Sec. 31-231a. Total unemployment benefit rate.
Sec. 31-231a. Total unemployment benefit rate. (a) For a construction worker
identified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with subsection (c) of this
section, the total unemployment benefit rate for the individual's benefit year commencing on or after April 1, 1996, shall be an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to
the next lower dollar, of his total wages paid during that quarter of his current benefit
year's base period in which wages were the highest but not less than fifteen dollars nor
more than the maximum benefit rate as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) For an individual not included in subsection (a) of this section, the individual's
total unemployment benefit rate for his benefit year commencing after September 30,
1967, shall be an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to the next lower dollar,
of the average of his total wages, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section
31-222, paid during the two quarters of his current benefit year's base period in which
such wages were highest but not less than fifteen dollars nor more than one hundred
fifty-six dollars in any benefit year commencing on or after the first Sunday in July,
1982, nor more than sixty per cent rounded to the next lower dollar of the average wage
of production and related workers in the state in any benefit year commencing on or
after the first Sunday in October, 1983, and provided the maximum benefit rate in any
benefit year commencing on or after the first Sunday in October, 1988, shall not increase
more than eighteen dollars in any benefit year, such increase to be effective as of the first
Sunday in October of such year. The average wage of production and related workers in
the state shall be determined by the administrator, on or before August fifteenth annually,
as of the year ended the previous June thirtieth to be effective during the benefit year
commencing on or after the first Sunday of the following October and shall be so determined in accordance with the standards for the determination of average production
wages established by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(c) The administrator shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54
to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall specify the National
Council on Compensation Insurance employee classification codes which identify construction workers covered by subsection (a) of this section and specify the manner and
format in which employers shall report the identification of such workers to the administrator.
(1967, P.A. 790, S. 9; P.A. 82-448, S. 1, 3; P.A. 83-547, S. 2, 12; P.A. 88-228; P.A. 93-243, S. 4, 15; P.A. 95-323, S.
7, 8.)
History: P.A. 82-448 raised maximum dollar amount of benefit from $146 to $156 per benefit year for years commencing
on or after the first Sunday in July, 1982, deleting obsolete reference to $70 maximum for benefit year commencing Oct.
5, 1968, and raised yearly cap on rate increases from $6 to $12 for benefit years commencing on or after the first Sunday
in October, 1983, revising other obsolete date references as necessary; P.A. 83-547 provided that the total unemployment
benefit rate shall be rounded to the next lower, rather than higher, dollar; P.A. 88-228 raised the yearly cap on rate increases
from $12 to $18 for benefit years commencing on or after the first Sunday in October, 1988; P.A. 93-243 changed the
formula for calculating total unemployment benefit rate from one twenty-sixth of total wages earned during quarter when
earnings are highest to one twenty-sixth of average of total wages earned during two quarters when earnings are highest,
effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-323 inserted new Subsecs. (a) specifying a new total unemployment benefit rate for construction workers, and (c) re adoption of regulations and made technical corrections in prior provisions, now designated as
Subsec. (b), effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to any separation of employment occurring on or after that date.