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Section 31-275. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise provides:...
Section 31-275a and 31-275b. - District defined; continuation of commissioners in office. Workers' compensation districts. - Sections 31-275a and 31-275b are repealed. (April, 1964, P.A. 3,...
Section 31-275c. - Officers of fraternal organizations. - The officer of a fraternal corporation who receives a salary...
Section 31-275d. - Term “administrative law judge” substituted for “workers' compensation commissioner”, “compensation commissioner” and “commissioner”. - (a)(1) Wherever the words “workers' compensation commissioner”, “compensation commissioner” or...
Section 31-276. - Workers' Compensation Commission. Administrative law judges. Nomination by Governor. Appointment by General Assembly. Terms of office. Removal. Selection of chairman. - (a) There shall be a Workers' Compensation Commission to administer...
Section 31-276a. - Commissioners and commission to be within Labor Department for administrative purposes only. - Section 31-276a is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (P.A. 77-614,...
Section 31-277. - Salary of administrative law judges. Longevity payments. - (a) Each administrative law judge shall, during his first year...
Section 31-278. - Powers and duties of administrative law judges. - Each administrative law judge shall, for the purposes of this...
Section 31-279. - Notice of availability of compensation. Uniform system for determination of degree of physical impairment. Employer-sponsored plan for medical care and treatment. Indemnification of medical advisory panel members. - (a) The chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall adopt...
Section 31-279a. - Booklet to be distributed explaining act. - The chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall prepare, publish...
Section 31-279b. - Notice of availability of coverage under act. Content. Posting. - Section 31-279b is repealed. (P.A. 75-223; P.A. 79-376, S. 38;...
Section 31-280. - Chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission. Powers and duties. Budget. Report of expenses. - (a) There shall continue to be a chairperson of the...
Section 31-280a. - Advisory Board of the Workers' Compensation Commission. - (a) There shall be an Advisory Board of the Workers'...
Section 31-280b. - Compensation Review Board. - (a) There shall be a Compensation Review Board within the...
Section 31-281. - Designation of commissioner to act in another district. - Section 31-281 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7439; 1958 Rev.,...
Section 31-282. - Successor may complete acts when administrative law judge dies. - If any administrative law judge dies before the final settlement...
Section 31-283. - Annual pension upon retirement of administrative law judge. - Any administrative law judge, in the state service as such...
Section 31-283a. - Rehabilitation programs for employees suffering compensable injuries. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall provide...
Section 31-283b and 31-283c. - Financing of division and programs. Agreements with other state or federal agencies. - Sections 31-283b and 31-283c are repealed. (1967, P.A. 569, S....
Section 31-283d. - Adjustment of salary of certain retired administrative law judges. - On July 1, 1971, the retirement salary of each person...
Section 31-283e. - Election of retirement benefits. - Any administrative law judge holding such office on July 1,...
Section 31-283f. - Statistical Division. - (a) A Statistical Division shall be established within the Workers'...
Section 31-283g. - Education services for employees concerning the prevention of occupational diseases and injuries. - The Workers' Compensation Commission shall provide, in convenient locations throughout...
Section 31-283h. - Financing of Division of Worker Education. - Section 31-283h is repealed. (P.A. 82-94, S. 2, 3; P.A....
Section 31-284. - Basic rights and liabilities. Civil action to enjoin noncomplying employer from entering into employment contracts. Notice of availability of compensation. - (a) An employer who complies with the requirements of subsection...
Section 31-284a. - State contracting with private insurance carrier. Duties and powers of Commissioner of Administrative Services. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4a-19 and 4a-20 to...
Section 31-284b. - Employer to continue insurance coverage or welfare plan payments for employees eligible to receive workers' compensation. Use of Second Injury Fund. - (a) In order to maintain, as nearly as possible, the...
Section 31-284c. - Complaints of violations. Hearing. Findings and award. Appeal. - Any employee eligible to receive or receiving workers' compensation may...
Section 31-285. - Substitute systems of compensation. - With the approval of the state Insurance Commissioner, any employer...
Section 31-286. - Certificate of employer's compliance. - Any employer who has complied with the provisions of section...
