Legal Opinion
Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Echo Hose Ambulance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 26, 2016No. SC19496PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcDONALD, J.
We are called upon to decide what test should be applied to determine whether an unpaid volunteer is an "employee" for purposes of the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA), General Statutes § 46a-51 et seq. More specifically, we must decide whether a volunteer must satisfy the predominant "remuneration test" used to resolve similar federal causes of action or Connecticut's common-law "right to control" test.
This certified appeal arises out of a complaint filed with the plaintiff, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, by Brenda Puryear (Brenda), on behalf of her then…
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