Most workers are covered by the Unemployment Insurance system. However, there are some major categories of employment typically are not:
- Newspaper carriers under 18 who deliver to customers
- Insurance agents (not industrial life insurance agents)
- Real estate agents paid only by commissions
- Sole proprietors and partners
- Children under 21 employed by a parent, and anyone employed by their spouse
- Certain religious or church-related employment
- Workers in Connecticut covered under the unemployment compensation law of another state
- Railroad workers (railroads are self-insured)
- Outside sales representatives of for-profit travel agencies
- Elected officials, members of a legislative body or the judiciary
- Some temporary employees and certain other high-level employees of a town, city or political subdivision