Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-49e: Paid family and medical leave. Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 31-49f to 31-49u, inclusive:

(1) “Authority” means the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority established in section 31-49f. “Authority” does not mean an appointing authority;

(2) “Base period” means (A) the first four of the five most recently completed quarters, or (B) the alternative method of calculating base period established by the authority pursuant to section 31-49h for a covered employee that is employed by a public school operator or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school in a position that does not require professional certification under chapter 166;

(3) “Base weekly earnings” means (A) an amount equal to one twenty-sixth, rounded to the next lower dollar, of a covered employee's total wages, as defined in subsection (b) of section 31-222 and self-employment income, as defined in 26 USC 1402(b), as amended from time to time, earned during the two quarters of the covered employee's base period in which such earnings were highest, provided self-employment income shall be included only if the recipient has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m, or (B) the alternative method of calculating base weekly earnings established by the authority pursuant to section 31-49h for a covered employee that is employed by a public school operator or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school in a position that does not require professional certification under chapter 166;

(4) “Covered employee” means an individual who has earned not less than two thousand three hundred twenty-five dollars in subject earnings during the employee's highest earning quarter within the base period and (A) is presently employed by an employer, (B) has been employed by an employer in the previous twelve weeks, or (C) is a self-employed individual or sole proprietor and Connecticut resident who has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m;

(5) “Covered public employee” means an individual who is (A) employed in state service, as defined in section 5-196, and who is not in a bargaining unit established pursuant to sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive, (B) a member of a collective bargaining unit whose exclusive collective bargaining agent negotiates inclusion in the program, in accordance with chapter 68, sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, or sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, or (C) employed by a public school operator in a position that does not require a professional certification under chapter 166. If a municipal employer, as defined in section 7-467, or a public school operator negotiates inclusion in the program for members of a collective bargaining unit, “covered public employee” also means an individual who is employed by such municipal employer or public school operator and who is not in a bargaining unit established under sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, or sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive;

(6) “Employ” means to allow or permit to work;

(7) “Employee” means an individual engaged in service to an employer in this state in the business of the employer;

(8) “Employer” means a person engaged in any activity, enterprise or business or a federally recognized tribe that has entered into a memorandum of understanding pursuant to section 31-49u, who employs one or more employees, and includes any person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer to any of the employees of such employer and any successor in interest of an employer. “Employer” does not mean the federal government, the state or a municipality, a public school operator or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school, except that the state, a municipal employer or public school operator is an employer with respect to each of its covered public employees and a nonpublic elementary or secondary school is an employer with respect to each individual employed by such nonpublic elementary or secondary school in a position that does not require a professional certification under chapter 166;

(9) “Family and medical leave compensation” or “compensation” means the paid leave provided to covered employees from the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund;

(10) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority Board” means the board of directors established in section 31-49f;

(11) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program” or “program” means the program established in section 31-49g;

(12) “Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund” or “trust” means the trust fund established in section 31-49i;

(13) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as provided in section 31-51kk;

(14) “Municipality” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-245;

(15) “Person” means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons;

(16) “Public school operator” means a local or regional board of education, an interdistrict magnet school operator, including an interdistrict magnet school operator described in section 10-264s, a state or local charter school, an endowed or incorporated academy approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-76d or a cooperative arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a;

(17) “Serious health condition” has the same meaning as provided in section 31-51kk; and

(18) “Subject earnings” means total wages, as defined in subsection (b) of section 31-222 and self-employment income as defined in 26 USC 1402(b), as amended from time to time, that shall not exceed the Social Security contribution and benefit base, as determined pursuant to 42 USC 430, as amended from time to time, provided self-employment income shall be included only if the recipient has enrolled in the program pursuant to section 31-49m.