Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation
Section 31-57t. - Permitted uses for sick leave.

(a) An employer shall permit a service worker to use the paid sick leave accrued pursuant to section 31-57s:

(1) For (A) a service worker's illness, injury or health condition, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of a service worker's mental illness or physical illness, injury or health condition, or (C) preventative medical care for a service worker;
(2) For (A) a service worker's child's or spouse's illness, injury or health condition, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of a service worker's child's or spouse's mental or physical illness, injury or health condition, or (C) preventative medical care for a child or spouse of a service worker; and
(3) Where a service worker is a victim of family violence or sexual assault (A) for medical care or psychological or other counseling for physical or psychological injury or disability, (B) to obtain services from a victim services organization, (C) to relocate due to such family violence or sexual assault, or (D) to participate in any civil or criminal proceedings related to or resulting from such family violence or sexual assault.
(b) If a service worker's need to use paid sick leave is foreseeable, an employer may require advance notice, not to exceed seven days prior to the date such leave is to begin, of the intention to use such leave. If a service worker's need for such leave is not foreseeable, an employer may require a service worker to give notice of such intention as soon as practicable. For paid sick leave of three or more consecutive days, an employer may require reasonable documentation that such leave is being taken for one of the purposes permitted under subsection (a) of this section. If such leave is permitted under subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section, documentation signed by a health care provider who is treating the service worker or the service worker's child or spouse indicating the need for the number of days of such leave shall be considered reasonable documentation. If such leave is permitted under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, a court record or documentation signed by a service worker or volunteer working for a victim services organization, an attorney, a police officer or other counselor involved with the service worker shall be considered reasonable documentation.
(c) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, shall be deemed to require any employer to provide paid sick leave for a service worker's leave for any purpose other than those described in this section.
(d) Unless an employee policy or collective bargaining agreement provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination, no service worker shall be entitled to payment of unused accrued sick leave under this section upon termination of employment.
(e) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit an employer from taking disciplinary action against a service worker who uses paid sick leave provided under sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, for purposes other than those described in this section.
(P.A. 11-52, S. 3; P.A. 14-128, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 11-52 effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 14-128 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “the purpose” with “one of the purposes”, effective January 1, 2015.

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