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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article IV - Petitions for Promulgation of Regulations › Section 46a-54-120 - Petition for regulation; form

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any interested
					 person may petition the Commission for adoption, amendment or repeal of a
					 regulation. Petitions shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt
					 requested, and addressed to the chairperson at the Commission's principal
					 office. Petitions shall:
(1) state the
					 statutory authority for the proposed action;
(2) provide a clear and concise text for the
					 proposed regulation, amendment or repealer;
(3) provide an analysis of the public policy
					 reasons favoring the proposed action; and
(4) contain the name, address and signature
					 of the person making the petition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article IV - Petitions for Promulgation of Regulations › Section 46a-54-121 - Procedure after filing

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon receipt, the chairperson shall refer the petition to
						Commission members and staff for comment, suggestion and recommendation. In
						accordance with subdivision (9) of section
						46a-54
						of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Commission may hold hearings to
						receive public comment. The Commission, by a majority vote of its members
						present and voting shall approve or deny the petition within thirty (30) days
						of its receipt. If the petition is denied, the Commission shall inform the
						petitioner of its decision and the reasons therefore in writing. If the
						petition is granted, the Commission shall initiate regulation making
						proceedings as provided for in section
						4-168
						of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article V - Petitions for Declaratory Rulings › Section 46a-54-122 - Petition for declaratory ruling; form

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commission
					 or any person may petition for a declaratory ruling as to:
(1) the validity of any Commission
					 regulation; or
(2) the
					 applicability to specified factual circumstances of any provision of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes enforced by the Commission, any regulation
					 promulgated by the Commission or a final decision on any matter within the
					 Commission's jurisdiction.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article V - Petitions for Declaratory Rulings › Section 46a-54-123 - Notice of filing

Current through July 10, 2024
Within thirty (30) days after a petition is filed, the
						Commission Counsel shall give notice to all persons who are required by law to
						be notified and to all persons who have requested notice of declaratory rulings
						on the subject matter of the petition. Notification may be made in any manner
						permitted by law. The notice shall contain a summary of the petition and set
						forth the date upon which a person may request to become a party or intervene
						in the proceedings.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article V - Petitions for Declaratory Rulings › Section 46a-54-124 - Petition for party or intervenor status

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person may apply to be made a party to or an
						intervenor in a petition for declaratory ruling. Applications to be made a
						party or intervenor shall conform to the requirements of subsection (b) of
						section
						46a-54-122.
						The Commission, by a majority vote of its members present and voting, may deny
						any application not conforming thereto or any application received after the
						date set forth in the notice of filing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article V - Petitions for Declaratory Rulings › Section 46a-54-125 - Determination of party or intervenor status

Current through July 10, 2024
If the Commission finds that a timely petition to become
						a party or an intervenor has been filed, it shall grant the same only if the
						petitioner clearly demonstrates that the standards of subsection (d) of section
						4-176
						of the Connecticut General Statutes have been met. The Commission may define an
						intervenor's participation in the manner set forth in subsection (d) of section
						4-177a
						of the Connecticut General Statutes. Commission action pursuant to this section
						shall be taken by a majority vote of its members present and
						voting.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article V - Petitions for Declaratory Rulings › Section 46a-54-126 - Decision on petition for declaratory ruling

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon
					 receipt, the chairperson shall refer the petition for declaratory ruling,
					 together with all applications to become a party or intervenor, to Commission
					 members and staff for comment, suggestion and recommendation. Where necessary,
					 the Commission may obtain such additional evidence as may be relevant to the
					 declaratory ruling through a subpoena. In accordance with subdivision (9) of
					 section
					 46a-54
					 and subsection (g) of section
					 4-176
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Commission may hold hearings to
					 receive public comment on the petition.
(b) Within sixty (60) days after receipt of a
					 petition for declaratory ruling, the Commission, by a majority vote of its
					 members present and voting, shall issue an order in writing which conforms to
					 subsection (e) of section
					 4-176
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes. If a ruling on the petition is denied, the
					 Commission shall send notice of the denial stating the reasons therefore to the
					 petitioner and any person granted party or intervenor status. Additionally, the
					 commission may initiate regulation-making procedures on the subject under
					 section
					 4-168
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) If a ruling on the petition is granted,
					 the Commission shall:
(1) issue a declaratory
					 ruling;
(2) order the matter set
					 for specified proceedings; or
(3)
					 agree to issue a declaratory ruling by a specified date. The Commission shall
					 send notice of the decision to the petitioner and any person granted party or
					 intervenor status in accordance with subsection (f) of section
					 4-176
					 of the general statutes. The ruling shall contain the names of all parties and
					 intervenors to the proceeding, the particular facts upon which it is based and
					 the reasons for its conclusion.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Section 46a-54-127 - Appeals from decisions of local human rights boards

