Connecticut General Statutes 31-296a – Discontinuance or reduction of payments under oral agreements
No employer shall discontinue or reduce payment on account of total or partial incapacity under any oral agreement or in any case where the employer’s acceptance of compensability has been conclusively presumed under subsection (b) of § 31-294c because of failure to file a timely notice contesting liability, if it is claimed by or on behalf of the injured person that his incapacity still continues, unless such employer notifies the administrative law judge and the employee of the proposed discontinuance or reduction in the manner prescribed in § 31-296 and the administrative law judge specifically approves such discontinuance or reduction in writing.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-296a
- Administrative law judge: means the administrative law judge who has jurisdiction in the matter referred to in the context. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-275
- Employee: means any person who:
(i) Has entered into or works under any contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, whether the contract contemplated the performance of duties within or without the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-275
- Employer: means any person, corporation, limited liability company, firm, partnership, voluntary association, joint stock association, the state and any public corporation within the state using the services of one or more employees for pay, or the legal representative of any such employer, but all contracts of employment between an employer employing persons excluded from the definition of employee and any such employee shall be conclusively presumed to include the following mutual agreements between employer and employee: (A) That the employer may accept and become bound by the provisions of this chapter by immediately complying with §. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-275