Connecticut Law About Unemployment

Connecticut Law About Unemployment
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Research Guides

Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut Department of Labor

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

Unemployment Compensation Offsets 2020-R-0334
Issue Brief: Funding the Unemployment System 2020-R-0276
Unemployment Systems in Connecticut and Nearby States 2020-R-0145
Employment Termination Notices 2014-R-0032
Unemployment Insurance Questions 2013-R-0027
Employer Liability for Unemployment Compensation of Short-Term Employees 2008-R-0604
Employment Law for Household and Live-In Help 2006-R-0627
Authority to Dismiss Unemployment Claims 2004-R-0201
Unemployment Compensation and the "Trial Period" Policy 2003-R-0861
Unemployment Compensation Issues 2002-R-0282
Various Unemployment Compensation Questions 2000-R-0091
Explanation of Connecticut and Other States' Unemployment Compensation Eligibility Requirements, Chargeability Rules, and Employer Rights to Contest Claims 2000-R-0520
Receipt of Social Security and Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation 2000-R-0663

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Useful Websites

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Unemployment Insurance

Library Materials

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Connecticut Employment Law by Pamela J. Moore
- Chapter 9 - Unemployment Compensation.
Labor and Employment in Connecticut: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations and Practice (2nd ed.) by Jeffrey L. Hirsch.
- Sec. 16-5 - Unemployment Compensation

Selected Statutes:

Title 31 (Most of Chapter 567 is relevant. Selected sections linked below)

Sec. 31-227. Payment of benefits. Disqualifying services. Offsets and deductions: Pensions, child support obligations and state, federal and local income taxes.
Sec. 31-231a. Total unemployment benefit rate
Sec. 31-235. Benefit eligibility conditions; qualifications; involuntary retirees. Reemployment services. Profiling system.
Sec. 31-244a. Procedure on appeals; hearings; rules of evidence; record.

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CT Department of Labor Regulations

Unemployment Substantive Regulations

Selected Regulations:

Sec. 31-222-13. Benefit claim procedure
Sec. 31-235-2. Benefit eligibility conditions
Sec. 31-235-6. Availability -- general

Connecticut Practice Book

Chapter 22 - Unemployment Compensation

Sec. 22-1. Appeal
Sec. 22-3. Finding
Sec. 22-4. Correction of Finding; Motion to Correct Finding
Sec. 22-9. Function of the Court

CT Employment Security Appeals Division

Unemployment Insurance Appeals

Filing An Unemployment Appeal

Appeals Division Claimant FAQs

Appeals Division Employer FAQs

Connecticut Appeals Decision Library (ADLIB)

Case Law

Shah v. Administrator, 114 Conn. App. 170 (2009).
"If the appellant desires that the findings be corrected, the appellant must, within two weeks of the filing of the record in the Superior Court, file with the board a motion for correction of the findings. Calnan v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act, supra, at 783-84, 686 A.2d 134. The court held that the timely filing of a motion for correction is a necessary prerequisite to a challenge to the board's decision. Id., at 785, 686 A.2d 134. Because the plaintiff failed to comply with that prerequisite, she could not challenge the board's findings on appeal to the Superior Court. Id."

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