Connecticut's Public Act 26-12 strengthens wage protection for specified health-care and education workers injured in qualifying on-the-job assaults. Section 1 became effective October 1. For covered total or partial incapacity, it provides weekly compensation equal to one hundred percent of average weekly earnings calculated under the statute.
The health-care provision concerns providers and other employees of covered facilities or institutions acting within their duties or under employer direction. A separate provision covers specified education boards, teachers and other employees. It is not a blanket rule for every occupation or injury.
The text addresses necessary medical or other service expenses and lost wages for connected court appearances. Specified absences cannot be charged to sick, vacation or personal leave. Workers' compensation awards may be deducted from salary during the absence: the rule is not salary plus a second full wage payment.
Preserve the injury report, role, medical evidence and court-absence documentation. Coverage depends on the assault, duties, incapacity and statutory definition, not simply the label "frontline worker". The October protection can matter to household income without making every reported workplace conflict an automatic full-pay claim.