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person aggrieved by an order issued after a hearing
						by a board established pursuant to sections
						7-148i
						or subsection (c) (9) (B) of section
						7-148
						of the Connecticut General Statutes may appeal to the Commission on Human
						Rights and Opportunities, as provided in section
						7-148
l
of the Connecticut General Statutes. Any such appeal shall
						be filed within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the written decision by the
						local board. Appeals shall be filed by personal delivery, including but not
						limited to, service by a proper officer or indifferent person, or by certified
						mail. Any such appeal shall be addressed or directed to the chairperson of the
						Commission at the Commission's principal office in Hartford.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Section 46a-54-128 - Form of appeal; service

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Appeals shall
					 contain:
(1) the name and address of the
					 person filing the appeal;
(2) the
					 name and address of each person named as a party in the complaint filed with
					 the local board;
(3) the name and
					 address of the local board where the discriminatory practices complaint was
					 filed;
(4) a statement of the facts
					 giving rise to the appeal;
(5) a
					 statement of the legal grounds upon which the appeal rests;
(6) a statement of the relief sought;
					 and
(7) a copy of the order issued
					 after hearing which is being appealed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Section 46a-54-129 - Filing of record by local board

Current through July 10, 2024
The local board shall file a certified copy of the entire
						record of the proceedings appealed from within sixty (60) days after the appeal
						is served, which shall include the board's written decision and findings of
						fact upon which it is based. By agreement of the parties, the record may be
						shortened.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Section 46a-54-130 - Review of appeal by the executive director; preliminary determination of appeal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon receipt,
					 the Executive Director of the Commission shall review the appeal. The appeal
					 shall be confined to the record, provided that the Executive Director may
					 permit corrections to the record. Upon motion, the Executive Director may hear
					 oral argument and receive written briefs.
(b) If any party applies to the Executive
					 Director for leave to introduce evidence outside the record and shows that the
					 evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for failing to
					 present it to the local board, the Executive Director may order the evidence to
					 be introduced or taken and made a part of the record.
(c) The Executive Director shall prepare a
					 proposed final decision affirming the decision of the board, unless it is found
					 that substantial rights of the appellant have been violated in that the board's
					 decision:
(1) violates or exceeds the
					 authority the local board has been granted by statute, rule or
					 ordinance;
(2) is clearly erroneous
					 in view of the record; or
(3) is
					 arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of or clearly unwarranted exercise of
					 discretion.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Section 46a-54-131 - Executive director's proposed final decision; transmittal to parties; commission action

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Executive
					 Director shall prepare a proposed final decision affirming the decision of the
					 local board and dismissing the appeal or sustaining the appeal. The proposed
					 final decision shall be in writing and contain a statement of the reasons for
					 the decision and finding of facts and conclusion of law on each issue of fact
					 or law necessary to the decision.
(b) The Executive Director's proposed final
					 decision shall be transmitted to the members of the Commission for their review
					 and action.
(c) At the same time, a
					 copy of the proposed final decision shall be served by certified mail or
					 personal delivery on the local board and all parties to the appeal and their
					 attorneys, if any. The proposed final decision shall be accompanied by a notice
					 of the place, time and date by which each adversely affected party, including
					 the local board, will have an opportunity to file exceptions and present briefs
					 and oral argument to the Commission.
(d) The Commission, after consideration of
					 any exceptions, briefs or arguments received, shall issue a final decision by a
					 majority of the members present and voting at a meeting. The Commission shall
					 issue a final decision affirming the decision of the board, unless it is found
					 that substantial rights of the appellant have been violated in that the board's
					 decision:
(1) violates or exceeds the
					 authority the local board has been granted by statute, rule or
					 ordinance;
(2) is clearly erroneous
					 in view of the record; or
(3) is
					 arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of or clearly unwarranted exercise of
					 discretion.
A copy of the Commission's final decision shall be mailed
						to each party to the appeal including the local board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-140 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Terms defined in Chapter 55 of the
						Connecticut General Statutes shall have the same meaning in sections 46a-54-140
						through
						46a-54-153
						inclusive unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(b) "Commission" or "agency" means the
						Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities created by section
						46a-52
						of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) "Category of personal data" means the
						classifications of personal information set forth in subdivision (9) of section
						4-190 of the
						Connecticut General Statutes.
(d)
						"Other data" means any information which because of name, identifying number,
						mark or description can be readily associated with a particular
						person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-141 - General nature and purpose of the personal data system

