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★ Connecticut · workplace

Workplace settlements
in Connecticut.

By Reviewed by Abd Shanti, Founder9 min read

Connecticut pays injured workers 75% of their wages after taxes, and lets them sue anyone other than the employer who caused the injury. When a contractor fails to carry insurance, the business that hired it may have to pay.

Facts that decide a workplace claim in Connecticut

Weekly benefit75% of your average weekly earnings after federal and state taxes and FICA, up to the maximum for the year of injury.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-307(a)
Maximum, injuries from 1 October 2025$1,716 a week for total disability. The figure for production workers in manufacturing, used for partial disability, is $1,220.Workers’ Compensation Commission Memorandum No. 2025-04 (5 September 2025)
Waiting periodNo benefits for an injury that keeps you out three days or less. If it lasts more than three days, pay starts after day three; if it lasts seven days, pay runs from the first day.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-295(a)
Suing a third partyCompensation does not affect your right to sue someone other than your employer who is legally liable, and the employer may sue that person to recover what it paid.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-293(a)
Uninsured subcontractorsA principal employer that hires out work in its own trade or business, done on premises it controls, pays compensation as if it employed the worker directly.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-291; Barker v. All Roofs by Dominic (Conn. 2020)
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★ CT · reported workplace outcomes

What Connecticut courts have awarded.

Real Connecticut decisions and verdicts, each linked to the court record or official report.

  • Barker v. All Roofs by Dominic
    Connecticut Supreme Court · 2020
    City held liable for compensation

    A roofer working for an uninsured subcontractor fell while repairing a building owned by the City of Bridgeport. The Supreme Court affirmed that the city was his principal employer because maintaining and repairing its buildings was part of its business, so the city had to pay his benefits.

  • Mariano v. Hartland Building and Restoration
    Connecticut Appellate Court · 2016
    Third party suit with the employer intervening

    A worker hurt in the 2010 collapse of the Salem Bridge in Naugatuck, during demolition, sued two of his employer’s subcontractors. His employer, the general contractor, joined the suit to recover what it had paid him in compensation, as § 31-293 allows.

★ CT · workplace · in practice

What changes the number here.

What actually moves a workplace settlement in Connecticut.

  1. 1

    Connecticut’s formula rewards knowing your after tax wage. Benefits are 75% of pay after taxes and FICA, not of gross pay, so check the average weekly wage the insurer uses against your pay records for the 52 weeks before the injury.

  2. 2

    Look for a third party in every serious injury. Mariano shows the typical construction case: the injured worker sues the subcontractors whose work failed, and the employer joins to be repaid. The lawsuit can recover pain and suffering that compensation never pays.

  3. 3

    If your employer had no insurance, the company that hired it may owe your benefits. Barker made the City of Bridgeport pay for a roofer whose own employer was uninsured, because building repair was part of the city’s business.

★ CT · statute of limitations
2 years from date of injury

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584

★ CT · fault rule
Modified comparative, 51% bar

Modified comparative, recovery barred at 51% or more claimant fault.

★ workplace · same region & fault regime

Compare to like jurisdictions.

How Connecticut's fault rule and limitation period compare to jurisdictions in the same US region and to those running the same fault rule for workplace claims.

JurisdictionFault ruleLimitationWorkplace page
Connecticut · you are hereModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injury—
DelawareModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryDE · workplace →
District of ColumbiaPure contributory negligence3 years from date of injuryDC · workplace →
MaineModified comparative, 50% bar6 years for personal injury, longest in the USME · workplace →
MarylandPure contributory negligence3 years from date of injuryMD · workplace →
MassachusettsModified comparative, 51% bar3 years from date of injuryMA · workplace →
New HampshireModified comparative, 51% bar3 years from date of injuryNH · workplace →
FloridaModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injury (was 4; reduced by HB 837)FL · workplace →
HawaiiModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryHI · workplace →
IllinoisModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryIL · workplace →
IndianaModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryIN · workplace →
GeorgiaModified comparative, 50% bar2 years from date of injuryGA · workplace →
IdahoModified comparative, 50% bar2 years from date of injuryID · workplace →
★ CT · workplace · frequently asked

Common questions.

Each answer is independently coherent and references the relevant statute or authority document.

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Sources

Checked 2026-09-28.

★ all of CT
Connecticut overview

Fault rule, statute, caps, and key facts for Connecticut as a whole.

★ national frame
Workplace in United States

Workplace band structure and severity tiers at the US level.

★ all 15 countries
Workplace · everywhere

Cross-jurisdiction comparison of workplace bands.

★ editorial note

Figures on this page are not quotes for any specific case. For representation, consult an attorney admitted in Connecticut. See /methodology, /sources, and /disclaimer.