Section 31-286a. - Insurance requirements for contractors on public works projects and renewals of state business licenses. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any general statute, special act,...
Section 31-286b. - Proof of workers' compensation coverage prior to issuance of building permit, condition. - (a) Prior to issuing a building permit pursuant to section...
Section 31-287. - Provisions required in liability insurance policies. - No policy of insurance against liability under this chapter, except...
Section 31-288. - Additional liability. Penalty for undue delay, noncompliance with insurance requirements and for defrauding workers' compensation insurance carrier. Notice of penalty to Attorney General and State Treasurer. Payment. Civil action fo... - (a) If an employer wilfully fails to conform to any...
Section 31-289. - Disposition of fines and penalties. - Violations under section 31-284 and subsection (a) of section 31-288...
Section 31-289a. - Civil action to recover civil penalties. Privileged assignment for trial. - (a) If any civil penalty imposed pursuant to any provision...
Section 31-289b. - Civil action to enjoin noncomplying employer from conducting business in the state. - Whenever an employer wilfully fails to comply with the requirements...
Section 31-290. - Obligations not to be evaded. - No contract, expressed or implied, no rule, regulation or other...
Section 31-290a. - Discharge, discipline or discrimination prohibited. Misinformation or dissuasion prohibited. Right of action. - (a) No employer who is subject to the provisions of...
Section 31-290b. - Penalty for false statement. - Section 31-290b is repealed. (P.A. 85-602, S. 1, 4; P.A....
Section 31-290c. - Fraudulent claim or receipt of benefits. Penalties. - (a) Any person or his representative who makes or attempts...
Section 31-290d. - Workers' compensation fraud unit. - (a) There shall be a workers' compensation fraud unit within...
Section 31-291. - Principal employer, contractor and subcontractor. - When any principal employer procures any work to be done...
Section 31-291a. - Method of computing workers' compensation premiums for construction contractors. - On or before July 1, 1996, the rating organization licensed...
Section 31-291b. - Method of computing workers' compensation premiums for volunteer staff of municipality or volunteer ambulance service. - On or before October 1, 2009, the rating organization licensed...
Section 31-292. - Liability of employer for worker lent to or employed by another. - When the services of a worker are temporarily lent or...
Section 31-293. - Liability of third persons to employer and employee. Limitations on liability of architects and engineers. Limitations on liability of insurers, self-insurance service organizations and unions relating to safety matters. - (a) When any injury for which compensation is payable under...
Section 31-293a. - No right against fellow employee; exception. - If an employee or, in case of his death, his...
Section 31-294. - Notice of injury and of claim for compensation. - Section 31-294 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7426, 7442; 1953,...
Section 31-294a. - Eligibility for podiatric care. - Any recipient of benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act shall...
Section 31-294b. - Report of injury to employer. Notice of claim form provided by commission. - (a) Any employee who has sustained an injury in the...
Section 31-294c. - Notice of claim for compensation. Notice contesting liability. Exception for dependents of certain deceased employees. - (a) No proceedings for compensation under the provisions of this...
Section 31-294d. - Medical and surgical aid. Hospital, ambulatory surgical center and nursing service. - (a)(1) The employer, as soon as the employer has knowledge...
Section 31-294e. - Employee's option to obtain medical care at employee's expense. Refusal of employee to accept or obtain reasonable medical care. - (a) At his option, the injured employee may refuse the...
Section 31-294f. - Medical examination of injured employee. Medical reports. - (a) An injured employee shall submit himself to examination by...
Section 31-294g. - State employee notice of claim for compensation. - Whenever the Commissioner of Administrative Services receives a notice of...
Section 31-294h. - Benefits for police officer suffering mental or emotional impairment arising from use of deadly force or subjection to deadly force in line of duty. - Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, workers' compensation benefits for...
Section 31-294i. - Municipal firefighters and police officers. Employer presumption of liability for cardiac emergencies. - For the purpose of adjudication of claims for payment of...
Section 31-294j. - Eligibility of municipal firefighters, police officers, constables and volunteer ambulance service members re benefits for diseases arising out of and in the course of employment. - For the purpose of adjudication of claims for payment of...
