Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00106 Introduced / Bill

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 106
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1081
 *01081*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 106 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1081

*01081*

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYER RETALIATION AGAINST IMMIGRANT WORKERS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit any employer from engaging in any unfair immigration-related practice against an employee for the purpose of retaliating against such employee for exercising any right afforded to him or her pursuant to the provisions of chapters 557 to 559, inclusive, 561, 563a, 566a, 567, 568 or 571 of title 31 of the general statutes.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prevent employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices as retribution for an individual exercising his or her rights.