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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Department of Labor

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
CGS sec. 31-1 et.seq.

Agency History :

1873, established as a Bureau of Labor Statistics per Public Acts chpt. LXXXII.
1875, defunct.
1885, Bureau of Labor Statistics reconstituted per Public Acts chpt. CXIX.
1887, Office of Factory Inspector created by Public Acts chpt. CLII.
1915, Public Acts chpt. 255 combined both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Factory Inspector into the Department of Labor and Factory Inspection.
1950, name changed to Department of Labor, per 1955 Suppl. to the General Statutes, s.2022d.

Published Histories/Articles :
Pinksy, David. The Connecticut Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Storrs : Labor Education Center, Extended and Continuing Education, University of Connecticut, 1979. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc Ag83Le rep A-4]

Connecticut. Department of Labor.  Monthly Bulletin (May 1950), pp. 1-3, 11. "Historic Highlights of the Department of Labor."  [CSL Call Number ConnDoc L113e m]

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections  :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Connecticut. Dept. of Labor and Factory Inspection.
Connecticut. Labor Department.

Annual/Biennial Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc L112r]
1947-2001, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002 -, the online version

State Archives Record Group : RG 020

List of Commissioners :

Name

Years of Service

James F. Babcock, Chief

October 13, 1873-1874

Samuel J. Starr, Chief

1874-1875

Arthur T. Hadley

1885-1887

Samuel M. Hotchkiss

1887-1891

Robert J. Vance

1891-1894

Samuel B. Horne

1894-1898

Harry E. Back

1898-1902

Wm. H. Scoville

1902-1910

Patrick H. Connolley

1910-1915

William S. Hyde

1915-1923

Harry E. MacKenzie

1923-1930

Joseph M. Tone

1930-1938

Cornelius J. Danaher

1938-1944

John J. Egan

1944-1954

Renato E. Ricciuti

1954-1970

Jack A. Fusari

1970-1974

Frank Santaguida

1974-1977

Peter A. Reilly

1977-1978

P. Joseph Peraro

1978-1987

Betty L. Tianti

1987-1990

Ronald F. Petronella

1990-1995

John E. Saunders (Acting)

1995

James P. Butler

1995-2000

Shaun B. Cashman

2001-2005

Patricia H. Mayfield

2006-January 25, 2010

Linda Agnew (Acting)

2010-2011

Glenn Marshall

2011-Present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 01/2011.