(a) As used in this section and section 10a-55g:
(1) “Green jobs” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-55d;
(2) “Green technology” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-55d; and
(3) “Career ladder” means a description of the progression from an entry level position to higher levels of pay, skill, responsibility or authority.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Office of Workforce Strategy, in consultation with the Office of Higher Education, Department of Education, Labor Department, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, regional workforce development boards and employers, shall, within available appropriations, identify a career ladder for jobs in the green technology industry, including, but not limited to, a listing of (1) careers at each level of the green technology industry and the requisite level of education and the salary offered for such career, (2) all course, certificate and degree programs in green jobs offered by technical education and career schools within the Technical Education and Career System and institutions of higher education in the state, and (3) jobs available in the green technology industry in the state. The Office of Workforce Strategy shall update the green jobs career ladder established pursuant to this section on an as needed basis.
(P.A. 19-35, S. 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 237.)
History: P.A. 19-35 effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “Office of Workforce Competitiveness” with “Office of Workforce Strategy” and “establish” with “identify”, effective July 1, 2021.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
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 31-2d. - Office of Workforce Competitiveness. Orders. Regulations.
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 31-3ee. - 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 31-3pp. - Subsidized Training and Employment program.
Section 31-3rr. - Career ladder in green technology industry.
Section 31-3s. - Subsidized employment program for general assistance recipients.
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 31-3w. - 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 31-4. - Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights.
Section 31-5. - State employment bureaus. Branches.
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.