Employment Law Checklist Project: Thou Shall Not Require Employees to be Sterilized As Condition of Employment
In my new series (you can read the background here), I’m going to highlight an employment law that employers in Connecticut need to follow. Some of them can lead to lawsuits; some may just lead to fines. I’ve titled this the “Employment Law Checklist Project”. First up: Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 31-40h. This law states: No employer, including the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall condition the employment, transfer or promotion of any individual on the sterilization of such individual. What we’ll start to see from looking at these laws is that the definition of an employer can sometimes change and there are differences in the type of recovery that can be sought for violations. Scope: All employers, including the state. No limit on number of employees and there is no specific definition of employer here. Contrast that with Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 31-40j (which follows this law), and you’ll find an actual definition of ...