Section 31-294k. - Benefits for post-traumatic stress injury. Eligibility. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19” means the...
Section 31-294l. - Firefighters claim due to cancer diagnosis. Record. - The Workers' Compensation Commission shall maintain a record of all...
Section 31-295. - Waiting period. When compensation begins. Penalty for late payment of permanent partial disability benefits. - (a) No compensation shall be payable for total or partial...
Section 31-296. - Voluntary agreements. - (a) If an employer and an injured employee, or in...
Section 31-296a. - Discontinuance or reduction of payments under oral agreements. - No employer shall discontinue or reduce payment on account of...
Section 31-297. - Hearing of claims. - If an employer and his injured employee, or his legal...
Section 31-297a. - Informal hearings. - In any informal hearing held by the administrative law judge...
Section 31-298. - Conduct of hearings. - Both parties may appear at any hearing, either in person...
Section 31-298a. - Use of medical panel. Duties of commissioner and panel. Appeal. Regulations. - Section 31-298a is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (P.A. 81-392,...
Section 31-299. - Prior statements of parties as evidence at hearings before administrative law judges. - At any hearing before an administrative law judge no written...
Section 31-299a. - Payments under group medical policy not defense to claim for benefits. Health insurer's duty to pay. Lien. - (a) Where an employer contests the compensability of an employee's...
Section 31-299b. - Initial liability of last employer. Reimbursement. - If an employee suffers an injury or disease for which...
Section 31-300. - Award as judgment. Interest. Attorney's fee. Procedure on discontinuance or reduction. - As soon as may be after the conclusion of any...
Section 31-301. - Appeals to the Compensation Review Board. Payment of award during pendency of appeal. - (a) At any time within twenty days after entry of...
Section 31-301a. - Decision of Compensation Review Board. - Any decision of the Compensation Review Board, in the absence...
Section 31-301b. - Appeal of decision of Compensation Review Board. - Any party aggrieved by the decision of the Compensation Review...
Section 31-301c. - Costs of appeal. Interest added to award affirmed on appeal. - (a) No costs shall be taxed in favor of either...
Section 31-301d. - Power of Compensation Review Board re witnesses and production of evidence. Enforcement of order. - The Compensation Review Board and each member thereof shall have...
Section 31-302. - Payment of compensation. Commutation into monthly, quarterly or lump sums. - Compensation payable under this chapter shall be paid at the...
Section 31-303. - Day when compensation payments become due. Penalty for late payments. - Payments agreed to under a voluntary agreement shall commence on...
Section 31-304. - Destruction of agreement. - Section 31-304 is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (1955, S....
Section 31-305. - Medical examinations. - Section 31-305 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7445; 1958 Rev.,...
Section 31-306. - Death resulting from accident or occupational disease. Dependents. Compensation. - (a) Compensation shall be paid to dependents on account of...
Section 31-306a. - Payments due children committed to the Commissioner of Social Services or the Commissioner of Children and Families. - Notwithstanding any contrary provision in section 31-306, any compensation due...
Section 31-306b. - Written notice of potential eligibility for death benefits. - (a) Not later than thirty days after the date an...
Section 31-307. - Compensation for total incapacity. - (a) If any injury for which compensation is provided under...
Section 31-307a. - Cost-of-living adjustment in compensation rates. - (a) The weekly compensation rate of each employee entitled to...
Section 31-307b. - Benefits after relapse from recovery. Recurrent injuries. - If any employee who receives compensation under section 31-307 returns...
Section 31-307c. - Compensation under agreements or awards effected prior to October 1, 1953. - Any person who received compensation for total incapacity under a...
Section 31-308. - Compensation for partial incapacity. - (a) If any injury for which compensation is provided under...
Section 31-308a. - Additional benefits for partial permanent disability. - (a) In addition to the compensation benefits provided by section...
Section 31-308b. - Dependency allowance. - Section 31-308b is repealed. (1967, P.A. 842, S. 22; 1969,...
