Bill Text: CT SB00169 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 169 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Requiring Employers To Cite A Reason For Termination Of Their Employees.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-25 - Public Hearing 03/02 [SB00169 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00169-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 169*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 279
		00279_______LAB
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO CITE A REASON FOR TERMINATION OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2011) (a) Any employer who terminates an employee shall provide a written notice of the reason or reasons for such termination to the employee at the time of such termination, unless such notice is not required under the terms of an employment agreement executed by the employer and the employee prior to the date of such termination.

(b) A copy of the written notice provided by the employer in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall be retained by the employer for a period of one year after the date of termination.

Sec. 2. Section 31-69a of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2011):

(a) In addition to the penalties provided in this chapter and chapter 568, any employer, officer, agent or other person who violates any provision of this chapter, chapter 563a, chapter 557, [or] subsection (g) of section 31-288 or section 1 of this act, shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of three hundred dollars for each violation of said chapters and for each violation of subsection (g) of section 31-288 or section 1 of this act, except that any person who violates (1) a stop work order issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 31-76a, shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of one thousand dollars and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense, and (2) any provision of section 31-12, 31-13 or 31-14, subsection (a) of section 31-15 or section 31-18, 31-23 or 31-24 shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of six hundred dollars for each violation of said sections.

(b) The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Labor Commissioner, shall institute civil actions to recover the penalties provided for under subsection (a) of this section. Any amount recovered shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for other current expenses, and may be used by the Labor Department to enforce the provisions of chapter 557, chapter 563a, this chapter and subsection (g) of section 31-288 and to implement the provisions of section 31-4.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2011	New section
Sec. 2	January 1, 2011	31-69a

Statement of Purpose:

To require that an employer provide a reason, in writing, for terminating an employee.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]