Current through July 10, 2024
The nature and purpose of the Commission's personnel
						  data system is to maintain accurate and current information regarding:
(1) discriminatory practice case files in
						fulfillment of statutory responsibilities under Chapter 814c of the Connecticut
						General Statutes;
(2) the
						qualifications of employment applicants; and
(3) employees' employment and personnel
						activities necessary for the conduct of the Commission's business.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-142 - Categories of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
The categories of personal data maintained by the
						  Commission consist of discriminatory practice case files, employment records
						  and personnel files. In addition, the Commission maintains general
						  correspondence files which contain other data. Records of personal data are
						  maintained on Commission personnel and employment applicants. Case files may
						  also contain personal data concerning parties, witnesses and other
						  persons.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-143 - Discriminatory practice case files

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Discriminatory
						practice case files are maintained by the commission in its principal office in
						both automated and manual form. They are maintained for the purpose of
						receiving, initiating, mediating, litigating and monitoring complaints pursuant
						to Chapter 814c of the Connecticut General Statutes. Discriminatory practice
						case files are also maintained in the Commission's four regional offices. The
						address of the Commission's principal office and the names and address of the
						four regional offices are contained in section 46a-54-12.
(b) Routine sources of information retained
						in discriminatory practice case files are generally personal data on
						complainants, respondents, witnesses and other persons that provide or may
						provide evidence relevant to the investigation of discriminatory practices or
						bear upon the processing or monitoring of discriminatory practice
						complaints.
(c) All requests for
						disclosure or amendment of personal data contained in pending discriminatory
						practice case files shall be addressed to the Regional Manager of the office in
						which the complaint is pending. Requests regarding closed discriminatory
						practice case files shall be addressed to the Executive Director, Commission on
						Human Rights and Opportunities, 90 Washington Street, Hartford, CT
						06106.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-144 - Discriminatory practice case file data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
						personal data on complainants, respondents, witnesses or other persons is or
						may be contained in discriminatory practice case files:
(1) educational records;
(2) financial records;
(3) records of medical or emotional condition
						or history;
(4) information
						concerning employment or housing history;
(5) information concerning family or personal
						relationships;
(6) information
						concerning reputation or character; and
(7) other information which because of name,
						identifying number, mark or description can be readily associated with a
						particular person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-145 - Employee and applicant personnel records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All
						Commission employee personnel records are maintained in the Commission's
						business office at 90 Washington Street, Hartford, CT 06106 in both automated
						and manual form. They are maintained for the purpose of providing a history of
						hiring, payroll, promotion, disciplinary and related employment information
						concerning Commission employees under the authority of Chapters 65, 66 and 67
						of the Connecticut General Statutes. Records are also maintained on applicants
						considered for employment under the authority of subdivision (4) of section
						46a-54
						of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Routine sources of information retained
						in personnel records generally include the employee, previous employers,
						references provided by an applicant for employment, the employee's
						supervisor(s), the comptroller's office, state insurance carriers and the
						department of administrative services. Routine sources of information retained
						on applicants for employment generally include the applicant, previous
						employers and references provided by or on behalf of the applicant.
(c) All requests for disclosure or amendment
						of personal data on employees or applicants shall be made to the Business
						Manager, Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, 90 Washington Street,
						Hartford, CT 06106.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-146 - Personnel file data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
						personal data is or may be contained in personnel files on employees or
						applicants:
(1) educational records;
(2) records of medical or emotional condition
						or history;
(3) employment
						records;
(4) information on marital
						status; or
(5) other information
						which because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily
						associated with a particular person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-147 - Maintenance of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commission
						shall strive to collect and maintain all personal data with accuracy and
						completeness. The Commission shall, when practical and consistent with its
						needs and purpose, collect personal data directly from the person to whom a
						record pertains. The Commission shall insure that personal data requested from
						another state agency is properly maintained.
(b) Personal data will not be maintained by
						the Commission unless relevant and necessary to accomplish the lawful purposes
						of the agency. Where the Commission finds irrelevant or unnecessary records in
						its possession, it shall dispose of the records in accordance with the
						Commission's record retention schedule or request permission from the public
						records administrator to dispose of the records under section
						11-8a
						of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) All employees of the Commission shall
						take reasonable precautions to protect personal data under their custody from
						the danger of fire, theft, flood, natural disaster or other physical
						threat.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-148 - Access to personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Employees
						involved in the operation of the Commission's personal data systems or having
						access thereto shall be informed of the provisions of the personal data act,
						regulations promulgated under section
						4-196
						of the Connecticut General Statutes, the freedom of information act, the AIDS
						testing and medical information act, chapter 368x of the Connecticut General
						Statutes and any other state or federal statute or regulation concerning
						maintenance or disclosure of personal data maintained by the agency.
(b) Only Commission employees who have a
						specific need to review personal data for lawful purposes of the agency shall
						have access to such records. The Commission shall keep a current written list
						of employees entitled to access to each of the agency's personal data
						systems.
(c) The Commission shall
						incorporate the provisions of the personal data act and regulations promulgated
						thereunder by reference in all contracts, agreements or licenses for the
						operation of a personal data system or for research, evaluation and reporting
						of personal data for the Commission or on its behalf.
(d) The Commission shall insure against
						unnecessary duplication of personal data. In the event that it is necessary to
						send personal data through interdepartmental mail, such records will be sent in
						envelopes or boxes sealed and marked "confidential."
(e) The Commission shall insure that all
						records in manual personal data systems are kept under lock and key and, to the
						greatest extent practical, are kept in controlled access areas.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-149 - Maintenance of personal data systems

