Bill Text: CT SB00152 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning One Day Equals One Absence.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-24 - Public Hearing 02/28 [SB00152 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00152-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 152
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 893
		*00893_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING ONE DAY EQUALS ONE ABSENCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (16) of section 31-236 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):

(16) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii) of subdivision (2) of this subsection, "illness or disability" means an illness or disability diagnosed by a health care provider that necessitates care for the ill or disabled person for a period of time longer than the employer is willing to grant leave, paid or otherwise, and "health care provider" means (A) a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery by the state in which the doctor practices; (B) a podiatrist, dentist, psychologist, optometrist or chiropractor authorized to practice by the state in which such person practices and performs within the scope of the authorized practice; (C) an advanced practice registered nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife or clinical social worker authorized to practice by the state in which such person practices and performs within the scope of the authorized practice; (D) Christian Science practitioners listed with the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts; (E) any medical practitioner from whom an employer or a group health plan's benefits manager will accept certification of the existence of a serious health condition to substantiate a claim for benefits; (F) a medical practitioner, in a practice enumerated in subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of this subdivision, who practices in a country other than the United States, who is licensed to practice in accordance with the laws and regulations of that country; or (G) such other health care provider as the Labor Commissioner approves, performing within the scope of the authorized practice. For purposes of subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of this subsection, "wilful misconduct" means deliberate misconduct in wilful disregard of the employer's interest, or a single knowing violation of a reasonable and uniformly enforced rule or policy of the employer, when reasonably applied, provided such violation is not a result of the employee's incompetence and provided further, in the case of absence from work, "wilful misconduct" means an employee must be absent without either good cause for the absence or notice to the employer which the employee could reasonably have provided under the circumstances for three separate instances within a twelve-month period. Except with respect to tardiness, for purposes of subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of this subsection, each instance in which an employee is absent for one day [or two consecutive days] without either good cause for the absence or notice to the employer which the employee could reasonably have provided under the circumstances constitutes a "separate instance". For purposes of subdivision (15) of this subsection, "temporary help service" means any person conducting a business that consists of employing individuals directly for the purpose of furnishing part-time or temporary help to others; and "temporary employee" means an employee assigned to work for a client of a temporary help service.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2012	31-236(16)

Statement of Purpose:

To allow employers to count each day of an employee's absence without good cause or notice to the employer count as a separate instance of absence for the purposes of eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits.

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