Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00482 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 482
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1956
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 482 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1956

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING TRIALS IN ACTIONS INVOLVING ALLEGED DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 814c of the general statutes be amended to provide that when an employee brings an action in the Superior Court based on an alleged discriminatory practice, such action may be claimed for a trial before a judge or a jury.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide an employee with the option of having a bench trial or jury trial in any matter based on an alleged discriminatory practice of the employer.