Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) Any 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 may transmit all facts and information in the possession of the employee concerning such matter to the Department in a form prescribed by the Department.
(b) The Department shall investigate any complaint in accordance with the provisions of Section 16-8 of the General Statutes of Connecticut.
(c) Any complaint shall be made to the Department within two years of the date when any matter occurred, or was discovered, or reasonably should have been discovered, concerning the subject of the complaint.
(d) The Department shall notify the employer by certified mail not more than five (5) business days after receiving a written complaint complying with the requirements of Section 16-8a-3(e) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The employer may file a response and both the complainant and employer may submit within twenty (20) business days from date of notice rebuttal statements or supporting evidence in the form of affidavits from witnesses and relevant documents, and may meet informally with the Department to respond verbally. The Department may consider any such responses received after twenty (20) business days only upon a showing of good cause and at the discretion of the Department.
(e) The Department shall make a preliminary finding within thirty (30) business days of receipt of a written complaint based on such evidence submitted without a public hearing.
(f) The Department shall initiate a full investigatory proceeding not later than thirty (30) days after making a preliminary finding.
(Effective May 22, 1992; Amended July 10, 1998; Amended May 30, 2000)