Ineligible workers

Some workers are not eligible for unemployment benefits, including:

• Newspaper carriers under 18
• 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
• Outside sales representatives of for-profit travel agencies
• Elected officials, members of a legislative body or judiciary, some temporary employees, and certain other high-level political employees of a town, city or subdivision.
• People with certain religious or church-related employment
• People who work in Connecticut while covered under unemployment laws of other state (for example, railroad workers)