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Connecticut
Employer limits on requesting or using genetic information
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-60(b)(11)
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Private right of action
- Yes
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
As of .
What it requires
- If you are an employer, an employment agency or a labor organization, do not request or require genetic information from an employee, a person seeking employment or a member (section 46a-60(b)(11)(A)).
- Do not discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of genetic information (section 46a-60(b)(11)(B)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, before which a complaint is heard and which may order the respondent to cease and desist and make the complainant whole (sections 46a-82 to 46a-86), and the superior court, in an action by a complainant who obtained a release of jurisdiction, with legal and equitable relief including punitive damages, attorney's fees and court costs (sections 46a-100 and 46a-104).
Settledness
- As of
What this law does
Under section 46a-60(b)(11), it is a discriminatory practice for an employer, an employment agency or a labor organization to request or require genetic information from an employee, a person seeking employment or a member. Under section 46a-60(b)(11), it is also a discriminatory practice to discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of genetic information.
Under section 46a-60(b)(11), genetic information means the information about genes, gene products or inherited characteristics that may derive from an individual or a family member. Under section 46a-60(b)(11), an employer includes the state and all political subdivisions of the state and means any person or employer with one or more persons in the person's or employer's employ.
Under section 46a-60(b)(11), a person who has filed a complaint with the commission and obtained a release of jurisdiction may bring an action in the superior court. Under section 46a-60(b)(11), the court may grant such a complainant legal and equitable relief, including injunctive relief, punitive damages, attorney's fees and court costs.
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