Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-235-1

Current through September 27, 2024

Section 31-235-1 - Definitions

For purposes of sections 31-235-1 to 31-235-23, inclusive, and sections 31-236-1 to 31-236-57, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions apply:

(a) "Administrator" means the Labor Commissioner of the State of Connecticut, whose mailing address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, or the Labor Commissioner's designated representative.

(b) "Base period" means an individual's regular, alternate, or special base period as specified in section 31-230 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(c) "Benefits" means unemployment compensation payable to an individual with respect to such individual's unemployment under Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(d) "Benefit year" means the period commencing with the beginning of the week with respect to which an individual has filed a valid initiating claim and continuing through the Saturday of the fifty-first week following the week in which it commenced, provided no benefit year shall end until after the end of the third complete calendar quarter, plus the remainder of any uncompleted calendar week which began in such quarter, following the calendar quarter in which it commenced.

(e) "Full-time work" means employment for the number of hours which prevails for the industry or employment sector in which the work is performed.

(f) "Job attached" means (1) the claimant has a date of rehire or recall with the claimant's most recent employer, (2) the work is covered employment pursuant to Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and (3) the work offered is full-time employment.

(g) "Labor dispute" means any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, or concerning employment relations, or any other controversy arising out of respective interests of employer and employee.

(h) "Major portion of the week" means three or more of those days of the week during which the work for which an individual is suited is customarily performed to a significant extent.

(i) "Prevailing wages, hours or conditions" means those wages paid, or hours or conditions which exist for the largest number of workers engaged in similar work in the area.

(j) "Public employment bureau" means the Connecticut State Job Service, or where an individual is filing for benefits on an interstate basis, the public employment bureau in the appropriate jurisdiction.

(k) "Union attached" means (1) the claimant is a member in good standing with the claimant's trade union, (2) the claimant is on the union's out-of-work list and (3) the union operates an exclusive hiring hall.

(l) "Week" means a calendar week commencing at midnight on Sunday.

(m) "Wilful" means intentional or deliberate or with reckless indifference for the probable consequences of one's actions.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-235-1

Effective June 24, 1986; amended 11/5/2020