Section 31-309. - Maximum weekly compensation. Determination of average weekly earnings of state workers and production and related workers in manufacturing. - (a) Except as provided in section 31-307, the weekly compensation...
Section 31-310. - Determination of average weekly wage of injured worker. Concurrent employment. Payments from Second Injury Fund. Publication of wage tables. - (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the average weekly...
Section 31-310a. - Average weekly wage of supernumerary policemen and volunteer police officers. - (a) For purposes of compensation the average weekly wage of...
Section 31-310b. - Average weekly wage of General Assembly member. - For purposes of workers' compensation the average weekly wage of...
Section 31-310c. - Average weekly wage of worker with an occupational disease. - For the purposes of this chapter, in the case of...
Section 31-311. - Replacement of artificial aids. - Each employer subject to the provisions of this chapter shall...
Section 31-312. - Compensation for time lost during and expense of medical treatment. Reimbursement of wages lost due to appearance at informal hearing. Payments to prevailing claimants in contested cases. Medical attention outside regular work hours... - (a) An employee receiving medical attention under the provisions of...
Section 31-313. - Transfer to suitable work during period of treatment or rehabilitation or because of physical incapacity. Civil penalty for failure of employer to comply. - (a)(1) Where an employee has suffered a compensable injury which...
Section 31-314. - Allowance for advance payments. - In fixing the amount of any compensation under this chapter,...
Section 31-315. - Modification of award or voluntary agreement. - Any award of, or voluntary agreement concerning, compensation made under...
Section 31-316. - Employer to record and report employees' injuries and report insurance coverage or welfare plan payments provided to employees. Increased award due to employer's failure to file. - (a) Each employer shall keep a record of the injuries...
Section 31-317. - Claims against the state. - Section 31-317 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7443; 1958 Rev.,...
Section 31-318. - Action for minor or mentally incompetent person. - When any employee affected by the provisions of this chapter...
Section 31-319. - Fees to be approved. - Section 31-319 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7457; 1958 Rev.,...
Section 31-320. - Exemption and preference of compensation. - All sums due for compensation under the provisions of this...
Section 31-321. - Manner of serving notices. - Unless otherwise specifically provided, or unless the circumstances of the...
Section 31-322. - Injuries received in interstate commerce. - Section 31-322 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7460; 1958 Rev.,...
Section 31-323. - Attachments to secure payment of compensation. - When any person presents in writing to the administrative law...
Section 31-324. - Reservation of cases for the Appellate Court. - When, in any case arising under the provisions of this...
Section 31-325. - Acknowledgment by employees having certain physical conditions. - Section 31-325 is repealed, effective June 29, 1995. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 31-326. - Proceedings against delinquent insurance companies or employers. - Whenever the chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Commission finds that...
Section 31-327. - Award of fees and expenses. - (a) Whenever any fees or expenses are, under the provisions...
Section 31-328. - Mutual associations authorized. - With the approval of the Insurance Commissioner, employers who are...
Section 31-329. - Approval by Insurance Commissioner. - Before giving his approval, the Insurance Commissioner may require the...
Section 31-330. - Membership. - Membership in such associations shall be limited to employers as...
Section 31-331. - Control of associations. Insurance Commissioner authorized to accept statement of financial condition by certain employers' mutual associations organized before June 6, 1996. - Except as herein otherwise provided, such associations shall be subject...
Section 31-332. - Policies. Number of members required. - No policies shall be issued by any such association until...
Section 31-333. - Officers and voting. - The affairs of all associations incorporated under this chapter shall...
Section 31-334. - Safety rules. - Each association shall have power to prescribe and enforce reasonable...
Section 31-335. - Premium rates. Reserve notes. - Each association shall have power to determine the comparative premium...
Section 31-336. - Assessments. - If an association is not possessed of funds sufficient for...
Section 31-337. - Investments. - The funds of each association shall be invested by the...
Section 31-338. - Bylaws and regulations. - Each association shall have power to determine the premiums, contingent...
Section 31-339. - Appeals to Superior Court. - From any decision or order of the Insurance Commissioner affecting...
Section 31-340. - Insurer directly liable to employee or dependent. - Whenever any employer of labor as defined in this chapter...
