Sec. 31-255. Reciprocal agreements with other states.
Sec. 31-255. Reciprocal agreements with other states. (a) The administrator is
authorized to enter into agreements with the proper agencies under the laws of other
states and of the United States to provide reciprocal treatment to individuals who have,
after acquiring potential rights to benefits under this chapter, acquired rights to unemployment compensation under the laws of such other states or the United States, or who
have, after acquiring potential rights to unemployment compensation under the laws of
such other states or of the United States, acquired rights to benefits under this chapter
and to provide reciprocal treatment to individuals who have, after acquiring potential
rights to benefits under this chapter, or after acquiring potential rights to unemployment
compensation under the laws of such other states, changed their residence so that it is
no longer practicable for them to make their application for benefits in the state or states
in which their potential benefit rights exist. Such agreements may provide that wages
with respect to which contributions have been paid or are payable under an unemployment compensation law of another state, or of the United States, shall be deemed to be
wages with respect to which contributions have been paid or are payable under this
chapter for the purpose of determining his rights to benefits under this chapter; and that
wages with respect to which contributions have been paid or are payable under this
chapter shall be deemed to be wages for the purpose of determining benefit rights under
such law of another state or of the United States; but no such agreement shall be entered
into unless it contains provisions for reimbursements to the Unemployment Compensation Fund for such of the benefit rights established under this chapter upon the basis of
such wages, and provisions for reimbursements from the Unemployment Compensation
Fund for such of the benefit rights, established under such other law upon the basis of
wages with respect to which contributions have been paid or are payable under this
chapter, as the administrator finds will be fair and equitable as to all affected interests.
Such agreements may also provide, with respect to individuals who have, after acquiring
potential rights to benefits under this chapter, changed their residence so that it is no
longer practicable for them to make their applications for benefits in this state, that the
initial determination for such individuals shall be made by the administrator, that the
subsequent eligibility for benefits be determined by and in accordance with the provisions of the law of the state in which such claim is filed and the appeal from either of
these determinations be pursued before the appellate tribunal provided in the state where
the determination complained of has been made. Reimbursements paid from the Unemployment Compensation Fund pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be benefits
for the purposes of this chapter. The administrator is authorized to make to other state
or federal agencies, and to receive from such other state or federal agencies, reimbursements from or to the Unemployment Compensation Fund, in accordance with
agreements entered into pursuant to this section. The administrator is authorized to enter
into agreements with the proper agencies under the laws of other states or of the United
States whereby the administrator may, out of funds supplied by such other states or
the United States, make payment of unemployment compensation or unemployment
allowances of any kind. The administrator is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states whereby services
performed by an individual for an employer for whom services are customarily performed within this state, or both within and without this state, shall be deemed to be
services performed entirely within any one of the states (i) in which any part of such
individual's service is performed or (ii) in which such individual has his residence or
(iii) in which the employer maintains a place of business, provided there shall be in
effect as to such services an election, approved by the agency charged with the administration of such state's unemployment compensation law, pursuant to which all the services performed by such individual for such employer are deemed to be performed
entirely within such state.
(b) The administrator shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered
under this chapter with his wages and employment covered under the unemployment
compensation laws of other states which are approved by the United States Secretary
of Labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in such situations
and which include provisions for (1) applying the base period of a single state law to a
claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under
two or more state unemployment compensation laws, and (2) avoiding the duplicate
use of wages and employment by reason of such combining.
(1949 Rev., S. 7527; 1949, S. 3081d; 1971, P.A. 835, S. 28; P.A. 89-51, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act added Subsec. (b) re arrangements for combining wages and employment under Connecticut law
with wages and employment under laws of other states; P.A. 89-51 deleted the provision concerning filing the agreements
with the secretary of the state.
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