Definitions

For purposes of sections 31-1-1 through 31-1-9 inclusive of these regulations the following definitions apply: (a) "Agency" means the Connecticut Labor Department. (b) "Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner of the State of Connecticut whose mailing address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109. (c) "Contested case" means a proceeding in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by statute to be determined by the agency after an opportunity for a hearing or in which a hearing is in fact held but does not include proceedings on a petition for a declaratory ruling under section 4-176 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, hearings referred to in section 4-168 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, hearings conducted pursuant to Ch. 567 or Ch. 571 of the General Statutes of Connecticut or investigatory hearings conducted pursuant to Ch. 558 of the General Statutes of Connecticut. (d) "Department" means the Connecticut Labor Department. (e) "Final decision" means (1) the determination by the commissioner or his designated representative in a contested case or (2) a decision of the commissioner or his designated representative made after reconsideration. The term does not include a preliminary or intermediate ruling by the agency or a ruling of the agency granting or denying a petition for reconsideration. (f) "Hearing officer" means an individual designated by the commissioner to conduct a hearing in a contested case. Such individual may be a staff employee of the agency. (g) "Intervenor" means a person, other than a party, granted status as an intervenor by the commissioner or such hearing officer as has been designated by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of section 31-1-2 of these regulations. (h) "Party" means each person (1) whose legal rights, duties or privileges are reguired by statute to be determined by an agency proceeding and who is named or admitted as a party, (2) who is required by law to be a party in an agency proceeding or (3) who is granted status as a party under subsection (e) of section 31-1-2 of these regulations. (i) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, agency or public or private organization of any character but does not include the agency conducting the proceeding. (j) "Proposed final decision" means a final decision proposed by the agency or a hearing officer under section 31-1-7 of these regulations.