Section 31-341. - Notice to insurer. - When a claim for compensation by any such injured employee...
Section 31-342. - Award; enforcement. - In any such hearing, the administrative law judge having jurisdiction...
Section 31-343. - Certain defenses not available against employee or dependent. - As between any such injured employee or his dependent and...
Section 31-344. - When representations avoid policy. - No statement in an application for a policy of compensation...
Section 31-344a. - Workers' Compensation Administration Fund established. - There is established a fund to be known as the...
Section 31-345. - Insurance Commissioner to approve form of policy. Assessments against employers for administrative costs. Surpluses. - (a) No insurer or employer to whom a certificate of...
Section 31-345a. - Deductibles in workers' compensation coverage. Approval of Insurance Commissioner. - Each insurer issuing workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance may...
Section 31-346. - Damages for material misstatements. - When any insured knowingly makes a material misstatement to any...
Section 31-347. - Experience in compensation insurance. - Each insurer which writes liability or compensation policies shall include...
Section 31-348. - Compensation insurance companies to report their risks. - Every insurance company writing compensation insurance or its duly appointed...
Section 31-348a. - Compensation insurers to reduce premiums. - (a) On or before July 1, 1993, each insurer writing...
Section 31-349. - Compensation for second disability. - The fact that an employee has suffered a previous disability,...
Section 31-349a. - Powers of investigators in the office of the State Treasurer. - Any investigator in the investigations unit of the office of...
Section 31-349b. - Certificate for permanent vocational disability. Employer reimbursed by Second Injury Fund for insurance premiums for certified employees. - (a) Any employee who has suffered a compensable injury under...
Section 31-349c. - Controverted issues of previous disability. Physician panel established. - (a) The custodian of the Second Injury Fund and an...
Section 31-349d. - Treasurer to solicit proposals for the managing of Second Injury Fund claims. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4a-19 and 4a-20 to the...
Section 31-349e. - Advisory board for the Second Injury Fund. - There shall be an advisory board for the Second Injury...
Section 31-349f. - Condition of the Second Injury Fund. Report to the Governor and General Assembly. - On or before July 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 31-349g. - Method of assessing all employers for liabilities of Second Injury Fund. Reporting. Audits. Insurance companies deemed collection agents. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Insured employer” means...
Section 31-349h. - Transfer of claims. Claims not transferred. - All transfers of claims to the Second Injury Fund with...
Section 31-349i. - Cost-saving methodologies. - The custodian of the Second Injury Fund may implement cost-saving...
Section 31-349j. - Appeal of decision by State Treasurer concerning the method of assessing the employer for the liabilities of the Second Injury Fund. - Any employer or any private insurance carrier or interlocal risk...
Section 31-350 and 31-351. - Notice to commissioner of second injury. Hearings; awards. - Sections 31-350 and 31-351 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7490,...
Section 31-352. - Enforcement of liability of third person. - The provisions of section 31-293 shall apply to any payments...
Section 31-353. - Voluntary agreements and stipulated settlements; approval. - (a) If the Treasurer and an injured employee, or his...
Section 31-354. - Second Injury Fund contributions. Duties and powers of State Treasurer. - (a) There shall be a fund to be known as...
Section 31-354a. - Assistant administrators of the Second Injury Fund. - (a) The Treasurer may, in his discretion, appoint not more...
Section 31-354b. - Finance account within Second Injury Fund. Subaccounts. Duties of State Treasurer. - (a) There is established within the Second Injury Fund an...
Section 31-355. - Hearings; awards. Payments from Second Injury Fund on employer's failure to comply with award. Civil action for reimbursement. Insolvent insurer. Settlements and agreements. Failure of uninsured employer to pay. - (a) The administrative law judge shall give notice to the...
Section 31-355a. - Collection of moneys owed to the Second Injury Fund. Tax warrants. Lien. Foreclosure. - (a) Whenever the Second Injury Fund is required, pursuant to...
Section 31-355b. - Actions against entities failing to comply with Second Injury Fund reporting requirements. - Upon request by the State Treasurer, the Attorney General is...