Section 31-237c - Employment Security Board of Review. Appointment of members, chairman, alternate members(a) The board shall consist of three members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor as chairperson of the board of review. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (4) of section 5-198, such chairperson shall be in the classified service and shall devote full time to the duties of the office. Such chairperson shall be chosen by the Governor from a list of names submitted to the Governor by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of section 5-228. The other two members appointed to serve during the appointing Governor's term of office shall be a representative of employers and a representative of employees and shall devote full time to the duties of their offices. The members of the board representing employers and employees shall be selected as such representatives based upon previous vocation, employment or affiliation. A member of the board may be removed by the Governor for cause.(b) The Governor shall have the authority to appoint one or more alternate members to the board. Alternate members shall have the power to complete any matter pending at the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. Alternate members of the board shall serve at any time when so delegated by the Governor and the board and while so serving shall have all the powers of members of the board. Whenever an alternate member serves in place of a member of the board, he shall represent the same interest as the member in whose place he serves and shall be selected as such representative based upon previous vocation, employment or affiliation. The board may, at its option, require alternate members to sit with it in the fulfillment of any function of the board. Any alternate member shall receive one hundred fifty dollars in lieu of expenses for each day during which he performs the duties of a member of the board.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-237c
(P.A. 74-339, S. 3, 34, 36; P.A. 77-614, S. 482, 610; P.A. 83-570, S. 8, 17; P.A. 87-468, S. 1, 4; P.A. 12-205, S. 19.)
Amended by P.A. 22-0067, S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/23/2022.Amended by P.A. 2-0205,S. 19 of the 2012 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2012.