Connecticut General Statutes 31-316 – Employer to record and report employees’ injuries and report insurance coverage or welfare plan payments provided to employees. Increased award due to employer’s failure to file
(a) Each employer shall keep a record of the injuries sustained by his employees in the course of their employment that result in incapacity for one day or more. Each employer shall send to the chairperson of the Workers’ Compensation Commission, in duplicate, each week, or more often if so directed, a report of all injuries that the rules prescribed by the chairperson determine, including the time of each injury, together with notices of claims for compensation that have been served upon the employer under § 31-294c, within one week of the receipt of the notices of claims. The employer shall inform the chairperson as to the extent to which he provides accident and health insurance and life insurance coverage for his employees, and his payment or contribution requirements for any employee welfare plan, as defined in § 31-284b. No other report of injuries to employees shall be required by any department or office of the state from employers. The duplicates of the reports shall be immediately transmitted to the Labor Commissioner.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-316
- 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
- Commission: means the Workers' Compensation Commission. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-275
- Compensation: means benefits or payments mandated by the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, indemnity, medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service required under §. 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
- injury: includes , in addition to accidental injury that may be definitely located as to the time when and the place where the accident occurred, an injury to an employee that is causally connected with the employee's employment and is the direct result of repetitive trauma or repetitive acts incident to such employment, and occupational disease. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-275
(b) Upon determining that the employer or the employer’s representative failed to report injuries as required by subsection (a) of this section, the administrative law judge may increase the award for compensation for the employee’s injuries proportionate to the prejudice that the employee sustained due to the employer’s failure to file.