{"id":"DUT-CT-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut Department of Labor, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CONN-OSHA)","authority":"Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 571; 29 U.S.C. § 667 (State plan approved for public employers only)","instrument":"CONN-OSHA, About CONN-OSHA (agency web page describing the Public Employer Only State Plan and the consultation program for private employers)","title":"About CONN-OSHA","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP"],"addressees":["employers (public sector: enforcement; private sector: consultation only)"],"clause":"CONN-OSHA administers Connecticut\u0027s Public Employer Only State Plan and enforces occupational safety and health standards as they apply to all municipal and state employees. As a State Plan state, CONN-OSHA adopts and enforces standards that are at least as effective as the federal requirements.","enforcement":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-382 (public employers); 29 U.S.C. § 666 (private employers, federal OSHA)","functions":[],"notes":"Establishes the jurisdictional fact that fixes which general duty bound which employer in Connecticut: public employers under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-370(a) enforced by CONN-OSHA; private employers under 29 U.S.C. § 654(a)(1) enforced by federal OSHA (Bridgeport and Hartford Area Offices), with CONN-OSHA offering consultation to \u0027both public and private sector employers.\u0027 Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (agency web page; descriptive).","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/dol/divisions/conn-osha/about-conn-osha","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":646266,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-014","citation":"Connecticut Department of Labor, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CONN-OSHA), CONN-OSHA, About CONN-OSHA (agency web page describing the Public Employer Only State Plan and the consultation program for private employers) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-014)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["DUT-CT-005","DUT-CT-009"]}