Section 31-236-22 - Good cause-working conditions(a) To determine that an individual voluntarily left suitable work for good cause attributable to the employer, the Administrator must find, with respect to working conditions, that: (1)(A) during the course of employment, the individual's employer substantially changed a working condition established in the employment agreement and such change had a significantly adverse effect upon the individual; or(B) working conditions endangered the individual's health or safety to a greater degree than is customary for the employer's industry; or(C) working conditions threatened the individual's health, either by causing illness or by contributing to the aggravation or worsening of the individual's medical condition; or(D) working conditions violated a state or federal statute or regulation governing worker health or safety and such violation had an actual or potential adverse effect upon the individual; or(E) the individual's employer acted so as to deprive the individual of equal employment opportunity in violation of state or federal statute, regulation or executive order; or(F) the individual's employer established and enforced a workplace rule which imposed a new and unreasonable burden on the individual, or was applied to the individual in a discriminatory manner; or(G) the individual was subjected to conduct that a reasonable individual would consider physical abuse by a fellow employee or his supervisor or any other authorized representative of his employer; or(H) the individual was subjected to a pattern of verbal abuse which would be offensive to a reasonable person by a fellow employee or his supervisor or any other authorized representative of his employer; or(I) the individual's employer required the individual to perform an activity which was unlawful, dishonest, or would otherwise pose an undue risk to the morals of a reasonable individual, or would unduly interfere with the individual's free exercise of religious belief; or(J) the individual was subjected to threat or intimidation as the result of participation in any lawful union activity; or(K) the individual's employer breached a definite promise to promote the individual after the individual fulfilled the conditions for promotion; and(2) the individual expressed his dissatisfaction regarding the working condition to his employer and unsuccessfully sought a remedy through those means reasonably available to him before leaving his employment and in the instance of subdivision (1) (C) of this section, the individual shall present competent evidence that: (A) The medical condition complained of necessitated his leaving such employment; and(B) The individual advised the employer of his condition; and(C) The individual unsuccessfully sought a remedy through those means reasonably available to him before leaving employment.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-236-22
Effective June 24, 1986; Amended July 28, 1997