§ 31-57t — Permitted uses for sick leave.

Connecticut § 31-57t

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 31: Labor
• Ch. 557: Employment Regulation

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(a) An employer shall permit an employee to use the paid sick leave accrued pursuant to section 31-57s: (1) For (A) an employee's illness, injury or health condition, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of an employee's mental or physical illness, injury or health condition, (C) preventative medical care for an employee's mental or physical health, or (D) a mental health wellness day; (2) For (A) illness, injury or health condition of an employee's family member, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury or health condition of an employee's family member, or (C) preventative medical care for an employee's family member for such family member's mental or physical health; (3) For closure by order of a public official, due to a public health emergency, of either (A) an employer's place of business, or (B) a family member's school or place of care; (4) For a determination by a health authority having jurisdiction, an employer of the employee, an employer of a family member or a health care provider, that such employee or family member poses a risk to the health of others due to such employee's or family member's exposure to a communicable illness, whether or not the employee or family member contracted the communicable illness; and (5) Where an employee or an employee's family member is a victim of family violence or sexual assault, provided such employee is not the perpetrator or alleged perpetrator of such family violence or sexual assault, for (A) medical care or psychological or other counseling for physical or psychological injury or disability, (B) obtaining services from a victim services organization, (C) relocating due to such family violence or sexual assault, or (D) participating in any civil or criminal proceedings related to or resulting from such family violence or sexual assault. (b) No employer shall require an employee to provide any documentation that such leave is being taken for one of the purposes permitted under subsection (a) of this section. (c) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w , inclusive shall be deemed to require any employer to provide paid sick leave for an employee's leave for any purpose other than those described in this section. (d) Unless an employee policy or collective bargaining agreement provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination, no employee shall be entitled to payment of unused accrued paid sick leave under this section upon termination of employment. (e) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w , inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit an employer from taking disciplinary action against an employee who uses paid sick leave provided under sections 31-57s to 31-57w , inclusive, for purposes other than those described in this section.

Legislative History

(P.A. 11-52, S. 3; P.A. 14-128, S. 3; P.A. 23-101, S. 8; P.A. 24-8, S. 3.) History: P.A. 11-52 effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 14-128 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “the purpose” with “one of the purposes”, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 23-101 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding Subpara. (D) re mental health wellness day and amended Subsec. (a)(3) by designating existing provision re victim of family violence or sexual assault as new Subpara. (A), adding new Subpara. (B) re parent or guardian of child who is victim of family violence or sexual assault, designating existing provision re medical care or psychological or other counseling for physical or psychological injury or disability as Subdiv. (3)(i), redesignating existing Subparas. (B) to (D) as Subdiv. (3)(ii) to (iv), and making technical and conforming changes; P.A. 24-8 replaced references to service workers with references to employees throughout, made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(1)(B) and added “mental or physical health” in Subsec. (a)(1)(C), replaced references to service worker's child or spouse with references to employee's family member in Subsec. (a)(2) and added “for such family member's mental or physical health” in Subsec. (a)(2)(C), added new Subsec. (a)(3) re closure by a public health official and added Subsec. (a)(4) re an employee posing risk to health of others, redesignated existing Subsec. (a)(3) as Subsec. (a)(5) and made technical changes, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting existing provisions re employee notice and documentation requirements and adding provision prohibiting employers from requiring employee to provide documentation for permitted purposes, and made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective January 1, 2025.