Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 31 - Labor
236 - Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation
Section 31-236-22 - Good cause-working conditions
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 31-236-22
Current through December 12, 2024
(a) To determine that an individual voluntarily left suitable work for good cause attributable to the employer, the Administrator must find, with respect to working conditions, that:
(1)
(A) during the course of employment, the
individual's employer substantially changed a working condition established in
the employment agreement and such change had a significantly adverse effect
upon the individual; or
(B) working
conditions endangered the individual's health or safety to a greater degree
than is customary for the employer's industry; or
(C) working conditions threatened the
individual's health, either by causing illness or by contributing to the
aggravation or worsening of the individual's medical condition; or
(D) working conditions violated a state or
federal statute or regulation governing worker health or safety and such
violation had an actual or potential adverse effect upon the individual;
or
(E) the individual's employer
acted so as to deprive the individual of equal employment opportunity in
violation of state or federal statute, regulation or executive order;
or
(F) the individual's employer
established and enforced a workplace rule which imposed a new and unreasonable
burden on the individual, or was applied to the individual in a discriminatory
manner; or
(G) the individual was
subjected to conduct that a reasonable individual would consider physical abuse
by a fellow employee or his supervisor or any other authorized representative
of his employer; or
(H) the
individual was subjected to a pattern of verbal abuse which would be offensive
to a reasonable person by a fellow employee or his supervisor or any other
authorized representative of his employer; or
(I) the individual's employer required the
individual to perform an activity which was unlawful, dishonest, or would
otherwise pose an undue risk to the morals of a reasonable individual, or would
unduly interfere with the individual's free exercise of religious belief;
or
(J) the individual was subjected
to threat or intimidation as the result of participation in any lawful union
activity; or
(K) the individual's
employer breached a definite promise to promote the individual after the
individual fulfilled the conditions for promotion; and
(2) the individual expressed his
dissatisfaction regarding the working condition to his employer and
unsuccessfully sought a remedy through those means reasonably available to him
before leaving his employment and in the instance of subdivision (1) (C) of
this section, the individual shall present competent evidence that:
(A) The medical condition complained of
necessitated his leaving such employment; and
(B) The individual advised the employer of
his condition; and
(C) The
individual unsuccessfully sought a remedy through those means reasonably
available to him before leaving employment.
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