 31-3uu. - Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program.

Section 31-3v. - Priority for financial assistance applicants who have established a work environment consistent with criteria in Sec. 32-475.

Section 31-3vv. - Bond authorization for Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program.

Section 31-3w. - Establishment of state-wide network of job centers.

Section 31-3ww. - Qualified apprenticeship training program.

Section 31-3x. - Funding. Application for federal waivers.

Section 31-3xx. - Quick-reference guide for workers fifty years of age or older.

Section 31-3y and 31-3z. - Self-employment assistance: Definitions. Regulations.

Section 31-3yy. - Report cards re employment placement programs.

Section 31-3zz. - Special Operations Resource Network for veterans and members of armed forces or National Guard.

Section 31-4. - Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights.

Section 31-5. - State employment bureaus. Branches.

Section 31-6. - Federal aid for public employment offices. Notification of state job openings or examinations to the Connecticut Employment Service.

Section 31-7. - Notices.

Section 31-8. - Appeal from orders of commissioner.

Section 31-9. - Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report.

Section 31-10. - Deputy inspectors. Prosecution for violations.

Section 31-11. - Hindering inspector.

Section 31-11a. - Employee Dislocation Allowance Fund established.