Section 31-369 - Application of chapter(a) This chapter applies to all employers, employees and places of employment in the state except the following: (1) Employees of the United States government; and(2) working conditions of employees over which federal agencies other than the United States Department of Labor exercise statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational safety and health.(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any workers' compensation law or to enlarge, diminish or affect in any manner common law or statutory rights, duties or liabilities of employers or employees, under any law with respect to injuries, diseases or death of employees arising out of and in the course of employment.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-369
(P.A. 73-379, S. 3, 21; P.A. 74-137, S. 2, 21; P.A. 79-376, S. 53; P.A. 80-46, S. 2.)
Subsec. (b): Negligence per se instruction was erroneous when measured against limiting statute. 184 Conn. 173. Cited. 196 Conn. 91. Cited. 3 Conn.App. 40.