Get help filing your Unemployment Insurance claim in person at an American Job Center. Click here for the schedule.

Americans with Disabilities Act - What every employer needs to know - February 19, 2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm - Connecticut Department of Labor, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, CT 06109

Our phone system for filing weekly unemployment claims and performing an account status inquiry will soon be phased out to allow for enhanced electronic processing. During this transition, you’ll still be able to use the phone system three days a week, and we’re adding a new feature to our web service to make it easier than ever to file a claim or check your account status online! Click here for more information.

Legislation affecting the Connecticut Department of Labor - October 2019.

Information on Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands residents. 

Just Updated! CTDOL’s Career Paths publication provides education and training advice, job strategy information, and valuable resources for successful career planning.

The latest edition of the Career Connection newsletter is now online. Features hiring events, workshops, programs and services offered by the Labor Department and its workforce partners. Please click here.

Spam Alert: Any emails associating CTDOL with a gofundme or RFI request (or similar) are not authentic and should be deleted. Considered malicious spam that uses CTDOL’s email header, spammers will use free sites that allow them to use any name and email address.

As of Jan. 1, 2019, CT employers are prohibited from inquiring about prospective employees' wage or salary histories. Read more here.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 on the rights and duties of CT public-sector employers and employees, the Attorney General’s office has issued this guidance: Guidance on Janus v. AFSCME.