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Summary of differences between federal and state regulations
Coverage
In Connecticut, workers are considered employees unless:
- The worker is free from control or direction in the performance of the work under the contract of service and in fact;
- The service is performed either outside the usual course of the business for which it is performed or is performed outside of all places of business of the enterprise for which it is performed; and
- The individual is customarily engaged in an independent trade, occupation, profession, or business.
The laws of most states permit employers to elect coverage of workers who perform their services entirely outside the state if they are not covered by any other state or federal UI law. For most of the states permitting such elections, residence is required in the state of election, but this is not the case in Connecticut.
Exclusions from the definition of employment include:
- Insurance agents on commission,
- Real estate agents on commission,
- Casual labor not in the course of employers business, and
- Part-time service for nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income tax.
The following student employment is excluded from coverage:
- Student nurses and interns in employ of a hospital, and
- Students working for schools.
State coverage is required for services performed for religious, charitable, or educational nonprofit organizations. Although coverage is required only for those organizations employing four or more workers in 20 weeks, a number of states have provisions that cover smaller nonprofit organizations as well. Connecticut has expanded coverage provisions beyond federal requirements.
State
Contact
Regulations
chapter 567, Unemployment Compensation (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_567.htm)
Federal
Contact
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
(https://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/uitaxtopic.asp)
Regulations
20 CFR chapter V