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) To the extent
						practical, automated equipment and records shall be located in limited access
						areas, with regular access limited to operations personnel. Visitors to such
						areas shall, where required by law or to the extent practical, sign a visitor's
						log and shall have access to personal data only upon a bona fide showing of
						need.
(b) The Commission shall
						utilize appropriate access control mechanisms to prevent disclosure of personal
						data to unauthorized individuals.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-150 - Uses to be made of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Employees
						assigned personnel or payroll duties use the personal data contained in the
						Commission's personnel records in processing hires, promotions,
						reclassifications, transfers, retirement and other personnel actions. Managers
						use personal data when promotion, counseling or disciplinary action is
						contemplated and for other employment-related purposes.
(b) Employees and managers use discriminatory
						practice case file data for the purpose of receiving, initiating,
						investigating, mediating, litigating and monitoring settlements of
						discriminatory practice complaints.
(c) When a person is asked to supply personal
						data, the Commission shall disclose to that individual, upon request:
(1) the name of the employee and the division
						or office of the Commission requesting the data;
(2) the legal authority under which the
						Commission is empowered to collect and maintain the data;
(3) the person's rights pertaining to such
						data under the personal data act;
(4) the known consequences arising from
						supplying or refusing to supply the data; and
(5) the proposed use to be made of the
						requested data.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-151 - Retention of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commission
						retains personnel records according to schedules published by the Public
						Records Administrator, Connecticut State Library, and applicable collective
						bargaining agreements. Discriminatory practice case files are retained by the
						Commission for a period of fourteen (14) years according to record retention
						schedules published by the Commission. Certain discriminatory practice case
						files are also retained by the Commission pursuant to memoranda of
						understanding between the Commission and the United States Equal Employment
						Opportunity Commission and the United States Department of Housing and Urban
						Development.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-152 - Disclosure of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon written
						request pursuant to subsection (c) of section
						46a-54-143
						or subsection (c) of 46a-54-145, the Commission shall disclose all personal
						data maintained on the person making the request, unless nondisclosure is
						required or specifically permitted by law. The Commission shall ensure that
						disclosure made pursuant to the personal data act is conducted so as not to
						disclose any personal data concerning persons other than the person requesting
						the information. The Commission may disclose personal data to effectuate its
						law enforcement responsibilities.
(b) Within four (4) business days after the
						receipt of a written request, the Commission shall mail or deliver a written
						response in plain language, informing the person making the request as to:
(1) whether the Commission maintains personal
						data on him or her;
(2) the
						category and location of the data; and
(3) the procedure to access and review the
						data. Disclosure procedures shall accord with sections
						1-15 to 1-21k,
						inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Section 46a-54-153 - Contesting the content of personal data records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any
						person who believes that the Commission is maintaining inaccurate, incomplete
						or irrelevant personal data may file a written request with the Commission for
						correction thereof. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of such request, the
						Commission shall give written notice to such person that it will make the
						requested correction. If the correction is not to be made as submitted, the
						Commission shall state in writing the reason for its denial and notify the
						person of the right to seek judicial relief pursuant to the personal data
						act.
(b) Following the denial of a
						request to correct, the person requesting the correction may add a statement to
						his or her personal data record setting forth what that person believes to be
						an accurate, complete and relevant version of the data in question. Such
						statements shall become a permanent part of the Commission's personal data
						system and shall be disclosed to any individual, agency or organization to
						which the contested data is disclosed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Personal Data Regulations › Appendix A

