While many employers have been focused on pandemic-related issues this past year, there are important new Connecticut employment laws that become effective on October 1, 2021. Employers should review and, where necessary, update their existing policies and practices and train staff on these new laws.
For your convenience, we have summarized some of the laws
On June 16, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Notice of Interpretation titled “The Department’s Enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 with Respect to Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Light of Bostock v. Clayton County.” As anticipated, OCR makes
Employer Update: The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has extended its deadline to May 20, 2021 for employers to complete sexual harassment prevention training for all employees, without the need to seek an extension.
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Earlier this month, the Connecticut General Assembly gave final approval to a bill that seeks to right some of these historical wrongs by making it illegal to discriminate in employment on the basis of a hairstyle related to the person’s race. Governor Lamont recently signed the measure and the new law goes into immediate effect.
Employer Update: The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has extended its deadline to April 19, 2021 for employers to complete sexual harassment prevention training for all employees, without the need to seek an extension.
Don’t wait until it’s too late – register your workforce for training today! This comprehensive, online training will protect you
The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has updated its deadline for employers to complete sexual harassment prevention training for all employees. The deadline for training has been extended to February 9, 2021 for all employees without the need to seek an extension.
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Employers that continue to struggle to meet the state deadline to conduct sexual harassment prevention training have been granted another reprieve, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities extended the Sexual Harassment Prevention Training deadline from January 1, 2021 to February 9, 2021. This extension comes as
With little fanfare, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has updated its deadline for employers to complete sexual harassment prevention training by giving a blanket 90-day extension of time for all employers. Previously, that deadline was set for October 1, 2020 and extensions were only granted upon request.
Now, with the Connecticut Governor
There are less than 30 days until the October 1, 2020* deadline for Connecticut employers to complete sexual harassment prevention training for all employees – supervisory and non-supervisory – as mandated by the Connecticut Times Up Act.
Don’t wait until it’s too late – register your workforce for training today! This comprehensive training will
Connecticut’s anti-discrimination statutes explicitly list sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes, and therefore gay and transgender employees are protected from workplace discrimination by state law. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) does not contain such explicit protections, however, and therefore it was unclear whether federal law similarly protected