Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-5 (2026)

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✓ current as of May 2026
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Section 31-5 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 3779; P.A. 75-97; P.A. 77-113; 77-426, S. 15, 19.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases, 1989–2012 · leading case: Tomick v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 43 A.3d 722 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012).
Tomick v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 43 A.3d 722 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 12× “On appeal, the defendants claim that the court improperly (1) denied their motions to direct and to set aside the verdict with respect to the plaintiffs claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress and violations of General Statutes § 31-5 lx 2 and General Statutes §…”
Poulos v. Pfizer, Inc., 13 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1679 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 9× “6 I The defendant first claims that the trial court improperly excluded testimony that it had offered to support *605 its claim that the plaintiff had waived his rights under § 31-5 lx by voluntarily consenting to the December 26, 1990 drug testing.”
Lewis v. Connecticut Gaming Policy Bd., 620 A.2d 780 (Conn. 1993). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 31-5 lm provides in relevant part: “(b) No employer shall discharge, discipline or otherwise penalize any employee because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports, verbally or in writing, a violation or a suspected violation of any…”
Arnone v. Town of Enfield, 831 A.2d 260 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 31-5 lm (c) provides in relevant part: “Any employee who is discharged, disciplined or otherwise penalized by his employer in violation of the provisions of subsection (b) may, after exhausting all available administrative remedies, bring a civil action .”
S. New England Tel. Co. v. Cashman, 931 A.2d 142 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 2× “) General Statutes § 31-5 lñ (a) (2) provides: “Leave under this subsection may be taken for one or more of the following reasons: “(A) Upon the birth of a son or daughter of the employee; “(B) Upon the placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or foster…”
Stein v. Davidson Hotel Co., 945 S.W.2d 714 (Tenn. 1997). “Conn.Gen.Stat. § 31-5 It to -51aa (1992); Iowa Code Ann.”
Conboy v. State, 974 A.2d 669 (Conn. 2009). “As previously noted, the state has abandoned any challenge to this preliminary determination of the trial court. 12 As we explain herein, to the extent the trial court reasoned that a factual dispute never may be resolved on a motion to dismiss, the court was mistaken.”
Daley v. Aetna Life & Cas. Co., 734 A.2d 112 (Conn. 1999). ““(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an employer from requiring an employee on leave under section 31-5 IK to report periodically to the employer on the status and intention of the employee to return to work.”
Talenti v. Morgan & Brother Manhattan Storage Co., 968 A.2d 933 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 3× “In counts one through six of the complaint, the plaintiffs alleged (1) a violation of General Statutes § 31-5 lx, 3 (2) a violation of General Statutes § 31-51u, 4 (3) invasion of privacy, (4) a prima facie tort, (5) intentional infliction of emotional distress and (6) loss of…”
Burnham v. Karl & Gelb, P.C., 16 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1 (Conn. 2000). “Because the plaintiff based her cause of action for wrongful discharge on the public policy embodied in § 31-5 lm, however, she was required to present evidence that created a material issue of fact with respect to whether the defendants’ conduct violated § 31-51m.”
Cendant Corp. v. Comm'r of Labor, 883 A.2d 789 (Conn. 2005). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 31-5 lpp (a) (1) and (2).”
Wilkinson v. Times Mirror Corp., 4 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1579 (Cal. Ct. App. 1989). “(1987) § 39-2-304 [preemployment testing permitted for hazardous work environments or in “jobs the primary responsibility of which is security, public safety, or fiduciary responsibility”]; see also Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-5 It to 31-51bb [preemployment urinalysis drug test…”
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