Current through July 10, 2024
Principal
						  Office
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
21 Grand Street
Hartford, CT 06106
CT Toll Free Telephone Number: 1-800-477-5737
Telephone Number: (860) 541-3400
Facsimile Number: (860) 246-5419
TDD Accessible Number: (860) 541-3459
Regional
						  Offices
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
Capitol Region Office
1229 Albany Avenue
Hartford, CT 06112
Telephone Number: (860) 566-7710
Facsimile Number: (860) 566-1997
TDD Accessible Number: (860) 566-7710
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
Southwest Region Office
1057 Broad Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Telephone Number: (203) 579-6246
Facsimile Number: (203) 579-6950
TDD Accessible Number: (203) 579-6246
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
West Central Region Office
Rowland Government Center
55 West Main Street, Suite 210
Waterbury, CT 06702-2004
Telephone Number: (203) 805-6530
Facsimile Number: (203) 805-6559
TDD Accessible Number: ((203) 805-6579
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
Eastern Region Office
100 Broadway
Norwich, CT 06360
Telephone Number; (860) 886-5703
Facsimile Number: (860) 886-2550
TDD Accessible Number: (860) 886-5707
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
Special Enforcement Unit (
Housing
						  Complaints
)
21 Grand Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone Number: CT Toll Free 1-800-477-5737 (860)
						  541-3403
Facsimile Number: (860) 246-5419
TDD Accessible Number: (860) 541-3459
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-200 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For purposes of sections 46a-54-200 through
						  46a-54-207,
						  inclusive:
(a) "Sexual Harassment"
						means any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any
						conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such conduct is made either
						explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment, (2)
						submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the
						basis for employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3) such conduct
						has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's
						work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working
						environment.
(b) "Employer"
						includes the state and all political subdivisions thereof, including the
						General Assembly, and means any person or employer with three or more persons
						in his employ.
(c) "Employer Having
						Fifty or More Employees" means the state and all political subdivisions
						thereof, including the General Assembly, and means any person or employer who
						has a total of fifty or more persons, including supervisory and managerial
						employees and partners, in his employ for a minimum of thirteen weeks during
						the previous training year.
(d)
						"Employee" means any person employed by an employer, but shall not include any
						individual employed by his parents, spouse or child, or in the domestic service
						of any person.
(e) "Supervisory
						Employee" means any individual who has the authority, by using her or his
						independent judgment, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer,
						suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline
						other employees, or responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their
						grievances or effectively to recommend such actions.
(f) "Commission" means the Commission on
						Human Rights and Opportunities created by section
						46a-52
						of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(g) "Training year" means the period of time
						from October first in any calendar year through September thirtieth in the
						following calendar year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-201 - Posting requirement for employers having three or more employees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Employers with three or more employees
						must post notices to employees concerning the illegality of sexual harassment
						and remedies available to victims of sexual harassment.
(b) Such information should include, but is
						not limited to:
(1) The statutory definition
						of sexual harassment and examples of different types of sexual
						harassment;
(2) Notice that sexual
						harassment is prohibited by the State of Connecticut's Discriminatory
						Employment Practices Law, subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section
						46a-60
						of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(3) Notice that sexual harassment is
						prohibited by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended,
						42
						United States Code section 2000e
et
						seq.
; and
(4) The remedies
						available, including but not limited to:
(A)
						Cease and desist orders,
(B) Back
						pay,
(C) Compensatory damages,
						and
(D) Hiring, promotion or
						reinstatement;
(5)
						Language to the effect that persons who commit sexual harassment may be subject
						to civil or criminal penalties;
(6)
						The address and telephone number of the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights
						and Opportunities; and
(7) A
						statement that Connecticut law requires that a formal written complaint be
						filed with the Commission within one hundred and eighty days of the date when
						the alleged sexual harassment occurred; and
(8) Any and all notices so posted will have
						the heading, "
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS ILLEGAL
," in large bold-faced
						type.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-202 - Where to post

