Sec.16-8a-1. Definitions

For the purposes of section 16-8a-1 to 16-8a-6, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(a) "Company" means a public service company as defined in section 16-1 of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(b) "Holding Company" means any holding company as defined in section 16-47 of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(c) "Licensee" means any federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensee operating a nuclear power generating facility in the State of Connecticut;

(d) "Person" means one or more individuals, firms, corporations, joint ventures, partnerships, associations, cooperative associations, business trusts, legal representatives, or any organized groups of persons; and shall include any trustees, receivers, assignees or personal representatives thereof;

(e) "Employer" means any company, holding company, or licensee, or any contractor or subcontractor directly or indirectly providing goods or services to a company, holding company, or licensee;

(f) "Employee" means any person engaged in service to an employer;

(g) “Authority” means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority;

(h) "Facility" means a nuclear power generating facility in the State of Connecticut;

(i) "Complaint" means the transmission of facts and information to the Authority by an employee having knowledge of any matter involving substantial misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance, or of the discharge, discipline or other penalizing of, or threat of retaliatory action against a person reporting the misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance, in the management of a company or facility;

(j) "Complainant" means an employee who transmits a complaint to the Authority;

(k) "Equivalent position" means a position that provides the same level of pay and benefits, and the same or similar potential for career advancement for the employee as the employee's former position. Whenever possible and practical the equivalent position shall be in the same department, unit and location as the former position; and

(l) “Back pay” means payment of lost wages, benefits and other forms of compensation from any date, as determined by the Authority based on the relevant facts in each case, or from when the adverse employment action occurred until reinstatement or other remedy is made.

(Effective May 22, 1992; Amended July 10, 1998; Amended May 30, 2000; Amended August 2, 2016)