For the purposes of section 1-84(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the term "employment" shall be construed to include any work or endeavor, whatever its form, undertaken in order to obtain financial gain ( i.e., employee of a business, sole practitioner, independent contractor, investor, etc.). The term shall not, however, include any endeavor undertaken only as a hobby or solely for charitable, educational, or public service purposes, when no compensation or other financial gain for the individual, his or her immediate family or a business with which the individual is associated is involved.
Conn. Agencies Regs. § 1-81-14