Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00109 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/12/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 109
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 835
 *00835*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 109 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 835

*00835*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYER ADHERENCE TO GUIDANCE BY THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

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

That section 31-51i of the general statutes be amended to require employers to follow guidance from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on hiring persons with an arrest, conviction or criminal charge.

Statement of Purpose: 

To ensure employers adhere to guidance issued by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.