Current through July 10, 2024
Employers must place, and keep posted, notices in
						  prominent and accessible locations upon its premises where notices to employees
						  are customarily posted. Notices must be posted at each employer facility in
						  such a manner that all employees and applicants at that facility will have the
						  opportunity to see the notices on a regular basis.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-203 - When to post

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All employers
						with three or more employees shall post notices as soon as practicable after
						the effective date of these regulations, but no later than forty-five (45) days
						after the effective date of these regulations.
(b) An employer shall promptly replace
						notices that are removed, destroyed or defaced.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-204 - Posting and training requirements for employers having fifty or more employees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An employer
						having fifty (50) or more employees shall comply with the posting requirements
						set forth in sections
						46a-54-200 through
						46a-54-207,
						inclusive.
(b) An employer having
						fifty (50) or more employees must also provide two hours of training and
						education to all supervisory employees of employees in the State of Connecticut
						no later than October 1, 1993 and to all new supervisory employees of employees
						in the State of Connecticut within six months of their assumption of a
						supervisory position. Nothing in these regulations shall prohibit an employer
						from providing more than two hours of training and education.
(c) Such training and education shall be
						conducted in a classroom-like setting, using clear and understandable language
						and in a format that allows participants to ask questions and receive answers.
						Audio, video and other teaching aides may be utilized to increase comprehension
						or to otherwise enhance the training process.
(1) The content of the training shall include
						the following:
(A) Describing all federal and
						state statutory provisions prohibiting sexual harassment in the work place with
						which the employer is required to comply, including, but not limited to, the
						Connecticut discriminatory employment practices statute (section
						46a-60
						of the Connecticut General Statutes) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
						1964, as amended (
						42
						U.S.C. section 2000e, and following
						sections);
(B) Defining sexual
						harassment as explicitly set forth in subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of
						section
						46a-60
						of the Connecticut General Statutes and as distinguished from other forms of
						illegal harassment prohibited by subsection (a) of section
						46a-60
						of the Connecticut General Statutes and section 3 of Public Act
						91-58;
(C) Discussing the types of
						conduct that may constitute sexual harassment under the law, including the fact
						that the harasser or the victim of harassment may be either a man or a woman
						and that harassment can occur involving persons of the same or opposite
						sex;
(D) Describing the remedies
						available in sexual harassment cases, including, but not limited to, cease and
						desist orders; hiring, promotion or reinstatement; compensatory damages and
						back pay;
(E) Advising employees
						that individuals who commit acts of sexual harassment may be subject to both
						civil and criminal penalties; and
(F) Discussing strategies to prevent sexual
						harassment in the work place.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-205 - Effect of prior training

Current through July 10, 2024
An employer is not required to train supervisory
						  personnel who have received training after October 1, 1991 that:
(1) substantially complies with the required
						content of the training set forth in subsection (c) (1) of section
						46a-54-204;
						and
(2) was provided in a classroom
						setting and lasted at least two hours.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-206 - Trainers

Current through July 10, 2024
An employer required to provide training by these
						  regulations may utilize individuals employed by the employer or other persons
						  who agree to provide the required training, with or without
						  reimbursement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 54 - Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data Regulations › Complaint Processing and Contested Case Proceedings › Part III - Rules of Practice › Article VI - Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards › Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements › Section 46a-54-207 - Recordkeeping

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commission encourages each employer
						required to conduct training pursuant to Public Act 92-85 to maintain records
						concerning all training provided.
(b) Such records shall include, but are not
						limited to:
(1) documents sufficient to show
						the content of the training given, such as the curriculum;
(2) the names, addresses and qualifications
						of the personnel conducting the training;
(3) the names and titles of the personnel
						trained and the date or dates that each individual was trained;