Connecticutworkers' comp filing deadline
Notice of Claim for traumatic single-event injury must be filed within 1 year of date of injury; for occupational disease, 3 years from first manifestation of symptom (§31-294c)
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Notice to employer
Employee must immediately report injury to employer (§31-294b); no fixed-days threshold for the employee-to-employer report itself, but the formal Notice of Claim (Form 30C) carries a 1-year deadline.
Filing with the state
Notice of Claim for traumatic single-event injury must be filed within 1 year of date of injury; for occupational disease, 3 years from first manifestation of symptom (§31-294c)
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Exceptions and tolling
Statute-of-limitations rules have many exceptions that can extend or pause the clock. The most common in Connecticut:
Occupational disease — Manifestation rule
OD limitations period does not commence until claimant learns of causal connection, typically when physician diagnoses condition and advises of work-relation.
Death claim deadline
Survivors filing for death benefits typically have 2 years from date of death. This calculator does not yet handle death claims; consult a lawyer for those.
Attribution
- Last verified
- May 4, 2026
- Editorial review
- Statute linked to primary source
- Primary source
- https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_568.htm